Orient Mako II B01AK5TQRM Review & Complete Guide

Orient Mako II B01AK5TQRM

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Orient Mako II B01AK5TQRM Review & Complete Guide 

 Orient is a watch company that makes more or less affordable yet qualitative watches that punch well above their weight. If you are looking for a sporty, durable, and automatic dive watch (with an actual dive watch depth-rating) for less than 150 USD, the Orient Mako II B01AK5TQRM may just be the best option you can choose.

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Tudor Watches: Are They any Good?

Tudor Black Bay models

Tudor Watches: Are They any Good?

Are Tudor watches any good?

In recent years, Tudor watches have exploded in popularity, as a result of the brand’s relaunch and introduction of temporary and well-designed watches. The company is growing rapidly and is slowly but surely establishing itself as a powerful competitor in the space of semi-luxury tool watches.

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Seiko 5 SRPD83K1 Review & Complete Guide

Seiko 5 SRPD83K1 Review & Complete Guide

Seiko 5 SRPD83K1 Review & Complete Guide

The Seiko SKX is one of the most popular, if not the most popular affordable automatic watches in the world. The Seiko SKX has been in production for several decades and has established an almost cult following. But in 2019, Seiko discontinued the SKX and replaced it with a big new collection of numerous watches. This is of course the Seiko 5 SRPD collection.

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When did Rolex Change to Sapphire Crystal? A Guide to Rolex Crystals

Rolex sapphire crystal

When did Rolex Change to Sapphire crystal? A Guide to Rolex Crystals

Today, the vast major of high-end watches use sapphire crystals due to the benefits they bring to a watch. They are virtually scratch-proof, they are durable, and they will last for lifetimes most of the time.

But the fact is that the watch industry, or Rolex, has not used sapphire crystals forever. In fact, for the majority of the time watches have been manufactured, they have used other materials than sapphire crystal.

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Rolex Submariner Ceramic Dial variations

Rolex Dial Variations

Rolex Submariner Ceramic Dial Variations

Many of Rolex’s models are manufactured for years and years under the same reference, with no real visible change. This is mostly true to Rolex’s modern watches, as many of Rolex’s vintage watches have received notable updates during the course of its production without changing the reference number. Take, for example, the Submariner 14060 which changed from tritium to Luminova, to Superluminova, to having an engraved rehaut, to having both two and four lines of text. That is a lot of changes to a watch that kept the same reference number…

But many of Rolex’s watches receive updates and changes so small that they are barely visible to the untrained individual. And certainly too small for Rolex to update the reference number.

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