by Vincent Deschamps To spec or not to spec There is an intra-community battle between those who believe that we need ultra-spec’ed divers and those who don’t. On the one hand, many of us feel that we need good dive watches for our day-to-day life, whether we actually dive or don’t, and many of us still who are convinced that we will never make good … Continue reading Santurce Collection El Tiburón
by Vincent Deschamps Essentialism In some instances minimalist design is perceived as being the absence of things. It isn’t “less is more” but “nothing is better” which can come across as being reductive in many instances. Yet some folks define minimalism as being essentialism—in other words, only what is essential is visible and what is absolutely necessary is present. From a visual art perspective, a … Continue reading Hands on with the Mudita Radiant
by Vincent Deschamps Only four months shy from making it a full four years since we first coveredNamica. It was at the end of 2021 that the Japanese brand released its first collection, the Shirahama. Since then Namica released a second collection in early 2024 called the Okami, an angular everyday urban timepiece visually very different from the diver but also very much so a … Continue reading Namica Shirahama MkII
