Taking it back to their roots, the snobs run through the exercise of learning as much as they can about Certina on air. Truly, it’s an impressive brand with some murky history – but several attractive models well under $1000.
If you haven’t been paying attention to Certina, you should be!
Also, you’ll hear about the latest TBWS site redesign, Slack channel shenanigans, and more.
Co-Founder and Senior Editor
Kaz has been collecting watches since 2015, but he’s been fascinated by product design, the Collector’s psychology, and brand marketing his whole life. While sharing the same strong fondness for all things horologically-affordable as Mike (his TBWS partner in crime), Kaz’s collection niche is also focused on vintage Soviet watches as well as watches that feature a unique, but well-designed quirk or visual hook.
First one of your audio blogs i listened to. A few thoughts:
-Certina’s revival of the PH200m and ‘Super’ PH500m are interesting. i wear the black dial version of the latter, usually on black rubber or an orange Tropic style, nice locking push-to-turn bezel.
-A number of their quartz watches are high accuracy, supposedly within 10 seconds per year. Regular quartz is still very accurate, but i appreciate that they’re selling HAQ without breaking the bank.