Modern gems from Swiss-American collaboration
Not every watch embraces the fundamentals that brand it Swiss-made. No, not even many of those luxurious (well, they look so at least!) fashion watches built under Swiss collaboration...
GIADA TIMEPIECES: INFUSED WITH STYLES AND COLOURS OF THE NATURE
Our last post spoke about the Club and the Eva, the two of the most popular collections from the Furla range. Today, we are going to take a look...
The Italian side to affordable luxury
It goes without saying that Gonzo is not particularly an Italian watch fan. He might like a Brioni suit to wear; he also would prefer an Alfa-Romeo to drive...
Look! It’s Lukia!
Seiko has this general impression of being traditional, functional pieces that don’t scream for attention. They are attractive enough for that. That holds true even for the simplest of...
A return gift for the wedding ring
So many people hold this wrong notion that a gift out of gratitude or love must be a Patek Philippe or Rolex or a Lange but frankly speaking, a...
Morellato: Preciousness with precision
A watch doesn’t just mark time. It does much more than that; most importantly, it gives a fair idea about who you are and your preferences. It hits the...
Immensely refreshing! Always
Pre-talk Gonzo recently lead us in the direction of a thorough research about some of life’s horological staples. But given – “as laid back as we all are” –...
Furla: Full-figured, feminine forms
Furla, no doubt, is a fashion watch brand, the class of watches loved and abhorred equally for their varying degrees of quality. The good ones can be really, really...
For social peacocks this time!
We are now pretty much used to watches that do more than just telling the time. I’m not quite sure how many people opt for them out of pure...
The Italian face of Luxury!
Around a couple weeks back (or longer) a question was raised by a close friend who is ready for another purchase and wanted to get my perspective on an...
An announcement from Swatch!
All these years of my obsession with watches never witnessed previously the Swatch Group letting the world know about their technical innovations until this month (Aug. 2018), where they...
ETA Quartz movements and COSC: A requirement or an extra add-on?
On contexts of accuracy Quartz movements are typically more accurate than their mechanical brethren, but accuracy and precision; then again, are not exactly the same things. Precision is not...
Quartz: The Upper Crust of it
Why this break? Before we get to Pro-Trek, we must get some idea about high-accuracy quartz movements. We start with the plain analogs. We must get it clear right...
Does Gonzo approve of the Italian watch brands? – Team CW wonders
Luxury watches, to the most of us, do not go beyond the Swiss borders; only the truly horologically erudite glides into the French, English, German and Japanese realms and...
Morellato: Exclusively Woman-isque
Few are there in the male-dominated world of horology who thought about creating pieces exclusively for women. Morellato banged the nail right on the head. Today, the wonderful collection...