24 hours from Tulsa. The OGA Watch Project was conceived and created by Mikel Coffee, a Tulsa-based custom watch designer known in the scene for making unique one-off watches from either his own ideas or commissions over at Coffee Wrist Studio. His portfolio there is notable for his signature hand-painted dials, most of which are…
Proxima, to us, are the quintessential Chinese microbrand. What they lack in terms of pure quality and engineering they make up for with price and some interesting designs. But does the PX1701 do enough to wash away the AliExpress stigma? Floating around the £200 mark (honestly, AliExpress prices vary so wildly that stating a price…
The Hexmariner 39 is a dive watch from the exciting Malaysian-based microbrand Revelot (Reveh-LOT? Reveh-LOW? The Rezillos?). The 39, of course, being a reference to the case size which is a welcome reduction from last year’s Hexmariner 42. Those of us with skinny wrists are going to be very happy with that change. We’ve already…
Better to be alone than in bad company. The Wave Master is, as the name suggests, a dive watch from Phoibos, the Hong Kong-based microbrand who have been making waves (shut up, me) and growing their reputation in the microbrand scene thanks to some striking designs and decent technical chops. We picked this one up…