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Watch enthusiasts, mainly those who smell of eau de coronet, tend to give watches nicknames. These are sometimes as simple as a snappier, more fun ways of saying a model name, like "Speedy" for "Speedmaster." Other times, these nicknames get a bit wacky. Nothing repels a woman more than men having stupid nicknames for their… Continue reading New nicknames for watches
There are very few times a new watch excites me. There was the Tissot Stylist that came out, which I really loved, apart from the price being just a little too high. In October, I caught wind of another Tissot release: the PR516. I haven't made a post about it until now, because, to be… Continue reading Buy Tissot flowers.
Earlier this week, I sent a video to a teacher at my school via Instagram. It was a short video with the text "Today we will spell our names backwards.' Kid named woc denroh eno:" and a video of a one-horned cow. Very random and strange, but that's on-brand for my sense of humour. She… Continue reading One-horned cows.
Friday saw the beginning of the end of my high-school career. It's funny how, for ten months now, I have been expecting and looking forward to this moment. I am still a high-schooler until November 25th; thereafter, I am changing my name, address and frankly anything else tying me to the last eighteen years of… Continue reading Amidst ink and blood
For the first time ever, I think, I have been blown away with a new watch release. In an earlier post, I almost vowed to never buy a new watch again. This watch would make me look right proper stupid, if it wasn't for one thing. This is a step in the right direction for… Continue reading Ryan follows the herd and talks about a new watch release: Tissot Stylist
On 31 May, 1961, the Union of South Africa left the crown and changed its name to the Republic of South Africa. They scraped Queen Elizabeth and George VI off of the coins and replaced them with Jan van Riebeeck. Along with this came the change to decimal currency. No more shillings and pence, just… Continue reading Horological Heritage Part One: Union Special
I recently purchased two lighters from an auction platform I'm quite active on. They're old Colibri things, one is a Colibri Jetric that looks quite stylish; I don't care for the other one as unfortunately it does not work. I think it's a faulty piezo. Anyway, you're here for watches, so I'll add that with… Continue reading On the workbench part four: what part of “disposable” don’t you understand?
I am not looking a gift horse in the mouth here. This is another goodie from the box I scored from my beloved watchmaker. This is an Omega cocktail watch, the only sort of Omega (apart from donor movements) that struggle to sell for more than a hundred USD. Why? No one cares for them… Continue reading On the workbench part three: the only time getting an Omega for free makes me feel indifferent
I got an amazing box of goodies from the watchmaker today. He was cleaning out a shelf and found some boxes. One was a former mouse colony, which he put on a street corner and ran away from. The box disappeared when he returned the next day, likely being taken by a homeless person. I… Continue reading On the workbench part two: size matters, it matters a lot.
Here I am once again. I am lying in my bed, writing heaps of nonsense. I feel alone. I just turned eighteen a few days ago, so I have a little bit more freedom in that I can buy alcohol and gamble. I lost my liquor store virginity to a bottle of cheap whiskey aperitif.… Continue reading Mayonnaise, cheese and booze (preparation for my creative writing exam)
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