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Mark McArthur-Christie
Mark developed a passion for watches at a young age. At 9, he was gifted an Omega Time Computer manual from a local watch maker and he finagled Rolex brochures from a local dealer. Today, residing in the Oxfordshire village of Bampton, Mark brings his technical expertise and robust watch knowledge to worn&wound.
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First Impressions: Smiths Navigator
There is often a point at which something once designed to do a job of …
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Book Review: Eternal Springs – and a Conversation with the Author
You’re interested in watches. You want to know more about them. Where do you start? Watchworld is a landscape dotted with rabbit holes down which …
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Chronography 14: 5 Decades of the Heuer Monaco
There is perhaps no other complication as popular as the chronograph, appealing to both seasoned enthusiasts and casual consumers alike. And “Chronography” is our ongoing …
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First Look: The A-13A Pilot’s Chronograph Is Going Mechanical (with Central-Minutes and Flyback Functions!)
There’s something rather refreshing about about the idea of a pilot watch that’s actually made by an engineer who flies. No sense here of gray …
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Up For Auction: The Story of Nikolai Budarin’s Flown Omega Speedmaster Professional X-33
There’s always something rather cool about having a watch that’s capable of doing more than just going to the office, sitting in a pub, and …
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Up for Auction, Ultra-Rare Seikos by Italian Designer Ettore Sottsass
Back in the ancient past, when I first worked as a copywriter, we wrote on Mac Classics. If you were senior enough, you got a …
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The Lazarus Watch—Restoring a “Franken-Seiko” 6139 Chronograph
Some watches lead pampered lives. They are kept carefully in their boxes, worn only for special occasions when there is little threat of alcohol-induced, watch-threatening …
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The Last of the “Fabulous Four” is Back: Introducing the Newmark 6BB RAF Chronograph
It was pretty inevitable that Ewan Wilson would end up doing something that combined military aviation and watches. Back in the 1970s, when most children …
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Introducing the Page & Cooper X Laco ModellG Erbstück, the Watch That Changed My Mind on ‘Fauxtina’
Sometimes people forget that watches aren’t for putting in display cases and dribbling over. Yes, …
