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12 from the collection

Watch Diary

Watches that pass through my wrist. 12 from my collection — with my own photographs and short notes.

Orient Kamasu with green dial, close-up

Orient Kamasu

Automatic · 200 m · Sapphire crystal

A fine entry point into watches: Orient's 200 m diver with an in-house movement. The green sunburst dial shifts colour with the light, and the red-tipped…

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Omega Speedmaster Day-Date on the wrist, black strap

Omega Speedmaster Day-Date

1998 · Automatic chronograph · Triple calendar

An unusual member of the family that landed on the Moon: the Speedmaster Day-Date. Day and month windows, a 24-hour indicator and a 12-hour totaliser — not…

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Tissot PRX inside a car, navy waffle dial

Tissot PRX Powermatic 80

Integrated bracelet · Powermatic 80 · Waffle dial

An icon returned from the bold design language of the 1970s: integrated bracelet, sharp lines, everyday elegance. With its navy waffle dial and the long power…

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Casio GBD-200 with blue body on the wrist

Casio GBD-200

Digital · MIP display · Bluetooth

The sporty side of G-SHOCK: MIP display, step tracking and Bluetooth — the playful member of the digital family. The blue body looks great outdoors; the…

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Seiko 5 SNK503 with cream dial inside a car

Seiko 5 SNK503

Automatic · 37 mm · Cream dial

A small, plain-dialled Seiko 5: automatic movement, cream dial and a sand-toned strap — the definition of everyday wear. It almost disappears on the wrist: the…

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Longines St. Imier with white dial in rainy evening traffic

Longines St. Imier

Classic · Leather strap · Silver dial

A line named after St. Imier, the town where Longines was born — now out of production. A silver-white dial, applied baton indices and a slim case: measured…

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Citizen Tsuyosa with yellow dial next to a coffee on a white desk

Citizen Tsuyosa

Automatic · 40 mm · Yellow dial

"Tsuyosa" means strength in Japanese. With its yellow sunray dial, integrated steel bracelet and 40 mm case, it is the boldest colour choice in the collection…

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Oris Aquis behind the wheel, grey dial and red rubber strap

Oris Aquis

Swiss · 300 m · Red rubber

Oris's Swiss diver: grey sunburst dial, ceramic bezel and a red rubber strap — the most colourful sporty piece in the collection. 300 m of water resistance and…

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Black Casio GA-2100 (CasiOak) on the wrist

Casio GA-2100

Analogue-digital · 200 m · Carbon core

The "CasiOak" of the watch world: an octagonal design that echoes diver-case corners, an analogue-digital dial and a carbon core guard. Thin, light and tough —…

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Pagani Design with Tiffany-blue dial on a NATO strap

Pagani Design

Automatic · Tiffany blue · 20 BAR

A budget-friendly nod to an iconic design language: Tiffany-blue dial, steel case, water resistance to 20 BAR (200 m) and a Japanese automatic movement. A…

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Hamilton Khaki Murph 42 with black dial inside a car

Hamilton Khaki Murph 42

42 mm · H-10 · 80-hour reserve

The watch worn by Murph in Interstellar, turned by Hamilton into a real collection piece. There is a movie wink on the seconds hand, too small to see without a…

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Laco Full Lume with a glowing dial in the dark

Laco Full Lume

Pilot watch · Full-lume dial · Pforzheim

From the German pilot tradition: founded in Pforzheim in 1925, Laco was one of the original makers of the Luftwaffe pilot watches. On this one the entire dial…

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