A year ago, downsizing my watch collection was just an idea, a concept that I had never explored thoroughly before. It sounded rational and inevitable since my budget wasn’t endless. I knew it had to happen so that I could keep featuring new watches in my #TBT column. But I honestly couldn’t imagine it happening… […]

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 After four years and 200 #TBT articles, there is still so much to explore. We’ve discovered some fascinating vintage watches, especially this year. Which feature was your favorite in 2022? Was it a no-pusher chronograph, a watch with epic magnifiers integrated into the crystal, the “only” Bond watch, or a bezel-operated triple calendar?  When I […]

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My persistent hunt for the Ernest Borel Flash was rewarded by the unexpected landing of unobtainium — an original (and pretty minty) box, a charging device, and an original manual. Oh, and another crazily patinated Flash that nobody wanted… Someone from the UK listed an Ernest Borel Flash with a cardboard-like brown dial on eBay […]

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I dare say that the Ernest Borel Datoptic is at least as fascinating as the Rolex Submariner. It even costs as much as the Rolex Submariner. Well, as much as the Submariner cost in the seventies, that is… Bringing up Rolex is not random. Its cyclops magnifier first introduced in 1953 is one of the […]

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When you see that little mushroom-like cap sticking out from the case somewhere around the 2 o’clock position, you may instantly expect the watch to be chronograph. Well, it wouldn’t be the art of watchmaking if decades of invention and innovation hadn’t found other uses for them, right? Here is what the 4 most creative […]

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Expecting a Rolex cyclops on the list? Way too boring. I pulled out my old notes and shortlisted the Top 5 watches with unusual magnifiers. Get ready for a double magnifying Orion watch, the patented Ernest Borel Datoptic, an impossible-to-find Angelus Medical, the OCD marvel Mirvaine and only one modern piece, my personal favorite, the […]

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If you’re enjoying the March Mania contest, we’ve got a little something for you to increase the fun! A free, downloadable, printable bracket so you can either follow the competition offline or, better yet, make your own predictions. Why not play along with your watch buddies? Download the bracket here (or by clicking the below […]

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We’re two days out from March. Normally, that wouldn’t get me so excited. I hate spring. It’s my least favorite season. My dear old mum used to express horror at how openly I derided the gamboling lambs, fresh green shoots of optimism, and the soft, diffused post-winter sunlight. What can I say? All that new […]

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If you remember my saga last year about the Tourist Everlight, the world’s first electrically lit watch, you will also remember the Ernest Borel Flash. It took me a few years to hunt it down, but here it is in all its glory. My admiration for the Everlight is endless. But I have to admit […]

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