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The State of My Watch Collection at the End of 2025
I used to think a state of the watch collection needed a point to prove. An argument about taste, restraint, value, and growth. Over time, that way of thinking stopped feeling useful. What mattered more was paying attention to what remained once I stopped trying to force the hobby to feel a certain way.
Timex Revives the Black Max as an Affordable Cult Classic
There are certain Timex releases that immediately put me in a specific headspace. Not pure nostalgia, more that familiar collector feeling of uncovering something slightly odd, slightly forgotten, and wondering how it ever existed in the first place. The Timex Black Max is a watch I knew mostly through old photos, forum lore, and that infamous ad. So seeing Huckberry and Timex bring it back felt surprising. And still a little risky.
Seiko’s Latest Prospex LX GMT Steps Further Into Grand Seiko Territory
Seiko has unveiled the Prospex LX GMT SNR058, a US-exclusive addition to its high-end Prospex lineup. The watch pairs a Zaratsu-polished titanium case with Diashield coating and a Spring Drive GMT movement, positioning it at the upper edge of Seiko’s sport watch catalogue and inviting inevitable comparison with Grand Seiko.
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.
