Classy, Stealthy, Sporty Citizen Alterna Eco-Drive Watches
In America we get upset at the notion that cool objects are sold elsewhere and not here. We have had to deal with this for years in terms of cars, electronics, and especially watches. Japanese companies such as Citizen and Seiko are well known in the US, but don't exactly have the prestige that Swiss watches have. Regardless, in Japan these companies service the low-end and high-end markets equally.I'd say that most of the interesting watches that Citizen makes are never officially sold in the US. They are made in limited numbers and sold in places all over Japan. The market there seems to gobble up limited edition pieces that appeal only to a select few. Well some of these have much wider appeal in my opinion, and you should know about at least some of them. You can get a good deal of them on eBay or other places online.Here is one piece from the Citizen Alterna collection, model VO10-6662B. The all black watch shares a bracelet with certain Citizen NightHawk models. The look is highl

Oak & Oscar Burnham Review
Over the last couple of years Oak & Oscar has slowly, but surely built up a solid following. Many brands do this, but what makes it particularly interesting in this case is that founder Chase Fancher started this process a couple years before actually having a watch for sale. In fact, we first met the Chicago native not on US soil, but in Basel, at one of the horrendously over-priced coffee bars within the shows halls. It was there that Chase first told us about his brand, his initial watch, the Burnham, and his goal to make something great.Fast forward and Oak & Oscar have become one of the more talked about micro brands of the year. Between a strong following of friends and fans from the #watchfam and #redbarcrew scenes on instagram, his brand got off to a very strong start. He also participated in our Wind-Up: NYC event, where his booth was regularly full of intrigued watch enthusiasts.Before getting to the watch, part of what set Oak & Oscar apart was that he wasn't try

Introducing the Oris Carl Brashear Limited Edition
The Oris Divers Sixty-Five was one of our favorite watches of last year. Many across the watch world fell in love with its unabashed old-school mentality with modern-day quality, myself included. It's a piece that seems to be destined for collectible status in the future. Now, for 2016, Oris appears to have made an instant classic even more impressive with the stunning Oris Carl Brashear Limited Edition.This isn't Oris' first foray into releasing special editions based on important historical figures, as we've previously covered their John Coltrane Limited Edition, but continues that piece's trend of relatively simple yet breathtaking design. It's also based on another worthy individual in Carl Brashear, the first African-American Master Diver in the U.S. Navy, as well as its first amputee diver. Brashear was a pioneer not just against racial prejudice, but in recovery from disability, and was the inspiration for the 2000 film "Men of Honor" starring Cuba Gooding Jr.The case design her

World Time 5130 Push Button
For those who own a 5130, when you push to change the city location, does the wheel seem to shake around a bit rather than having a solid shift feel to it?I'm trying to describe it as best as I can, but after each shift in city, the dial does align perfectly and all, but the dial/hands does tend to shift back and forth (shake around a bit)a bit during the shift. Not sure if this makes sense...

My modest collection!
Hey guys28 y/o. First Rolex in 2015Here's my collection thus farThinking about offloading the OP since I found a birth year Explorer II shortly after purchasing it brand new. so it's sitting in the box unworn right now, but who knows! I like to be active in the forum so I figured I'd share with fellow enthusiastsThanks for looking! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk