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Hands-On: Colorful Rado Ceramic True Square Designed By Tej Chauhan
Anyone else burned out on heritage-inspired diver re-issues? Not to disparage the current trend in watchmaking, but it’s awfully nice to have something come across my desk that actually feels designed. Such is the breath of fresh air that is the Rado True Square in yellow ceramic, a 2021 Red Dot Design winner dreamed up by London-based firm Tej Chauhan. Bold, bright, and dripping with clever detailing, this charming new collab is every bit the antidote you'll want to reach for when everything in your watch box starts looking a little too predictable.Before we get too deep in the weeds with the watch itself, it's worth sharing that Tej Chauhan might be someone of an outsider in the watch space, but his path to international design acclaim started at Nokia, before starting his eponymous design firm whose clients include Panasonic, Ikea, Samsung, British Airways, and many more. Much of his work - and the work of his firm - seems to take inspiration from mid-century pop culture and o
Citizen Debuts New Series 8 Automatic Watch Collection
Japan’s Citizen watches marked its 2021 new product launch season with its biggest punch: a high-end automatic watch with a brand-new movement that combines Swiss and Japanese techniques in the Caliber 0200 watch (debuted on best watches here). The $6,000 USD product left many watch collectors feeling excited, but a bit priced out of the fun. It has been over a decade since Citizen has debuted any new mechanical movements - even though the company’s in-house movement maker Miyota has introduced new movements that are used in other products.So with that in mind, it is good news to many timepiece enthusiasts that Citizen has something new and mechanical, and much more affordable, with the relaunch of the Series 8 collection. These new watches feature two new movements, the caliber 0950 and the 0951, that are put into the Citizen Series 8 870/830 and Series 8 831 models, respectively. What you really need to know is that the Series 8 comes in two two core styles (with a few va