Reviews Archives - The Truth About Watches https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/category/reviews/ Fully Independent Watch Website Thu, 21 Sep 2023 23:30:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://i0.wp.com/thetruthaboutwatches.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-TTAW-logo-4-e1602814010673.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Reviews Archives - The Truth About Watches https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/category/reviews/ 32 32 17944636 CIGA Design U Blue Planet: Review https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/09/ciga-design-u-blue-planet-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ciga-design-u-blue-planet-review https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/09/ciga-design-u-blue-planet-review/#respond Thu, 21 Sep 2023 23:12:41 +0000 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/?p=20701 The CIGA Design Blue Planet was the first Chinese watch to win Switzerland’s GHPG Challenge Watch Prize. The Blue Planet features a three-dimensional aluminum globe in the center of the dial, powered by a proprietary asynchronous time display. Wazzat, you ask? The hour hand turns 30° while the minute hand to turn 390°. That’s not […]

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]]> https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/09/ciga-design-u-blue-planet-review/feed/ 0 20701 New Timex Giorgio Galli S2 Automatic – A Thousand Dollar Timex? https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/08/new-timex-giorgio-galli-s2-automatic-a-thousand-dollar-timex/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-timex-giorgio-galli-s2-automatic-a-thousand-dollar-timex https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/08/new-timex-giorgio-galli-s2-automatic-a-thousand-dollar-timex/#comments Wed, 23 Aug 2023 13:34:29 +0000 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/?p=20579 The new Timex Giorgio Galli S2 Automatic costs $975 plus tax. That’s a major if not laughable step-up for a brand known for watches that sell for $40 and under (no commission on links). The American-assembled America Documents (favorably reviewed here) was pushing it at $500. This? The Timex Giorgio Galli S2 Automatic represents the […]

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]]> https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/08/new-timex-giorgio-galli-s2-automatic-a-thousand-dollar-timex/feed/ 1 20579 New Casio G-SHOCK X Oneness Collab. Bottoms Up? https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/08/new-casio-g-shock-x-oneness-collab-bottoms-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-casio-g-shock-x-oneness-collab-bottoms-up https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/08/new-casio-g-shock-x-oneness-collab-bottoms-up/#respond Tue, 22 Aug 2023 15:02:51 +0000 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/?p=20553 G-SHOCK x Oneness. A bourbon-themed collaboration between a Japanese watch maker and a Kentucky sneaker boutique? Totally makes sense! Bourbon and time have an important relationship. But first, let’s go back to 1981…. The History of the DW-5000C A Casio engineer by the name of Kikuo was walking down the street when he accidentally bumped into […]

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]]> https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/08/new-casio-g-shock-x-oneness-collab-bottoms-up/feed/ 0 20553 Braun BN0172 Classic Watch – When Seconds Count! https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/08/braun-bn0172-classic-watch-when-seconds-count/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=braun-bn0172-classic-watch-when-seconds-count https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/08/braun-bn0172-classic-watch-when-seconds-count/#comments Sat, 19 Aug 2023 23:16:19 +0000 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/?p=20518 The Braun BN0172 Classic Watch doesn’t seem like much. It isn’t, if we’re talking about price. The timepiece runs $300 on Braun’s website, but you can pick it up at Amazon for $136 (no commission on links). What the Braun BN0172 Classic offers is actually quite rare in the horologsphere: an unmistakably prominent second hand. […]

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]]> https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/08/braun-bn0172-classic-watch-when-seconds-count/feed/ 1 20518 New Panerai Radiomir Quaranta – HoDinkee “Review” https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/08/new-panerai-radiomir-quaranta-hodinkee-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-panerai-radiomir-quaranta-hodinkee-review https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/08/new-panerai-radiomir-quaranta-hodinkee-review/#comments Sun, 13 Aug 2023 19:33:19 +0000 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/?p=20444 You gotta love the Panerai Radiomir Quaranta. Well, you do if you’re HoDinkee. Everything Ben Clymer’s ex-baby does is about making money (Hodinkee Founder Ben Clymer Cashes Out). Selling watches. If you’re looking for a critical review of a new watch, HoDinkee is the last place on Earth you’re going to find one. That said… […]

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]]> https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/08/new-panerai-radiomir-quaranta-hodinkee-review/feed/ 5 20444 New Citizen CZ Hybrid – Less is More (More or Less) https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/08/new-citizen-cz-hybrid-less-is-more-more-of-less/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-citizen-cz-hybrid-less-is-more-more-of-less https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/08/new-citizen-cz-hybrid-less-is-more-more-of-less/#comments Fri, 11 Aug 2023 17:40:25 +0000 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/?p=20408 The Citizen CZ Hybrid is an AI-inclusive update on the Citizen CZ Smartwatch (reviewed in 2020 here). As I predicted, Citizen has upped their smart watch game. The main takeaway… The new hybrid still operates within Citizen’s walled garden. No third-party apps. But now it includes [what the Japanese watchmaker hopes is] a killer app. […]

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]]> https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/08/new-citizen-cz-hybrid-less-is-more-more-of-less/feed/ 2 20408 MICROMILSPEC Space Force Watch Review https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/07/micromilspec-space-force-watch-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=micromilspec-space-force-watch-review https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/2023/07/micromilspec-space-force-watch-review/#respond Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:28:23 +0000 https://thetruthaboutwatches.com/?p=19952 Unlike the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and NASA, the United States Space Force has zero heritage. No history of courageous battles or Right Stuff stuff. But there’s a Netflix series that made the USSF the butt of a thousand jokes. The four-year-old Space Force needs all the positive PR it can get. Why not a USSF-branded watch? All the other military […]

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