Adee Kaye watches more than O.K.!

A friend of mine from mywristwatch. net sent me a cool watch a while back.  It's an Adee Kaye Automatic wristwatch with a vintage style.  It has a coin-edged bezel, a subdial for the second hand, an exhibition caseback, and a nice leather strap.

Adee Kaye Automatic

The Exhibition Case Back of the Adee Kay Automatic

 With an all stainless case, 3 atmosphere water resistance, and a 21-jewel movement, this is a very nice watch. Adee Kaye watches look nice, have innovative style, and are affordable.

The Perfect Wenger Watch for Winter

Winter has been wicked to the South this year.  It initially caught our leaders unprepared, left commuters trapped in their gridlocked cars for up to twenty hours, and then it kept everyone home from work with freezing rain and snow.  That doesn't usually happen in the Georgia.
 

A Frozen Magnolia Tree

 During the ice storms, it was weird to have a world without cars.  From Tuesday through Thursday, few people dared to venture out on the highways.  Instead, we just holed up in our apartments.

Corvette on Ice

Fortunately, Wenger had just the ticket to help psychologically prepare me.  I strapped on my Wenger Swiss Military Men's Grenadier Watch and was totally ready for all things Alpine!  If you'd like to read more about the Swiss Military Grenadier, check out my review:

Wristwatch Review:  Wenger Swiss Military Grenadier Quartz Watch

Wenger Swiss Military Grenadier Watch

Once I was wearing my watch, I was able to tackle the ice and the snow with grace and aplomb.  Well, at least, I was able to get out and walk the dog.

Swiss alpine skier Olivier Brand during the European Cup Giant Slalom in Hinterstoder, Austria on January 11, 2008.

Timex Elevated Classic - Shades of Black, Silver, and Gray!

One of the cool things about my Timex Elevated Classic is its simple color palette.  The watch simply has shades of stainless, gray, and black.  It also has a tough mineral crystal and 50 meters of water resistance.  It's a black and white watch if there ever was one.  But, it is readable and the indiglo lighting system works well.

Despite the raunchy "Fifty Shades of Grey" background of this photo, this Timex isn't kinky at all.  The bezel doesn't even rotate!  Of course, there is the strap.  It's genuine leather . . .

Timex Elevated Classic Wrist Watch

To read a full review of the Timex Elevated Classic, bang it here!

AVI-8 Hawker Hurricane watch meets OV-1 Mohawk

My AVI-8  Hawker Hurricane watch seems drawn to vintage aircraft like this OV-1C Mohawk.  It's a Vietnam-era observation and attack aircraft. 

AVI-8 Hawker Hurricane

Here is a Mohawk in flight in an Army photograph.  While these aircraft are now retired, they do look like something from the World War II era.

An OV-1 Mohawk in Flight

The Mohawk flew from 1959 through 1996 when it was officially retired by the Army.  Even though it was a retro looking plane, NASA used them for flight research.  Here is a NASA Mohawk at Edwards Air Force Base in the 1980s.  It was used to research stall warning technology.

NASA OV-1C Mohawk

If you appreciate flight and aviation history, you'll like AVI-8 watches like my Hawker Hurricane.  The brand celebrates the dawn of the jet era with the Hawker Hunter watches.

German Hawker Hunter (By Euro-t-guide.com (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC-BY-SA-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)

[This article has been updated as of March 2024, if you like Aviation watches, check out the AVI-8 Store on Amazon.  You'll also like to see my additional photos and details on my AVI-8 Hawker Hurricane watch.]

Casio MRW200H Diver-style Watches - Adventure on the Cheap!

There are some watches that I see every time I go to the store.  They catch my eye, hold my attention, and then I put them back.  These watches intrigue me, but are just too similar to some of the watches that I already have in my collection.  For example, these Casio MRW200H Dive Watches are attractive and affordable.  You can always find them at Walmart, Target, or Kmart. Amazon has them even cheaper!

These utilitarian dive watches have rotating bezels and are waterproof to 100 meters.  They also have readable dials with large numbers, day/date windows, and a mineral crystal.  It should be noted that the bezel is not unidirectional and doesn't give you a click with each turn.  But, at less than $25, they are the kind of watch that you won't be afraid to abuse.  They look good and they offer adventure on the cheap!

I think I would buy one of these watches in a flash.  But, my trusty Timex is still taking a licking and it still keeps on ticking.  One day, I'll surely succumb to the lure of an inexpensive bang around Casio watch that has adventure written all over it!

By David Haberthür (image description page) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

[After I wrote this post, I did get a Casio MRW200H.  You can read my complete review of it here on this blog.]

Reviewing My New Pulsar Chronograph Watch

Over Christmas, I got an outstanding new watch.  It's a Pulsar Chronograph Dress Watch with Roman Numerals.  This watch (Model PT3399) has a silver on silver motif with vertical stripes of white on the dial.   It's a very classy and powerful watch.  Plus, Pulsar Chronograph Watches are made by Seiko!

Men's Pulsar Chronograph PT3399

This timepiece has quickly become one of my favorite watches for the office.  If you'd like to read my full review, you can read it here:

Wristwatch Review:  Men's Pulsar Chronograph Dress Watch with Roman Numerals

Pulsar PT3399 Chronograph with Locomotive in Marietta, Georgia

Unreadable Monochrome Watches Must Go!

If there is any watch design trend that I'd like to see disappear in 2014, it's the trend towards monochrome watches with hands that match the dial.  These watches are much like "The Emperor's New Clothes."   They are useless!  You can't read them with a quick glance!

Here are a  few of the monochrome watches that I saw in 2013. 

Black Hands on a Black Dial

Green Hands on a Green Dial

Blue Hands on a Blue Dial

Gray Hands on a Gray Dial

Black Hands on Dark Brown

Each of these watches is completely ridiculous!  Some are barely readable and others are completely unreadable.  This is one watch design trend that simply must die!