Seiko SARB033 Spirit Automatic
Combine an Eye-catching Brown leather-strap with the classical timeless design of a SARB033 and this is what you get.
It was an affordable mechanical watch at the time I bought it - meanwhile its not produced anymore and you must pay double the orginal price to get one. Its reliable, resistant, well crafted and has a beautiful simple design. Just the perfect watch.
Photos were taken in the palace garden of Schwetzingen with its Sakura Garden. I thought a Japanese watch might feel well surrounded by all the Sakura blossoms. ;-)
Photos were taken in the palace garden of Schwetzingen with its Sakura Garden. I thought a Japanese watch might feel well surrounded by all the Sakura blossoms. ;-)
Hamilton Intra-Matic Auto Chrono
In my opinion The Intramatic is the most beautiful Panda-Dial watch. Theres also a blue version of it that looks amazing with a brown strap. but the classic Panda in BNW is just more of an alrounder. Only thing that could have been better: a Glass back.
Seiko 7N43-8A39
~25 Years ago there was a little fun-fight between my sister and our dad where she threw a pen in his direction. While protecting himself with his hand, the steel-tip of the pen hit the dial of This Seiko watch and broke it's glass. 10 year old me kept the broken watch and put it in a drawer to surprisingly find it in a box after more than 20 years. I took it to a watch-service to renew the battery, change the broken glass and to replace the steel-strap with a modern grey leather-strap. It still worked perfectly well after so many years and looked beautiful - Japanese Quality. I showed it to my dad and he couldnt believe that I still had it and how beautiful it was. I wanted to give it back to him but he refused by saying: "You will have more fun with it, keep it". So I kept it but bought a current similar looking, minimalistic, silver-dial Seiko model and gave it to him as a christmas present - this time with sapphire glass though, to be safe for potential pen-attacks. So he was happy with his new watch and I was happy with the old one. Today I keep it as a memory of my dad - reminding me on all the great moments we shared.
Baltic Aquascaphe Bronze Brown
I was never into Diving watches but this one changed my mind immediately when I saw it. With only 39mm diameter its not as bulky as usual Divers and the design got me as its less overloaded and very clean.
Its not only the first diver, also the first bronze and the first brown watch in my collection. I'm curious how the patina will develop over time and will update some photos of this process in some month.
I always like to have a story behind a watch, so this should be a trip to paris visiting Baltic's showroom. Unfortunately they didnt have it on stock although they promised to reserve one for me. -_- Well, so i have my story, but different than expected ;-)
Note the Dial, it looks very different when comparing indoors and outdoors, where the brown comes through much more intense.
Junkers Eisvogel F13 Lady 6731-5
The Eisvogel F13 watches are a tribute to the Junkers F13, which was the world's first all-metal transport aircraft. Looking at the name of this model ("Ice Bird"), it had to be a cold and icy environment for the shooting ;-)
Notice the wind-Shaped ice on the Last pic ❄
Hugo Junkers was an aircraft engineer who brang great inventions to the aircraft industry. He later founded the Junkers Luftverkehr AG, which was a forerunner of "Luft Hansa" (now Lufthansa). Many Junkers Watches have an aircraft design or remind on specific models to hounor his efforts.
Notice the wind-Shaped ice on the Last pic ❄
Hugo Junkers was an aircraft engineer who brang great inventions to the aircraft industry. He later founded the Junkers Luftverkehr AG, which was a forerunner of "Luft Hansa" (now Lufthansa). Many Junkers Watches have an aircraft design or remind on specific models to hounor his efforts.
Tissot V8 SKS-BB-20233 S-762 862
A great watch that needs a racing-/Rallye-strap to develop its full potential. I Found a blue one to adapt the colour-details from the dial and clockhands. One of my favorites! Also a watch that was owned by my dad and given to me.
Zeppelin Hindenburg 7038-3 LZ129
LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129) was a German rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class and the longest class of flying machine. It was designed and built by the Zeppelin Company (Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH) on the shores of Lake Constance in Friedrichshafen, Germany. It was named after Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, who was President of Germany from 1925 until his death in 1934 (Wiki).
The Zeppelin Watches Honour the great inventions from earlier Days.
Victorinox FieldForce 241889
Swiss Army Watch Victorinox. Black Dial, Black Rubber Strap, Black MEtallic Case and some Red elements make the perfect look on this watch. Its available in various colour Combinations but this one looks best.
Victorinox is rather known for their Swiss Tool Knives but also do watches very well.
Omega x Swatch [Moonswatch] MIssion to Mercury
The Omega Speedmaster is well-known as the "Moon-watch", as Buzz Aldrin has worn it on the moon mission of Apollo 11. Swatch and Omega did a cooperation here, to offer a watch with the same legendary design but a way more affordable price. Of course it was a very smart marketing move and idea by someone at SwatchxOmega.
The series of Moonswatches is wide, theres one watch for every planet in our solar system - here you see the "Mercury".
(Not so) Fun Fact: The original Moon-Watch was stolen in the late 1970's, while it was on its way to a museum.
Holzkern Balos Lady (Zebrano/Marmor)
Made of wood and stone - SO the forest was the only right place to take these photos. Very light, sustainable and comfortable to wear.
Junkers Bauhaus 6070-5 & Junkers Bauhaus Lady 6075-2
Classic Bauhaus Design that you can find in many of today's watches (and anywhere else). Bauhaus was a german art and design school based in Weimar and Dessau. The Bauhaus style later became one of the most influential currents in modern design, modernist architecture and architectural education.
Here you see both - the Ladies and the gentleman versions of basically the same watch - great, if you like to have a partner-Look :-P
Iron Annie Bauhaus 5040M-3
Till the 18th century all mechanical watches were only single-handed! Later further clockhands for minutes and seconds were added to confront us with the rapid loss of time. In the last few years some watches of this kind have been released and this one is a very beautiful piece. You need to get used to it and slightly change the way how you read it, but its actually even easier.
(Shot on High ISO)
Seiko SGEG93P1
Very Classic watch and simple design - sometimes it doesnt need more. The value of seiko watches is amazing anyway - the finish is awesome, equipped with sapphire glass, very thin and lightweight. Especially with the right strap, it turns from boring into "Can I see your watch?".
Withings Scan WAtch 2
A Smartwatch is not for me but this piece is something I can tolerate ;-) Some kind of hybrid of a usual ladies dress watch combined with some nice smart functions.
Only Downside: not all of them are working very well to be honest. Some Hard- and Software-Improvements needed here by Withings.