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Casio Drops Four Affordable G-SHOCK Watches With A Stealthy All-Black Look
Casio loves a colorway cycle. Since 2019, the 2100 series has been re-dressed in just about every palette imaginable, and most of those releases boil down to new paint on familiar hardware. Every so often, though, the brand goes back in and touches the parts that matter. This time the hands, the hour markers, and the dial surface itself all got redone. The result has now landed stateside as the G-SHOCK Luxe Black Collection, which covers the GA2100LXB-1A, GA2100LXB-1A9, GM2100LXB-1A, and GM2100LXB-1A9.
Oris Gives the Divers Date Dive Watch an Olive Green, Military-Inspired Dial
This release makes me feel like olive green has a way of dragging a dive watch out of the pool and into surplus-store territory. It reads as field gear more than water gear, even when the case underneath is rated to go deep. Oris seems to understand that pull, and its latest release leans into it instead of fighting it. The dial is a matte khaki-olive the brand ties directly to vintage military equipment, sitting on a diver that has spent the past two years quietly taking over for one of Oris’s most familiar models. Say hello to the new olive green Oris Divers Date.
Seiko Refreshes the Cocktail Time Affordable Dress Watch, And the Dials Steal the Show
For a watch that spent its early life as a Japan-only curiosity, this one has aged into something close to an institution. Seiko’s Cocktail Time started as a grey-market piece collectors passed around on forums, then went global under the Presage banner and settled in as the default answer whenever someone wanted an affordable mechanical dress watch. The dial always did the heavy lifting. Everything else stayed just competent enough to stay out of the way. Now there are three new ones joining the permanent collection. These are the Seiko Presage Cocktail Time models HCB001, HCB002, and HCB003.
Studio Underd0g Rebuilt Its Cult-Favorite Field Watch From The Case Out
Second-generation updates in the microbrand world usually follow a script. You add a dial color or two, maybe swap a strap supplier, and let the hype machine handle the rest. It’s rare to see a young brand rework the case, replace the movement, and pull assembly under its own roof all at once. So today, let’s take a closer look at the Studio Underd0g 02SERIES GEN2.
Watchdives Premier Review: A Surprisingly Affordable Integrated Bracelet Watch
I’ve reached a point in my collecting where I don’t buy a watch simply because it’s well made. There has to be something about the design that keeps pulling me back after the novelty wears off. Every now and then, though, I spend time with a watch that reminds me those two things don’t always have to go hand in hand. The Watchdives Premier WD0016B is one of those watches.
