In Summary, experience with 12 Blancpain underwater watches during Operation HARDTACK yielded virtually complete satisfaction.[…] Its is strongly recommended, on the basis of this experience, that the desirable features of this watch be incorporated in whatever watch is selected for Navy procurement Final testing report of 1959, from the US Navy. s./E.H. Lanphier Upon its […]

With winter taking hold of the Northern Hemisphere, many of us are wondering if our watches are up to the task of skiing, ice fishing, or the odd snowball fight on the frigid tundras of Minneapolis or Manhattan. Perhaps the best way to address this important question is to look to some people who have […]

You might say, if you were a casual (or, for that matter, non-casual) observer of the watch enthusiast scene nowadays, that mechanics don’t get no respect. The vast majority of the discussion about watches focuses on cosmetics – I don’t mean that in a negative way; the reality is that most watch purchases and most […]