Recently, aBlogtoWatch’s founder and editor-in-chief, Ariel Adams, wrote an article that painted a rather dire picture of watch media writ large. (If you haven’t already, you should read it before proceeding.) In it, he suggests that independent watch media is dying and that the watch industry...
This one may be short, and it’s simply because there’s very little I found to criticize. Cimier isn’t a brand from which I would’ve expected such a clean, well-executed watch, but here I am about to write a paean to its newest model. Cimier is one of those brands that’s been around forever (the...
It’s a familiar cycle to most watch fans: A new release launches, takes over the entire enthusiast community discourse for days or even weeks, then quietly fades into the background to rarely be heard from again. Late in 2025, Tudor dominated the enthusiast zeitgeist with the release of the...
Call me crazy, but I think there can be something uniquely cool and enticing to a modern brand rediscovering its original designs. Roger Dubuis was established as recently as 1995 (Vacheron Constantin was already 240 years old then), and yet, it quickly created a design so wilfully cool that, 30...
Since divers and field watches were both originally designed for the military, Vaer has been able to create “Tactical” versions of its models by adding a matte-black finish to their cases and fitting them with high-contrast dials. The simple but proven recipe has earned Vaer’s Tactical series a...
India is among the world’s rare regions that has a rich culture of elevated luxury that goes back to pre-history. Indian brand Titan has aspirations to break out of the mother country and enjoy worldwide appeal among global enthusiasts who appreciate India’s particular approach to aesthetics,...
The latest collaboration between IFL Watches and Venezianico is another limited edition wristwatch with a hand-painted dial. Venezianico produces the underlying Arsenale timepiece, and the dial is hand-painted by the craftspeople at IFL watches. The integrated bracelet style Arsenale has been...
A new generation pilot-style mechanical timepiece has just been released by Victorinox, the maker of Swiss Army pocket knives and wristwatches. While previous pilot watches from Victorinox Swiss Army have had names like “Air Boss,” the company has recently simplified its wristwatch naming...
Happy New Year! Unless you like new releases, because the beginning of the year is a veritable drought. So with that in mind, I thought I might use this edition of The Flyback to hit on some of the releases we missed from last year, in the briefest manner possible. Herewith, very short takes on...
I know without a shadow of a doubt that having a free and independent watch media ecosystem is what consumers need to enter and truly enjoy the wristwatch hobby, and what brands need in order to share and archive their histories and achievements. However, the current industry-media model is...
Originally introduced in 2017, the Delma Oceanmaster is the Swiss brand’s lineup of aquatic racing watches that expand upon the blueprint of a diver with sailing-oriented features. In the years since the collection’s debut, Delma has created several different Oceanmaster models. The latest...
In this episode of aBlogtoWatch Weekly, the conversation opens exactly where it should in the new year — questioning whether the word “master” needs to be retired from watch naming altogether — before immediately veering into geopolitical hypotheticals, Swiss invasion logistics, and the...
