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Second Hour Gin Clear MK2: The Aussie Dive Watch with a Swiss Heart

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I’m a freelance writer with a passion for watches, product design and music. My sweet spot is for mid-tier watches and I’m a sucker for brands that are a little off the beaten path. Resale value rarely gets a look-in when picking my next watch, and I’ll never shy away from putting my money where my mouth is in sporting a ‘marmite’ timepiece or unloved rarity from a brand’s back catalogue. Follow me on Instagram!
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Second Hour Gin Clear MK2: The Aussie Dive Watch with a Swiss Heart

February 27, 2024

Second Hour is an Australian watch brand, founded in 2019 by husband and wife powerhouse Peter and Akira. Based in Melbourne, over the course of just four years the...

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Hands-on Review: Arcturus LC-2 Vanda Tourbillon

Named after the brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere, Arcturus Watches was founded in 2018 on the belief that well-designed, top-quality watches should be accessible to everybody. Their...

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February 19, 2024

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£250 - £500

UBIQ Dual Series 01 puts fun back into watches!

UBIQ is a Singaporean watch brand founded by Drayson Phua. The DUAL is the brand’s first watch, but the fact that Drayson is a Creative Director by trade is...

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February 9, 2024

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Hands-on with the polychromatic Helicon Master 62

The Helicon brand was founded in 2018 by husband-and-wife team (Danielle and Jonathan), who between them have a couple of decades experience in the watch industry and offer consultancy...

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February 2, 2024

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Golby Aquareef 2

£250 - £500

Hands-on with Golby’s Aquareef

As much as I love to hear a brand’s elaborate backstory, with smatterings of hyperbole thrown in for good measure, it can sometimes come across as a little disingenuous...

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December 21, 2023

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BOTTA CLAVIUS 8

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BOTTA CLAVIUS Review – The Bauhaus Watch With A Party Trick Up Its Sleeve!

Whilst German brand BOTTA is best known for its one-handed watches designed to ‘slow down time’, their collection does also include models that use the more traditional two-handed time-telling...

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November 10, 2023

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Héron Marinor 6

£500 - £1000

Héron Marinor Review – Skin Diver or Tool Diver? It’s both!

Heard of Héron before? No, me neither. But after having the Canadian brand’s latest offering on my wrist for the past week, my guess is that the brand’s popularity...

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November 2, 2023

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£250 - £500

Review: Alkin Model Three – Great British Design, Bargain Price!

Bristol-based independent watch brand, Alkin, headed up by ex-furniture designer Charlie Fowler, has released its latest budget-friendly watch collection, the Model Three. As the name suggests, this is Alkin’s...

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October 30, 2023

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Aera

£1000+

Aera D-1 Diver Review – Big, Bold and Beautiful!

It’s not very often I get a watch in for review that makes me audibly go ‘wow’ upon first unboxing, but the Aera D-1 Diver is such a watch....

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October 23, 2023

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Review: Hands On With BŌKEN’s First Watch, The Nomad

Anticipation is high as new British watch brand BŌKEN prepares to launch its first watch later this week on Kickstarter. The aptly named Nomad is a modern titanium dive...

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October 10, 2023

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Baltic Bicompax 003 takes the vintage vibe up a notch

At just 36.5mm, the Bicompax 003 is of truly vintage proportions and Baltic’s smallest chronograph to date. In fact, I’d say it’s probably one of the smallest mechanical chronographs...

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October 2, 2023

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MAEN Hudson 38 GMT review – the watch with the split personality!

Having been blown away with my MAEN Manhattan 37, when I heard the brand was adding a new GMT watch to their Hudson range, I was like a moth...

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September 24, 2023

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Discover the new Brellum Pilot GMT LE.2 Chronometer, where function and form unite

Launched in June this year, Brellum’s latest watch release, the stunning Pilot GMT LE.2 Chronometer, is inspired by avionics instruments, a constant reminder of the spirit of adventure and...

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