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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 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 …
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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, they’re often things of both mechanical and visual beauty, but …
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Introducing Seiko’s Prospex “Digi Tunas,” ref. SBEP001, SBEP003, SBEP005, SBEP007, and SBEP009
Some watches are just right as digitals. By “right,” I mean that they just look as though they were always intended to have moving numbers …
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Baselworld 2018: Introducing the Tangente neomatik 41 Update
Watch design is a little like writing. It looks easy enough, but just try doing it for a living. And, a little like writing, it’s …
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Introducing the Grand Seiko 9F 25th Anniversary Limited Editions, refs. SBGV238 and SBGT241
When Seiko killed off Grand Seiko in 1975, few mourned its passing. As the last …
