Basile Simon, Author at The Truth About Watches

Stowa Flieger Bronze Vintage 40mm

Basile Simon — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:00:55 +0000

The Stowa Flieger Bronze Vintage’s case is made of 92 percent copper and eight percent tin. The corrosion resistant and anti-magnetic bronze metal tarnishes irregularly depending on environmental exposure. As it does, each Flieger Bronze Vintage becomes unique. Stowa PR would like you to know that its bronze watch becomes yours. Is the new Stowa […]

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NOMOS Neomatik 41 Update

Basile Simon — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 16:50:02 +0000

To say five grand is a crowded price point in the world of luxury watches is like saying the Bundesautobahn 565 is a bit busy. Buyers can choose from roughly a bazillion great watches: OMEGA, Grand Seiko, Oris, Tudor and on and on and on. Fresh off the Watches & Wonders online trade fair, the […]

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STERNGLAS Marus Automatik Review

Basile Simon — Fri, 28 May 2021 15:08:32 +0000

The dive watch’s resurgence is hard to miss – and easy to diss. The genre’s popularity is inversely proportionate to the number of people who dive. Never mind. In the interests of staying in business, Germany’s STERNGLAS says they’ve “listened to their community” calling for a dive watch. The STERNGLAS Marus Automatik is the result […]

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STERNGLAS x Küste gegen Plastik LE

Basile Simon — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 12:00:02 +0000

STERNGLAS has released a new Hamburg model spin-off: the STERNGLAS x Küste gegen Plastik. For each watch sold, the watchmaker makes a $17.80 donation to Coast against Plastic, a German environmental group that describes itself as “coastal people who no longer accept that the plastic waste literally falls at their feet by the sea.” If […]

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Steinhart Ocean 39 Explorer LE

Basile Simon — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 13:58:30 +0000

In the first half of the 60s, Rolex produced a Submariner with an Explorer dial (Ref. 5513). It didn’t exactly fly off the shelves; Rolex dropped the design like a hot potatis. Like so many Rolex of that period, the original lack of interest evolved into “rarity.” In 2018, Christie’s sold an original “Explorer” Submariner […]

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