Tag: automatic
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Timex Viscount Automatic Review: An Easy to Wear Vintage Watch
A lot of vintage watches look stuck in their own decade. This Timex doesn’t. Even with the worn gold-tone case and the old stretch bracelet, it still feels easy to wear now. The silver dial stays simple, the black hands stand out well, and the whole thing has more everyday usefulness than you might expect…
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A Few Minutes with the Rolex Submariner Date
What can I possibly add to the mountain of words already written about the Rolex Submariner Date? Not much on the historical side. What I can offer is a little time with my own. This watch wins in the hand before it wins on paper. The first thing I notice every time I pick it…
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Serica 5303 Review: One of the Most Distinctive Modern Divers
Many of today’s dive watches try to win by pointing to older and more famous. The Serica 5303 takes a better route. It borrows the language of mid-century dive watches, then rewrites the grammar. The result does not feel derivative. It feels deliberate. That is harder to pull off than most brands admit, especially in…
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This Seiko 5 Sports Is the Kind of Watch That Makes the Used Market So Interesting
Some watches impress you because they are expensive. Some impress you because they are complicated. And then there are watches like the Seiko 5 Sports SRPE53K1, which impress because they get so much right without trying too hard. That, to me, is where this watch really lives. The Seiko 5 line has been around a…