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Kiwame Tokyoโs New Automatic Dress Watch Takes Minimalism Seriously
Iโve been keeping a close eye on Kiwame Tokyo this year, and I just love that the brand hasn’t stopped with all these bangers. Each new release has felt increasingly clear about what a Kiwame watch should look like. The new Yane might be the clearest example yet. Yane means โroofโ in Japanese, and Kiwame says the watch takes its cues from traditional temple architecture around the brandโs home in Asakusa. That explanation can easily become marketing doing more work than the watch itself. Here, though, you can see where the idea actually affected the design.
Tutima Flieger T5: A New 38.5mm Titanium Pilot Watch
Since 2019, Tutima has slowly turned its Flieger from a single tool-watch reference into a real pilot watch family. That first contemporary version traded some of the brand’s military background for a cleaner time-and-date layout, and the 41mm Flieger Automatics that followed gave the line a recognizable everyday shape. Now the Glashรผtte brand is filling in the gap that kept coming up in collector circles: something smaller and lighter. That watch is the Flieger T5, a 38.5mm titanium take on the contemporary Flieger.
The Seiko Presage Just Got One of Its Most Convincing Heritage Designs Yet
Seiko has returned to one of the safest places in its history for inspiration: the 1913 Laurel, widely recognized as Japanโs first wristwatch. This time, the result is a pair of regular-production Presage Classic Series watches that use traditional Japanese dial techniques and arrive at prices that deserve a closer look.
Benrus Type 1 Mil Spec Review: A Modern Military Watch That Gets the Details Right
Years ago, I found myself deep in an obsession with asymmetric-case military dive watches. Iโm talking about the kind of stuff you find once you start digging into the MIL-W-50717 spec, and similar watches like the Marathon Navigator, Precista Royal Navy Diver, and increasingly hard-to-find vintage Benrus Type 1 and Type 2 divers. A few watches in this general category have come and gone from my collection, but I still think about finding a solid modern example without all the headaches that can come with going vintage.
This New Seiko Presage Is a Gold Watch Iโd Actually Wear
Seiko has another limited-edition Presage on the way, and this one involves bonsai. More specifically, the new Presage Classic Series x TRADMANโS BONSAI HCC009J1 pairs a deeply textured green dial with a gold-tone case and bracelet, with 2,000 pieces planned. And while Seiko has built an entire story around Japanese black pine trees and bonsai tradition, the simpler explanation for why this watch caught our attention is pretty obvious. Green and gold look really, really good together.
