In the modern world of manufacturing, regardless of industry, compromises are often made in order to meet targeted price points. For example, in my Volkswagen Jetta GLI, the driver's seat has automatic controls while the passenger seat does not. The door wells in my car are bare plastic vs the fabric lining of the GTI. These small details, and many others all add up to the reason why my car was several thousand dollars cheaper than the GTI. In my instance, all the compromises

For my second edition of “Cheap Heat” I thought I would review another watch that I have owned since the AliExpress 11.11 sale two years prior: the Berny T2576 field watch. At the time, it cost me about $50, and from a brief pop over to the AliExpress website, I see that it can still be had for about the same price. I bought it for two reasons: first, I love Sinn inspired design and this clearly borrowed heavily from the Sinn 566, and second, because I was curious about what

Within the watch collecting world, people are drawn to watches for a variety of reasons. Some people are fascinated by the engineering that goes into the mechanical movements that power their watches, and build their collection around that. Others are devoted to collecting specific brands or different eras; I myself have a penchant for 2000’s era Seiko dive watches. Some people collect watches with pop culture significance, such as the Hamilton Murph or Coop featured in the m