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Timex Revisits Its Military Past With an Affordable Field Watch
The Timex x Avirex TA-25-A is an affordable field watch inspired by early U.S. military timepieces and classic Timex heritage.
Citizen NY0040 Review: It’s Not A Seiko SKX Alternative. It’s Something Better.
Unlike a lot of watch enthusiasts, I didn’t start out with a Seiko SKX. That role went to the Orient Mako instead—a watch I still own, still wear, and still have a soft spot for. What’s always struck me as odd, though, is how conversations around the often-overlooked Citizen NY0040 almost always orbit the SKX. It rarely comes up on its own terms. It’s usually framed as a substitute, a consolation prize, or lately, a response to the way discontinued Seiko divers have ballooned on the secondary market.
The Top 5 Timex Watches That Prove the Brand Nailed It in 2025
Timex had a strong year in 2025. The brand leaned into what it does best, refining familiar models, revisiting its archive with more confidence, and delivering watches that felt well judged rather than overworked. These releases landed cleanly within Timex’s lineup and made sense for the people who actually buy the brand.
The Seiko ‘Save the Ocean’ Diver I Didn’t Expect to Like Finally Gets It Right
I’ll just be honest. I’ve never really connected with Seiko’s Save the Ocean editions. Not in a cynical way, just in an eyebrow-raise sort of way where I look at the dial textures and the themed color stories and think, this one probably isn’t for me. They always felt a bit louder than what I tend to enjoy from Seiko, especially when the brand already does great color work without leaning on ocean narratives.
Omega Speedmaster Review: After Years Of Ownership, Is It Actually Worth It?
I still think back to that stretch in 2017 when I convinced myself I’d crossed some imaginary threshold in collecting. My family and I had just settled into Seattle, I had a cool new job, and I felt this pull to mark the moment with something meaningful. The Speedmaster had always lived somewhere in the back of my mind. It was just one of those designs that felt honest. And back then, if you were patient enough to dig through the secondhand listings, you could grab a hesalite 1861 for a song. So that’s what I did. I wore it constantly. I babied the crystal. I tolerated the bracelet the same way you tolerate a noisy roommate. And for a while, I thought that was the Omega Speedmaster experience. Imperfections and all.
