Hegid Inaugural Series Modular Watch Review
Customization is sweeping through the luxury industry, with major players like Hermes offering in-house bespoke services throughout their range of leather accessories but, unfortunately, not their watches. A few microbrands in the watch space, like our friends at Undone, do offer custom-assembled watches, but once the options are selected and the watch is delivered, you're stuck with what you've picked. Seeking to fill what they saw as a developing niche, a few Frenchmen - Emeric Delalandre, Henrik Gache, and Gregory Gauchee - had an idea for a customizable luxury watch system built around a water-resistant modular movement and dial concept with cases and straps that can be switched in seconds without any tools.In 2018, after what I will assume were two difficult and expensive years of research, design, and prototyping, Hegid Watches was born. The brand’s initial offering is not a single watch as much as a set of possible watches built around its modular design. I had the opportu
Seiko Unveils Trio Of Prospex U.S. Special Edition Dive Watches Inspired By Sea Turtles
The Seiko Prospex "King Turtle"series of divers have been fan favorites for the brand since the series' initial introduction. The “King Turtle” offers enthusiasts a popular balance between price and quality features such as ceramic bezel inserts, while delivering a classic Seiko design with a lineage stretching back to the 6309 dive watches of the '70s. Although the "Turtle"moniker (referring to its ovoid, turtle shell-shaped case) has followed this particular series and its predecessors through Seiko enthusiast circles for decades, the brand itself has always kept the name at a distance. For its latest release, however, Seiko fully embraces the "Turtle"legacy of these divers with three special iterations made to celebrate the brand's partnership with ocean conservation group Oceanic Society and its ongoing mission to protect the world's seven species of sea turtle. To this end, the new Seiko Prospex U.S. Special Edition dive watch collection, including the Seiko Prospex SR