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When we think about bracelets, we often default to names that Rolex imprinted on us that they used for their dive and sports watches or less sturdy ones that came on your average Seiko. Modern watch bracelets have improved significantly over the decades. There is much less risk of depilation. They are an aesthetic improvement… Continue reading They were always jewelry
The following are corrections and clarifications from recent The Escapement Room articles. TER and the authors regret any error made or offense taken, such not being the intent of TER or the author. Take Me to the Bivet, April 2024: The author regrets referring to Jean-Claude Bivet as “LVMH’s former sexy beast and master pimp… Continue reading Corrections and Clarifications
Back in the 1980’s, bon vivuer and jet-setter Lazlo Delgrande convinced me that quartz was elegant and timeless, and more importantly, that it was the future of watches. As a “Friend of Lazlo Delgrande” (the FLD is a rag-tag collective of quartz watch wearers spread across six continents mostly clustered around cities with an opera… Continue reading Quartz Tribulations
This year I am batting .181, which makes me the Dal Maxvill of online bidding watch idiots. I have only won 18% of the online auctions where I have participated. I lost one this weekend that was deeply frustrating to me and Chris because we discussed that I had found the perfect 1940’s military watch,… Continue reading Born to lose
Many watch collectors and enthusiasts use the term “strap monster” unironically and frequently as if it describes an actual attribute of a particular watch. For this bit of inanity, we can blame YouTube sensation and weak mustache aficionado TGV. He claims to have coined it and I for one, will gladly let him take it.… Continue reading Towards a theory of watch strap aesthetics
There is something that I don’t understand about the online vintage watch market. I have theories, but just really guesses about this particular problem. If you have been paying attention to this space you know that Chris and I pride ourselves on being able to find diamonds in the rough, underappreciated watches that don’t have… Continue reading Inflation hits the Dollar (Watch)
In the first installment of this occasional series, I advocated for gold watches, small watches, and non-round case shapes. My arguments were sound and due to their obvious correctness, I don’t feel the need to defend or revisit those points. There is more to explore. But first, I want to step back and note a… Continue reading Watch Fashion for the Unfashionable Man (Pt. 2)
My birth year was the year that we lost Buster Keaton and gained Salma Hayek. Kwame Nkrumah lost control of Ghana. The Black Panthers were founded. The Flintstones left the air. Walt Disney died just before the first Kwanzaa. This was the year that we first saw It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! and How… Continue reading Birth Year, you are bringing me down…
May 4, 2024 Johnson City, TN East Tennessee State University has not seen the violent protests and encampments that have embroiled other American college campuses. There have been small demonstrations involving students who are protesting conditions in Gaza, but these have mostly diminished as the time for final exams has come to this small Appalachian… Continue reading Speaking Time to Power
‘Twas goldem, and the greytoo titanu Did toks and tickle in the watbock: All purdee were the timpicos, And the datwel reed rondat. “Beware the Strepmonst, my son! The gears that grind, the hands that point! Beware the Gadar bird, and shun The quartious Chronoportch!” He took his firked tool in hand; Long time the… Continue reading Strepmonsty
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