Timeless Ticks
Watch models in detail
Specific references measured against how they actually wear: dimensions, movement, water resistance, running costs and the alternatives worth considering.
28 models. Grouped by subject. Dimensions from published specification, prices indicative in US dollars.
Model pages are about specific references rather than families: the dimensions that decide whether it fits, the caliber inside it, what it costs new and used, what it costs to keep running, and which two or three watches you should look at before you commit. Case diameter is reported alongside lug to lug and thickness, because diameter alone tells you almost nothing about how a watch wears.
Every figure comes from published specification or from the manufacturer's own documentation. Where a number is an estimate, the page says it is an estimate.
Breitling Navitimer B01 Chronograph
How the Navitimer's circular slide rule is actually used, what the in-house B01 caliber gives you, how the big case wears, and what servicing one costs.
Cartier Tank
The Tank family explained: Must against Louis Cartier, which references are quartz and which mechanical, the published case sizes, and the 30 m limit.
Casio F-91W
Module 593, a published rate of 30 seconds a month, a seven year battery and a resin band that fails first. Why the F-91W has been in production since 1989.
Casio G-Shock DW-5600
How the square G-Shock actually resists shock, what 200 meters means on a resin case, why Casio swaps modules instead of repairing them, and what it costs.
Christopher Ward C60 Trident Pro 300
A 300 m Swiss diver sold direct: four case sizes, a Sellita SW200-1, ceramic and sapphire. What direct pricing removes, and what it costs when you sell.
Citizen Promaster Diver (BN0150 and BN0151)
The 44 mm light-powered Promaster Diver: what Eco-Drive really is, what the DIVER'S 200 m marking promises, how it wears, and how long the cell lasts.
Grand Seiko Snowflake (SBGA211)
The SBGA211 explained: how Spring Drive works without a battery, why the seconds hand glides, what the titanium case weighs, and what it loses secondhand.
Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical 38mm
The 38 mm Khaki Field Mechanical uses the hand-wound H-50, 80 hour reserve. What daily winding is like, what 50 meters rules out, and how the 42 mm differs.
IWC Pilot's Watch Mark XX
The Mark XX added a five-day movement and 100 m over the Mark XVIII and kept the soft-iron cage. What that cage protects, and what the solid caseback costs.
Longines Spirit: the 40 mm and 42 mm chronometer
Every Longines Spirit is COSC certified and runs an exclusive ETA-based caliber with a silicon hairspring. How the two sizes wear, and what resale looks like.
Nomos Tangente 35 and 38
Which Tangente reference has which caliber, how the 35 mm and 38 mm wear, what hand winding costs you daily, and why the water rating rules out swimming.
Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150M
The teak dial, 150 meters, Master Chronometer at 0 to +6 seconds a day and 15,000 gauss. How the 38 mm really wears, and the price against a steel Datejust.
Omega Seamaster Diver 300M
The current 42 mm Seamaster Diver 300M: published dimensions, caliber 8800, the ceramic dial and bezel, and an honest account of the helium escape valve.
Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch
The 42 mm hand-wound Moonwatch with caliber 3861: what METAS certification changed, what the 1965 NASA test program actually covered, and the 50 m limit.
Orient Bambino
The Bambino name covers several calibers. What Orient publishes for the current F672: 40 hours, hacking, hand winding, 30 m, and where the finishing stops.
Oris Aquis Date: the 41.5 mm and the 43.5 mm
The Aquis Date is rated to 300 m but Oris does not claim ISO 6425. What the Sellita-based 733 gives up to the Calibre 400, and how a 43.5 mm diver wears.
Rolex Datejust 36 and 41
The Rolex Datejust 36 and 41 compared: published specifications, how each size wears, caliber 3235, service costs, allocation and honest secondhand pricing.
Rolex Explorer 36 and 40
The Rolex Explorer 36 and 40 in detail: published specifications, how each size wears, caliber 3230, servicing costs, allocation and realistic used prices.
Rolex GMT-Master II, 40 mm
The 40 mm Rolex GMT-Master II explained: published specifications, how the dual time works, caliber 3285, service costs and what the allocation premium buys.
Rolex Oyster Perpetual
Caliber 3230, -2/+2 seconds a day, 100 meters and no date. What the 2020 colored dials did to demand, and what you will really pay and wait at retail.
Rolex Submariner, 41 mm: 126610LN and 124060
The 41 mm Rolex Submariner in detail: published specifications, how it wears, caliber 3235, servicing costs, and what the secondhand premium actually buys.
Seiko 5 Sports: the SRPD generation, measured
The current Seiko 5 Sports is rated 100 m and is not a divers' watch. What the SRPD generation measures, how it wears, the 4R36 inside, and its real faults.
Seiko Alpinist
The 6R35 Alpinist measured: 39.5 mm, 46.4 mm lug to lug, 70 hour reserve, 20 bar. How the compass ring works, and why the 38 mm SARB017 now costs more.
Seiko Prospex Turtle: the SRP777 and its successors
Seiko's cushion-cased 200 m diver, from the SRP777 reissue to the current Prospex Turtle. Dimensions, the 4R36, how it wears, and what the King Turtle adds.
Seiko SKX007: what it was, and what it costs now
The SKX007 is out of production and secondhand prices sit above old retail. What it really was, the 7S26's limits, the DIVER'S marking, and what to buy now.
TAG Heuer Carrera: the chronographs and the three-hand models
The Carrera splits into in-house Heuer 02 chronographs and Sellita-built three-hand models. What Glassbox changed, and how steeply the watches depreciate.
Tissot PRX
The PRX is two watches in one case. What separates the quartz from the Powermatic 80, how the bracelet limits strap choice, and how 35 and 40 mm differ.
Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight
The 39 mm Black Bay Fifty-Eight: MT5402 movement, 70 hours of reserve, COSC certification, and why Tudor's smaller case is the whole reason the watch exists.