Braun AW50 Review | The Hidden Price of Minimalism?

Why has nobody reviewed this watch? It’s been around for 30 years and is from a well-known brand so…what’s the catch?

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Filippo Loreti Venice Moonphase Review – Luxury or For Losers?

I found a few interesting things during the unboxing. On the outer bag, you can see that the package was shipped from Lithuania as I anticipated, not Italy.

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Timex Q Falcon Eye Review – Is The Beauty Only Skin Deep?

So, there’s a certain Q-Timex that nobody seems to be talking about. That being the elusive Falcon Eye, which I think is quite possibly the best-looking out of all of these reissue watches.

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Orient SK Diver Retro Review - How Not To Do A Reissue Watch

Japanese brand Orient have decided to get in on the action too, with a watch that they have listed on their site as the ‘Mechanical Revival Watch’.

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Spinnaker Hydrofoil Review - Has Spinnaker Learned From Its Mistakes?

So, this is the Spinnaker Hydrofoil chronograph. As you can see this is a sports diver, with a full matte case and reasonably flashy design.

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Avi-8 Flyboy Engineer Automatic Review - This is what VALUE Looks Like

The perfect budget pilot watch…does it exist? Probably not. Nevertheless, the watch featured in this post gets pretty close, as far as I’m concerned.

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Spinnaker Fleuss Chronograph Review | It's Not A Looker In My Eyes

I was totally up for them sending me one of their new releases for review, which was only compounded when I realised Spinnaker was part of Dartmouth Brands who also own the Avi-8 brand.

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Nezumi Loews Review - A Racing Chronograph You Can Afford?

Today we’re taking a look at Nezumi, who got in touch with us recently offering to send us their attractive Loews chronograph watch.

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Boldr Venture Automatic Review | These Field Watches Keep Getting Better!

Boldr emailed me a few weeks ago, asking if I’d like to take a look at some of their watches, I took a glance at the site. What I saw was a list of specifications that lined up exactly with what I would want from a field watch at this price.

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Avi-8 Spitfire Review - A Fighter Aircraft On Your Wrist

This beefy boy is the Spitfire Type 300 in gunmetal grey and is quite different from many of the pieces I’ve covered before on this blog.

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Sternglas Kanton Review - A Great Watch That I Can’t Justify Buying

Sternglas recently contacted me, offering to loan me out their latest release the Swiss-made Kanton. In several ways, this watch has equally impressed me.

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Linjer Automatic Watch Review | The Thinnest ETA 2824-2 Watch In The World?

This Linjer automatic is advertised as being the thinnest ETA 2824-2 watch in the world. I’ve had this in my possession for a while now and thought I’d give my take on it.

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Best Looking Watch Under £200 | Junkers 100 Years Bauhaus Review

The Junkers 100 years I’m reviewing today looks absolutely phenomenal and I think is a great dress watch option for well under £200.

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Vincero Watches Review | Are Vincero Watches Worth It?

Is Vincero a good watch brand? That’s the question I’ve been receiving since my series of videos on similar fashion watch brand MVMT.

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Linjer Classic Watch Review – How Minimal Can A Watch Get?

I’ve reviewed plenty of minimalist watches before, but this Linjer Classic watch has to be the most minimalist I’ve looked at so far.

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Nordgreen Watch Review – I’m Left With A Few Questions…

Is it just me, or does this sound familiar?..A Scandinavian brand, selling quartz minimalist watches, which are made in the far east.

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The Fifth Watch Review | An Enormous Upgrade | The 5th Swiss Watches Review

In this review, I give my full The 5TH watches review, following their recent Swiss made announcement. Are The 5TH watches any good?

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Sternglas Naos Automatik Review | Why Sternglas Watches Are Crushing Instagram

Either way, here is the Sternglas Naos Automatik watch, retailing for £270 on their website. When I saw this watch on paper, one watch sprung to mind.