By Brent Robillard Titanium Flyback Chronograph If you are a frequent reader of The Calibrated Wrist, then you know I am a tool watch fan. And you also know that among independent tool watch makers, Hanhart is a personal favourite. If you arriving here for the first time… well, now you know. You’re up to speed. We’ve been lucky enough to have a number of … Continue reading Hanhart 417 TI Desert Pilot Limited Edition
by Brent Robillard Watches in the Big Apple Last Friday my wife and I traded gravel roads for gridlines—country mouse goes city mouse. Six hours door to door from rural Eastern Ontario to Weehawken, New Jersey. We checked into the Sheraton Lincoln Harbor, dropped our bags, and within minutes were hustling toward the Midtown West 39th Street ferry. Eight minutes across the Hudson and suddenly … Continue reading Intersect New York: It’s a small world after all
By Brent Robillard Covert operations There’s something about a fully blacked-out tool watch that just works. Maybe it’s the stealthy aesthetic. Maybe it’s the way it strips a watch back to unfettered cohesion. Whatever the reason, Marathon’s new Anthracite SAR collection feels like a logical progression of one of the most no-nonsense dive watch families in modern military horology. The new lineup expands the fan-favourite … Continue reading Marathon Goes Dark: The new Anthracite SAR Collection
