I can’t believe it took me this long to write about the Victorinox Swiss Army Airboss Mach 3. I consider these standout chronos to be cornerstone pieces for any collector of Swiss Army watches. The Airboss Mach 3s were quartz-driven…
Like the branches of the armed forces, different watches seem to be made specifically for air, sea or land. There are Flieger watches for pilots. There are dive watches for sailors. And for the grunts, there are so-called field watches….
A gold watch is not a timepiece that I aspire to wear every day, but sometimes I wear one when I feel nostalgic for the ’90s. Gold has long been a symbol of opulence, wealth, privilege and maybe gaudiness when…
A perpetual calendar is often regarded as one of the top complications for makers of mechanical watches. They are notoriously difficult to engineer and produce. The high cost to own one of these geared marvels puts it out of reach for…
From the annals of history, a “lancer” is a cavalryman on horseback who is armed with a giant spear known as a lance. Think of them as the fast-moving attack force that often could change the tide of a battle….
When I first started writing this article about the wonderful vintage Swiss Army Cavalry Chronograph watches by Victorinox, I had visions of old-timey U.S. Cavalry charges, dust clouds, rattling sabers, bugles, and horses galloping as I remembered from the Westerns…
Earlier this year, I bought a big batch of watches to resell. Inside the lot, was a mixed bag of quartz watches in different conditions. Some were keepers, some were flippers and others were complete garbage. One of these broken…
