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Casio’s Affordable Automatic Watch Is Back With a New Movement
It feels like we were just talking about Casio’s first real foray into automatic watches, and now we’re already looking at a second generation. The new Edifice EFK-110D builds on the foundation of last year’s EFK-100D with a slimmer case, a new movement, and a few practical tweaks that suggest Casio is paying attention to how the first model was received. Whether or not Casio has long-term plans to grow this into a broader mechanical lineup remains to be seen, but for now, the updates here have been pretty fun to follow.
This NASA Artemis Smartwatch Lets You See Its Own Brain and Reprogram It
We don’t cover a lot of smartwatches here. That’s not really what we do. But with the Artemis II mission getting plenty of attention lately, and the usual coverage around what’s on the astronauts’ wrists already well underway elsewhere, this one felt worth a look for a different reason.
Jack Mason Strat-o-Timer GMT Watch Review: A Practical Take on the Modern Diver
As watch collectors, we have a way of latching onto deeply held beliefs about โheritageโ and โstory.โ Iโve done it. Youโve done it. And often, those decisions happen pretty quickly. They can lead us to dismiss some genuinely good watches out there, and itโs something Iโve been trying to stay more aware of in my collecting journey this year. Like many watchmaking names, Jack Mason may have been one of those brands I passed on in recent years. Who are they? What are they? โฆIโll just get a cool Seiko or something. But, as I wrote late last year, โJack Masonโs Strat-o-Timer GMT Is Impossible to Ignore Now.โ
Citizen Releases Three New Solar Chronographs With Clean Dials
Citizen Japan has announced three new Eco-Drive chronographs under the Citizen Collection banner, and I’ll be upfront: the first thing that caught my attention was what’s missing from the dials. There’s no “Eco-Drive” branding anywhere on the face. For a line that has historically worn its solar credentials pretty visibly, that’s worth noting.
Kiwame Tokyo Returns to Form with the MUNE Field Watch Series
Iโve been keeping an eye on Kiwame Tokyo since that crazy cool field watch they announced recently. It felt like they were trying to figure out what a modern Japanese microbrand could look like without overexplaining it. This new MUNE Series feels like a continuation of that idea, but also a bit of a reset for them.
