watchlist this!: our october 2026 picks of the best new bubbling-under films
Our picks of under-the-radar gems from this month’s new releases. This edition includes spine-tingling creature features, vital documentaries, satirical mockumentaries and heartrending dramas.
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Hands-On: IWC Ingenieur 50th Anniversary Watches In 40mm & 35mm
“Wait, what? A relaxed anniversary edition?” That is a rough recollection of my reaction to this pair of IWC Ingenieur 50th Anniversary watches in the Ingenieur Automatic 40 and Ingenieur Automatic 35 guises. No shouty dial pattern, overzealous logo use, or even a stupid dial or bezel color. These are just a pair of honest, […]
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MONTA Celebrates 10 Years Of Refinement With Two Neuchâtel X Limited Editions
Ten years is a meaningful milestone for any independent watch brand. For MONTA, it represents a decade spent steadily refining an idea that has been there from the beginning: build versatile Swiss-made watches with the character of mid-century tool watches, executing them to a standard suited to modern collectors. That philosophy has given MONTA a […]
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The Best Permanent Outdoor Lights (2026): Govee, Eufy, Cync
Permanent eave lights that attach to the exterior of your home are becoming more popular. But are they worth the effort and cost?
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Trematic T-Five Beguia Maris Watch Review: A Compact Skindiver In Grade 5 Titanium
Originally founded in the early 1950s, Trematic was among the numerous Swiss watch brands that closed their doors during the 1980s due to mounting pressures from the Quartz Crisis. With that in mind, Trematic was revived in 2022. While the company is now headquartered in Rome, it still produces Swiss-made watches with a focus on […]
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Artist Spotlight: Hannah Motzel Brown
A selection of drawings by Los Angeles-based artist Hannah Motzel Brown.
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The Abinger Phantom Luna Is A Luminescent Mid-Sized Value Statement
At some point or other, we’ve all dreamed of what our ideal watch would look like. Sometimes it exists — and, better yet, is readily available and within budget — but for others, it simply is not out there. Perhaps unfortunately for Thomas Hill, he falls into the latter camp. Abinger is the result. After the […]
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aBlogtoWatch Weekly Podcast #240: Moser Goes Digital, A Rolex ‘Frying Pan,’ And…
This week on aBlogtoWatch Weekly, Rick, David, and Ripley are back with an episode full of watches that are cheaper, pricier, and considerably weirder than expected. The guys start with H. Moser & Cie. going digital before turning to the state of watch marketing and why so many brands seem to have forgotten how to […]
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Backes & Strauss Partners With Tennis Player Elina Avanesyan For An Upcoming…
Backes & Strauss has announced a new partnership with professional tennis player Elina Avanesyan, bringing together the London watch and diamond house with an athlete whose Armenian heritage provides a particularly meaningful connection to the brand. And this is more than an ambassador announcement: The partnership will ultimately result in a dedicated “Elina for Backes […]
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New Release: Rolex Perpetual Padellone Annual Calendar Watches Pay Tribute To A Vintage Grail
It’s not all that often that Rolex announces new models outside of Watches & Wonders, but the famous Swiss brand has just unveiled a new addition to its lineup this morning in September 2026. Officially known as the Rolex Perpetual Padellone, the model is available in either Everose gold (ref. 53505) or platinum (ref. 53506), […]
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Best Robot Vacuum of 2026: Shark, Eufy, Roborock
After testing them on Cheerios, cherry juice, carpet, hard floors, and cat litter, these are my favorites.
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Movado Heritage Kingmatic Watch Review: A Historic Brand Plays Catch-up
In a world where vintage reissues seem to be a craze that has peaked but now hit some sort of consistent, lesser saturation, it’s surprising to see a brand start to enter the sphere at this stage. Make that doubly true for a brand that traces its roots to the late 19th century, and for […]
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New Release: Tudor Northflag Returns As A GMT Watch
Originally introduced in 2015 as the first Tudor to feature a manufacture movement, the North Flag is a distinctly modern integrated bracelet sports watch, although the underlying concept of its design is rooted in the brand’s Ranger II model from 1973. The original North Flag was quietly discontinued in 2021, and it could best be […]
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Moser & Cie. Streamliner Small Seconds Lime Green Enamel Boutique Edition Adds…
For a watch defined as much by restraint as by its distinctive integrated-bracelet architecture, a dramatic change in color can make a surprisingly large difference. The new H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner Small Seconds Lime Green Enamel Boutique Edition takes the compact proportions and streamlined profile of the existing model and gives it an entirely […]
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Bulgari Octo Finissimo Dual Time x Vianney Halter Watch Opens New Boundaries
At this point in time, the global community of watch enthusiasts is well aware of Bulgari’s successful transformation into a vertically integrated watch manufacture, one that takes full creative advantage of operating its own case, bracelet, dial, and movement production facilities in Switzerland. Likewise, its 10 world records in ultra-thin watchmaking have sufficed to amaze […]
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Time Machines: What Really Makes A Milestone Watch With The Circa 1939…
We here at aBlogtoWatch have spoken extensively about the idea of a “milestone watch” over the years. At its core, it’s the very real market phenomenon that a great deal of luxury watch purchases are made as a way to commemorate a life milestone — a graduation, a promotion, a marriage, etc. With the widespread […]
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Movado’s Heritage Collection Brings The Brand’s Greatest Designs Into The Present
Luxury watch brands often speak about heritage, but relatively few have archives as deep or stylistically diverse as Movado. Founded in 1881 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, the company has spent nearly a century and a half producing watches that reflect changing ideas about design, engineering, and modern life. From the geometric experimentation of the early […]
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