Watch Reviews

Parent page for all watch reviews.

Initial impression reviews

For that "just out of the box for a couple days" initial impressions.

Full reviews

The Full Monty Review
Blog post: IWC buckles, bracelets and bands - the Aquatimer at six months (WatchOtaku) — I've had my IWC since August, about six months, and it seems time to do a midterm review. As with postmortems and first impressions, my opinion changes over time. Labels: reviews, velcro, bracelet, aquatimer, iwc
Page: Review of the Yema YMFH0303 (WatchOtaku) Labels: divers, automatic, miyota, 8215, yema, reviews
Page: Laco Abacus 2 (WatchOtaku) Labels: reviews, quartz, tonydebano, abacus
Page: Halios Holotype review (WatchOtaku) — The $325 Holotype is the first watch from Halios, and is Chinese made with a Japanese (Miyota) movement, designed in Vancouver, BC. The Chinese sourcing is quite common among the new wave of startup dive watch brands, as the case, crystal, bracelet, hands and dial makers in China have ever-improving quality and unbeatable prices. For a movement, Halios sensibly went with the Miyota 8215, an absolute tank with an solid reputation since its debut in 1977. Labels: miyota, diver, mechanical, automatic, holotype, halios, reviews
Page: OWC MS-5517 rev 1 (WatchOtaku) — This is a preview of the OWC Watch Company MS-5517 dive watch. I hope to have a full review soon. Note that this is a 'Release 1' version of the 5517; a second release is planned and I'll preview/review that when it's available. Labels: reviews, divers, rolex, mechanical, automatic, submariner, 5517, owc

Post-mortem reviews

After selling/donating it, what do I think?