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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.
ProTek Goes Big With the Aggressor Series 4000, a 45mm Affordable Dive Watch
Much of the watch world has spent the last few years shrinking. Brands trimmed their divers and field watches back toward vintage proportions, chasing the 38 and 40mm sweet spots that collectors keep asking for. That trend made sense for plenty of designs, though in many cases, folks thought it never made much sense for watches built to be read at a glance in bad light. One brand just leaned hard in the other direction, with a 45mm carbon composite diver called the ProTek Aggressor Series 4000.
The New 38mm Timex E Line Has One Spec We Wish Timex Had Changed
Timex has expanded its Automatic E Line with a new 38mm case, and thereโs a good chance the design will look familiar even if the E Line name doesnโt. The original Automatic 1983 E Line Reissue arrived with a 34mm rounded-square case pulled from a relatively obscure corner of Timex history. This new version grows to 38mm and takes that basic shape somewhere more contemporary.
Brew’s New Automatic Watch Finds a Clever Reason to Use a Stone Dial
Stone dials are everywhere right now, and whenever the watch industry collectively decides that a material is having its moment, things can get repetitive pretty quickly. Still, Brewโs new Retrograph Stone Blend Automatic caught our eye because thereโs a nice, coherent idea behind the dial.
