Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon AeroGMT Watch Review
Ball has released many versions of their Engineer Hydrocarbon watches through the years, all featuring?the unique case sporting that memorable crown guard and bright, tritium gas tube-lumed dial. Unveiled at last year’s Baselworld 2015, the Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon AeroGMT watch provides the legibility, construction and material quality, and masculine looks the line is known for and takes it a step further by introducing the first ever tritium gas tube illuminated bezel. I’ve now spent a couple of months wearing this watch, and?I still feel like a kid when I see the normally mostly black-and-white-with-touches-of-yellow dial illuminate to a bright green, blue, yellow and orange dial in the dark. The amazing part of this watch is really how it goes from being totally monochromatic by light, to being gloriously colorful in the dark.For those unfamiliar with Ball, I’ll tell you that they have a rich history as the brand?tasked with keeping the railroad system that retic
TAG Heuer Monaco Chronograph Forged Carbon Bamford Edition Hands-On
While TAG Heuer has not shied away from taking its-well-deserved-spot in the new found vintage watch craze, it has, thankfully, not neglected the fact that not everyone gets excited by or wants to obtain items people half a century ago used to like. The latest and boldest TAG Heuer, apparently thought up in deep denial of the vintage watch trend, is the?TAG Heuer Monaco Chronograph Forged Carbon Bamford Edition… or whatever it is called, as TAG Heuer doesn’t identify the exact name of the product anywhere in their press release or on their website. Here’s a hands-on look at this, ehm, striking looking watch.All images by David BredanWithout getting too philosophical, I think you’ll agree that most all aspects of our lives are as divided as they have not been for long-let it be politics, basic values, income, education, culture, or even watch taste. I won’t go down the route of discussing this in more detail, suffice it to say that I know there are people o