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Muhle Glashutte Kampfschwimmer Watch Hands-On
Sponsored PostIn 2013, Topper's first year as a Muhle Glashutte dealer, our best selling watch of the brand was the Seebatallion. For those unfamiliar with that watch, the Seebatallion is Muhle Glashutte's extension of their popular S.A.R. Rescue-Timer. Its most signature aspect was the way that it combined the features of a dive and pilot watch. It also featured an attractive and somewhat conservative blue dial. This year, Muhle Glashutte has come out with another dive watch, called the “Kampfschwimmer” ("Combat Swimmers"). The watch is named for the German Navy's oldest and most highly-trained special unit which operated missions at sea, on land and by air. While the watch shares much in common with the Seebatallion, it features many unique design aspects and a sawtooth-like bezel that is inspired by its namesake.The 2013 Muhle Glashutte Seebataillon (left) and the new Kampfschwimmer (right).Before we get to that bezel, I wanted to talk about what it has in common with, a
Halda Space Discovery Watch Review
There are instances when it is actually good for me to wait a long time before reviewing a watch. I spent some time with the Halda Space Discovery about a year before writing this review, and since then, a lot has happened in the watch world that makes the Halda Space Discovery a much more interesting conversation piece. What I am actually referring to is the serious entrance of the smartwatch into the popular tech culture zeitgeist. While the Halda Space Discovery isn’t a smartwatch, it is a sort of precursor to them, and it offers some potentially valuable lessons for those looking to create devices that appeal to watch and tech lovers who are loathe to make a choice between what is cool and what is novel.Halda is a Swedish company that apparently has ties back to the 19th century – though, as far as I know, the company as a watch brand is relatively new. The Halda Space Discovery is their first watch, and it was originally released in about 2012 as a limited edition. In