by Brent Robillard Tactical Tools with Purposeful Design If you’ve been following The Calibrated Wrist for any length of time, you’ll know we’re no strangers to the rugged creations of JP Ribeiro’s Noctua Watch Corp. We’ve previously reviewed his overbuilt diver (PD-1) and the mission-ready GMT (Zulu)—both watches that walked the talk when it came to being purpose-built tools with no unnecessary frills. Now, with … Continue reading Noctua Watch Corp. P-1 & PFL-1
by Brent Robillard Tool Time At The Calibrated Wrist, we’ve been lucky to experience our fair share of purpose-built tool watches—watches designed not to sit idle in a drawer, but to thrive in the field, the sky, and underwater. And over the years, we’ve written about big names in the genre: the likes of SINN, Seiko, Marathon, and Fortis. But every so often, a new … Continue reading Hands-On with the Noctua Zulu and Zulu FL
by Brent Robillard Tactical Timekeeping With Bite In Vancouver, when I first met JP Ribeiro, founder of Noctua Watch Corp, there was a fully functional flamethrower sitting in front of him. Not the kind of thing you expect to find in at a watch show, but with JP, it felt entirely appropriate. It says a lot about him, and just as much about the watches … Continue reading Noctua Watch Corp PD-1 and PDFL-1
