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December 14, 2021
Watch Gonzo
watches, 1973, Cocktail Time, Dress watches, Exotics, Hamilton, Heritage, Luxury, Orient, Oris Aquis, Powermatic 80, Presage, Presage Automatic, Seiko, Tissot, Zeppelin

GONZO’S POSTBAG (XLIV)|LUXURY WATCHES – ARE THEY TERRIFIC OR TERRIBLE INVESTMENTS?

Q. Dear Gonzo, Lest it comes as a shock to you, I’d like to declare right away – I’m not actually interested in watches and neither trying to put...

December 4, 2021
Watch Gonzo
watches, 1973, Alpine, Automatic, Chrono XL, Heritage, MotoGP, Multi-function, Powermatic 80, Seastar 1000, Swissmatic, T-Classic, T-Sport, Tissot, Tradition

Tissot T-Classic Powermatic: For them about to get dressed

VARYING OPINIONS: TOWARD ONE REALITY Staying aloof safely from both the extremes, the best way to portray Tissot is – they are mid-range watches that are priced lower than...

November 15, 2021
Watch Gonzo
watches, 1973, Alpine, Alpinist, Astron, Automatic, Automatic, Bolt, Chrono XL, Citizen, Cocktail Time, Diver, Dress watches, Exotics, Flightmaster, GMT, GPS, Grand Seiko, Heritage, Hydromax, Invicta, Italian Watches, J.Spring, Kinetic, King Turtle, Lukia, Luxury, Marine Master, MotoGP, Multi-function, Navihawk, New Seiko5, PADI, Pocket watches, Powermatic 80, Powermatic 80, Presage, Presage Automatic, Pro Diver, Pro Master, Prospex, Prospex Diver, Radio-controlled, Re-Craft, Reserve, Russian Diver, S1 Rally, Sapphire Crystal, Sattelite Wave, Save the Ocean, Scuderia Ferrari, Seastar 1000, Seiko, Seiko 5, Seiko automatic watches, Seiko Premier, Solar, Specialty, Spring Drive, Street, Street Fighter, Sumo, Super Titanium, Swissmatic, T-Classic, T-Pocket, T-Sport, Tissot, Tissot T-Touch, Tradition, Tuna, Velatura, Venom

Must-grabs this Week! Tissot, Seiko, Citizen, Invicta and Scuderia Ferrari brings excellent gift ideas for thrill-loving men and women

Watch gifting basics Not every watch gifted needs to be the Breguet No. 160 Grand Complication from the Swedish count Axel von Fersen the Younger to Marie Antoinette, the Queen of France...

November 14, 2021
Watch Gonzo
Swiss Watch Week, 1973, Alpine, Chrono XL, Dress watches, Exotics, Heritage, Luxury, MotoGP, Powermatic 80, Seastar 1000, Swiss, Swissmatic, T-Classic, T-Pocket, T-Sport, Tissot, Tissot T-Touch, Titanium, Tradition, watches

Top offers on Luxury watches: Swiss Watch Week and More…

Status symbols vs. Novelties for those in the know Luxury never goes out of fashion. Neither do the luxury products. That’s the reason you might arrive in a 1940’s...

January 27, 2021
Watch Gonzo
Ceramic Bezel, Chronograph, Diver's, Powermatic 80, Seastar 1000, T-Sport, Tissot

What’s that ‘T-Sport’ doing there?

Before we start Going all over the long and rich heritage of Tissot would be wasting time and space (energy too); therefore, we nosedive straight into the topic, not...

December 14, 2020
Watch Gonzo
Automatic, H-10, Hamilton, Jazz Master, Powermatic 80, Powermatic 80, Tissot

Two brands lock horns to create two interesting movements

Bottom line: There’s nothing such as a movement that’s truly bad or uninteresting! What might make it seem so is often a simple lack of sufficient knowledge on the...

December 10, 2020
Watch Gonzo
Automatic, Chronograph, Diver's, Freelancer, Frogman, H-10, Hamilton, Hamilton X, Khaki, Multi-function, Oris Aquis, Powermatic 80, Powermatic 80, Raymond Weil, Tissot

A guide on affordable Swiss watches

An alternative way to say Or, how to avoid the ‘cheesy’ Swiss without going bankrupt; the title could have read this way! The idea is the same; we simply...

July 26, 2020
Watch Gonzo
Alarm, Altimeter, Ana-Digi, Aqualand, Automatic, Automatic, Bluetooth, Casio, Chronograph, Citizen, Compass, Depth Gauge, Dress watches, Edifice, Exotics, Formula 1, G Shock, GMT, GMT, GPS, Hamilton, Luxury, Minimalist, Multi-function, Omega, Orient, PADI, Pilot, Powermatic 80, Powermatic 80, Presage, Presage Automatic, Prospex, Seiko, Seiko Premier, Solar, Solar, Swiss, T-Touch watches, Tissot, World Timer

How do you find the luxury watch perfect for you?

Navigating the complicated, online maze for that perfect timepiece is fun till you feel dazed and confused. This is the time when you feel like throwing away your preferences...

June 16, 2020
Watch Gonzo
Automatic, Automatic, H-10, Hamilton, Invicta, Powermatic 80, Tissot, Zeppelin

ETA and Miyota: About the two most popular stock movements

The two that rule Watchmakers today don’t always use their own movements in the watches they build. Many expensive brands don’t pack in-house movements within and we accept that...

November 11, 2019
Watch Gonzo
Automatic, Dress watches, Luxury, Powermatic 80, Tissot

Tissot Carson: Less means a lot more!

An average working man’s wrists, if they could speak, would scream every now and then for something less bulky and simple but trendy and elegant at the same time....

October 10, 2019
Watch Gonzo
Automatic, Casio, Citizen, Edifice, Powermatic 80, Powermatic 80, Seiko, Solar, Tissot

Fuel gauge of the watch: A word about power reserve indicators

Power reserve is not something belonging just to the realm of mechanical watches. The Solar, Tough-Solar, Eco Drive or Kinetic Direct-Drive – all got their own versions of power...