Diving Armour Pays Tribute To French Ingenuity With 'Narval' Launch
Sponsored post presented on best watches for advertiserBeginning in the late 1950s and continuing into the 1960s, the proliferation of skin-diving and ultimately SCUBA-ready watches led to a multitude of novel design choices and interpretations. However, over the latter half of the 20th century, certain iterations of early dive watches had become far more prevalent. This resulted in an almost prototypical, "cookie-cutter"concept of what they should look like. Obviously, there are exceptions; nowadays, more often than not, these outliers seem to be produced by microbrands. It seems these operations, likely bolstered by their desire to stand apart, are willing to forego trends in order to create something singular within the market. For Arizona-based brothers Fernando and Juan Pablo Mansilla, the introduction of their new Diving Armour brand and flagship "Narval"model represent the next logical step in their horological legacy.Whether or not you have heard of the Diving Armour founders,
Hamilton Jazzmaster Automatic Chronograph Watch
The?Hamilton Jazzmaster Automatic Chronograph watch family has a new member. Available in two dial colors, these watches are handsome additions to one of Hamilton’s core styles. Initially, there appears to be quite a bit of variation among the watches grouped together under the Jazzmaster label, but look closely and you can see that all of these models are bound together by a shared lug characteristic. It isn’t immediately obvious because there are loads of case diameters and dimensions within the Jazzmaster family, with several thicker and thinner iterations of the lugs, but without fail, they all feature a distinctive “notching,” which takes the form of a shoulder where the lug “joins” the case.The RangeHamilton’s entire collection is broken up into seven families. The Khaki series (of which there are three) deals with tool watches, in either a military or hyper-utilitarian style. The other four families are classically styled watches imbued