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On Moser Specialties
I love H.Moser & Cie. As a brand they are synonymous with amazing fume dial as well as beautifully designed cases. They are another brand where everything is just right, down to the size and shape of the crown. Over the years we’ve come to expect something zany and utterly original from Moser. Back in 2017 we received the cheese watch. A 1/1 Moser with a case made of Swiss cheese. Video here. In 2018, we got the watch who shall not be named. An homage, if you will, representing many of the major players in the game. We wrote. about it previously here. In 2019 we got the Nature…
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What Watch Do I Need for the Apocalypse? AKA the Covid-19 Pandemic.
We received over 3,000 emails on what watch you should be wearing right now. Well here is it. The ultimate watch for these times... READ ON
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Fake Alligator’s 2019 Shopping Guide
Every year at Fake Alligator we put together a list of the best things to buy your significant other, worst enemy and everyone in between. Past highlights have included cars, planes, and even busses. This year is no different so without further ado, we give you the 2019 Fake Alligator Shopping Guide! The Tiffany & Co Table Tennis Paddles No Fake Alligator shopping list would be complete without an item from Tiffany & Co. They’ve made and will continue to make the list every year. This year they’re presenting Leather and Walnut Table Tennis Paddles. Their Everyday Objects collection is really one of our favorite things. (Hey, we’re like Oprah!) A set…
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Timex X Nigel Cabourn Referee Watch Review
In late June, while wasting my life scrolling on Instagram, I scrolled passed a new Timex watch on END Clothing’s account. It was hot out, there was another watch flying by in my feed. I quickly turned my attention towards whatever was next. The only thing really operating was the reptile brain at this particular moment. So I flicked by the Timex and about 10-15 posts later, I was like, wait a second. The dial on that watch was interesting. What was that again? Scroll back, keep going, back, back, back. There it is: END’s post with the watch. Usually they post exotic Nikes, Stone Island Shirts, and other Hypebeast wares.…
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Swiss Alp Watch Concept Black
The Swiss Alp Watch Concept Black 5901-0301 won SIHH 2019. It’s no secret I have a special place in my heart for H. Moser & Cie., so I have no trouble declaring it the most exciting piece of the show. I’m sure this minimalist phantasm will be keeping some in the Swiss watch industry up at night thinking how they can one-up themselves for next year. Let’s look deeper: No hands Platinum Swiss Alp case Glossy Black dial Tourbillon Minute repeater Sapphire case back How the hell do you set it? View this post on Instagram A post shared by H. Moser & Cie. (@moserwatches) on Jan 14, 2019 at…
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Fake Alligator’s Top 10 of 2018
As 2018 comes to a close it’s time to look back at the Top 10 of the year. Top 10 what? Watches? Movies? Books? Limited edition Vacheron Constantin Chronographs? Whatever. Anything and everything.So without further ado…. #10 Elon Musk Elon Musk saying there’s a 70% chance he’ll move to Mars.Am I happy about Man’s ability to live on another planet? Am I happy Space Travel is still a thing? Am I happy that Elon Musk will be leaving this planet? I don’t know the answers here, but him saying that in an interview in late November has my interest piqued. I’ll start saving for a simple trip to space. #9…
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Fake Alligator’s 2018 Shopping Guide
The holiday season is upon us. Time to buy a whole bunch of stuff for your friends and family without any clue if they’ll like it or not. If thay already have it or not. Or buy stuff for people you, frankly, don’t really like. (Anything made by David Wellington, Tiffany, or Hermes (ties excluded).) I know what you’re thinking… Who the hell are you to write a guide on what to buy people, you’re such a curmudgeon, you only like 3 watch brands, 2 car manufacturers and 2 clothing brands. I say you’re right so let’s just say I’m doing this out of social obligation for those who really…
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Moser x Vantablack
H. Moser & Cie have announced a watch with the darkest dial humanly possible. It’s coated with this “paint” called Vantablack. Manufactured here. It’s chemical substance made of vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays and is the darkest artificial substance known, absorbing up to 99.965% of radiation in the visible spectrum. (Wiki entry) It’s accurate to 1000 years. And costs $35,000. You can find myriad pictures and some video reviews on Instagram. It’s a pretty cool piece that I’d personally love to wear. Some Details: Reference 1801-1200, steel model, Vantablack® dial, black leather strap, limited edition of 50 pieces Reference 1801-0400, 5N red gold model, midnight-blue fumé dial, brown alligator leather strap,…
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Cristiano Ronaldo shows off a Jacob & Co piece on COMPLEX’s Sneaker Shopping
The newly-sold soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo appeared on last week’s installment of Sneaker Shopping. As you may know from previous posts, Sneaker Shopping is a Youtube based web series produced by Complex where celebrities are taking to a high-end street-wear / shoe store and interviewed while shopping for shoes. Host Joe La Puma met with Ronaldo at Honor 23 in Beijing, China. Check out the killer B-roll at the beginning of the episode! Ronaldo discussed his love for Nike while pawing some of their most coveted models. Funnily enough they are looking at a model from 2003 which look pretty beat, unworn but not aging well. He did all this while wearing…
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Hublot and Shepard Fairey collaborate on Big Bang Meca-10
Hublot has been doing some great stuff in the last 12 months. Look at the Usain Bolt, the Red Magic, and now this reference: The Big Bang Meca-10 Shepard Fairey I’ve been a fan of Shepard’s since 1997 when I saw a documentary about him on someone’s dirty old vhs tape that was full of other pre internet virality. Is virality a word? Yes, it is now. His fame stems from making stickers from a picture of Andre the Giant he started putting up around Rhode Island in the early 1990s. Now you can see Andre stickers and wheat-pastes everywhere. I wrote an actual letter to Shepard back in 1998. …
