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Vario 1945 D12 Featured on Oracle Time

It’s not an understatement to say that 1945 was a pretty significant year in human history, bringing to a close World War Two. That turbulent time saw some of the most rapid development in technolo...

Vario 1918 Pilot featured on Scottish Watches

While pilot watches were generally available, a niche category of pilot watches comprised of pilot watches with tilted dials. The Vacheron Constantin American 1921 is one of the first to come to mi...

Vario 1918 Pilot featured on The Time Bum

The Vario 1918 Pilot pays homage to early the early days of aviation and the development of some of the first tool watches. Captain Ross McPherson Smith piloted one of the first aircraft to fly fro...

Vario 1918 Pilot featured on Time and Tide

Vario have quickly become one of my favourite microbrands, excelling through their flippable, affordable Versa and more original designs such as the Empire True GMT. Their releases seem to be diall...

Vario Empire Seasons True GMT featured on Fratello

To put the Vario Empire GMT in context, flyer/traveler GMTs from micro/independent brands typically retail in the US$750–1,500 range. So the US$698 price tag of this watch is fairly in line with wh...

Vario Empire Seasons True GMT featured on Time & Tide

The Vario Empire True GMT features a compact 38mm stainless steel case which is uniformly polished, to an impressive standard. 38mm might be somewhat on the small side for modern tastes but would ...

Vario 1945 D12 Field Watch featured on Fratello

Vario is not entirely new to the Fratello community as I reviewed the Versa earlier this year. The brand also makes homages to WWI trench watches which, alongside the Versa, make for affordable al...

Vario 1945 D12 Field Watch featured on Time and Tide

The main features of a Dirty Dozen dial have all been covered by the Vario 1945 D12, with Arabic numerals, a small seconds complication, and an accented luminous index at 12. Other than those, the...

Vario 1945 D12 Field Watch featured on The Time Bum

A good Dirty Dozen watch needs certain key features. It will have a black dial, Arabic numbers, a small seconds indicator, lume, waterproofing, and a railroad track index. After that, things can g...

Vario 1945 D12 featured on Scottish Watches

  The 1945 is a great tribute to the military history of watches, it robust and good looking, it does remind you of a time when mechanical precision was key to perform. Vario has been making great...