SOMETHING EPIC IS COMING
The Hong Kong brand's second model launches with seven beautiful dials and two unique dial textures all inspired by feudal Japan.
Looking for a microbrand watch but not sure where to start? How about right here?
This new limited-edition take on the Australian brand's Loimu model offers a cleaner, distinctly Nordic aesthetic.
Melbourne's Second Hour introduces swanky updates to its Sattelberg field watch.
These French watches strike a great balance between elegance and sportiness at a reasonable price.
With a super simple and easy-to-read tide functionality, the Bower Tide Seeker is a great, accessible option on Kickstarter now.
Vintage skin diver touches inspired by the Omega Seamaster 300, and oversized dial elements make up the Fleux FLX003.
The Lōcī Pacific Coast Highway is inspired by the surfers' haven, and supports local organisations with each sale.
This pair of bronze field watches celebrate the 80th anniversary of America’s longest-running (and most-loved) public service announcement.
This distinctive German diver is a refreshing change of pace from the watch world's obsession with demure designs.
Inspired by vintage Lemania pieces, this sustainable tool watch is almost entirely made from recycled materials.
Styled after the highly-practical British pilot's watches, the Hemel Airfoil HF15 packs lots of vintage cues for its attractive price.
With a bravely minimal design, this latest, and limited, diver from Héron brings a lot of fan favourite features to the party.
What does the ultimate tool watch need? French brand Neotype thinks it's cracked the code.
The Swedish micro-brand has refined its diver offering in this Shellback V2 with its charismatic sandwich dial and respectable specs.
The new brand brings British cutting edge manufacturing to the forefront in an individual and modern aesthetic.
A compact case, sultry teal dial, and Miyota movement combine to make this a compelling daily companion.
Horn lugs, multi-layered dials, and a smidge over 7mm in thickness make the Mistral sound quite compelling.
Perhaps unusual for a Venetian-inspired brand, the Venezianico Bucintoro 1969 has a compelling set of specs.
With the Cortina 1956 Chrono GMT, the striking visuals of the lineup have been retained with the addition of chronograph and GMT functions.
Dubbed the "mysterious signature hours", DWISS presents another new, but affordable way to tell time.
The new Australian microbrand proves that their watch has earned its stripes, accompanying a photojournalist to the top of Lhotse.
A microbrand diver is hardly anything new these days. Indonesian micro Rivelta disagrees, putting a metro twist on a staple design.
This exceedingly competitively priced central tourbillon watch commemorates the 70th anniversary of Hillary and Norgay's ascent of Everest.
Oddly-shaped watches used to be a thing of the past, but Good + Evil is bringing them back with the Omen.
Australia-based Finnish watchmaker Susan Galvin launches her first shaped watch.
France's pithy watch vandalizer du jour teams up with a poetic Parisian microbrand.
Vaer just added eight new R1 Chronograph models to the range. We take a closer look at two of them.
New Zealand brand Draken shows what 6 years of development and listening to brand feedback can do.
Though nobody asked for it, William Wood made a watch dedicated to the fire or emergency exit sign. And it's awesome.
The Singaporean brand continues to show off their varied design choices with a single-handed watch inspired by, chilling out?
Minimal branding, maximal dedication to vintage goodness.
This microbrand watch's sci-fi looks are extremely compelling, with a design inspired by telescopes and featuring a meteorite dial.
This fun field watch was designed with GADA in mind, ticking a lot of enthusiast's boxes and featuring a pleasant 90s design.
This Japanese microbrand's latest piece would be right at home in Neo Tokyo.
Be it occult demons or tanks, leave it to Filipino microbrand Makina to come up with a unique design inspiration.
Initially a plan to fill a slot in a personal collection, the HZ.01 aims to be the ideal, affordable everyday watch.
An intricate dial, compact case, manually wound movement, and some laser-engraved finesse - there's a lot to like here.
Would you choose the revival of an early quartz diver, or a simple but capable GMT?
Thanks to popular demand, we outline five more microbrand winners of 2023.
We recap our favourite Micro Monday inclusions of 2023.
REC pay tribute to the best-known stunt rider of all time, with a piece of history in each watch.
Pairing compact dimensions with excellent features for the price point, the Gin Clear is a capable diver.
The microbrand tributes WWI-era pieces with an angled display and period-appropriate straps.
We take a look at this elegant mecha-quartz chrono from a Dubai-based brand.
Tri-stepped case, pump pushers and a pulsometer scales - all the ingredients for a great vintage-inspired chronograph are there.
Boasting a familiar octagonal form housing an innovative in-house movement, it's a bold first attempt from a brand (and country) little known to the world.
Microbrands didn’t just come about because Kickstarter made fundraising accessible and non-European manufacturing improved in quality – they were also a product of necessity. As…
This retro-inspired dive watch isn't just a pretty face: it's a proper tool watch.
Montoir's design brief was simple - classic dive watch, Swiss movement, affordable price - and they delivered.
Like many new microbrands, Bōken was created from a desire to do good in an industry that has only recently become interested in conservation efforts,…
Vario's first take on a GMT watch elegantly executes the complication without compromising the Empire's distinct Art Deco aesthetic.
The new Manime La Fidèle vies to be the ultimate minimalist integrated bracelet watch that doesn't skimp on specs.
Industrial watch design comes up a lot when discussing brands such as Hublot and Ball Watch Co, but any fan of Rammstein can assure you…
Now in their tenth year, the brand with Transylvanian ancestry has released the Peren Regia with more tasteful details.
For as many watch enthusiasts as we have here, Australia is lacking somewhat when it comes to home-grown brands. Of course we have Bausele, Galvin,…
Back when everybody wore a watch to keep their lives organised, most people only needed something that indicated the time and date. Nothing truly fancy…
In the never-ending quest of making vintage-looking modern watches, brands tend to forget one key element: the tactile vintage feel. Getting the yesteryear look right…
When you’re contemplating buying a watch that is so clearly an homage to an established model, you have to be absolutely sure that you’re getting…
Sometimes, hearing about a new brand named after someone you’ve never heard of, some alarm bells ring. It’s a fairly classic trick used by companies…
After two years of waiting, fans of the Arken Instrumentum have finally received a followup from the microbrand. At the time, it was one of…
You could say there are one of a few ways to make a dive watch stand out – a unique design, a superior movement, an…
It’s not often that I get to review watches that haven’t actually been designed yet, but Beacroft Bespoke has given me that opportunity. Watch customisation…