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In today's post I explain why Nico Leonard is actually the Antichrist Superstar, how an undercover sting operation runs most of watch Reddit, and why making a young lady pregnant is the ultimate step in watch collecting.
I don’t know if “buy the seller” originated from the watch community but it’s certainly there that I first heard it. It’s one of those useful advices that don't only apply to watch buying. But how do you buy the seller? No one tells you that. The more astute watch buyer would merely investigate the… Continue reading On Building a Relationship with a Vintage Watch Dealer
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of clickbait-y articles online listing the top ten this or top ten that of watches. Best watches of all time. Must-have watches for every collection. I’m not mad at it. I think these lists are often entertaining and I honestly don’t think people fall for them as much as… Continue reading Watches That Matter Don’t Matter
I’ve been teased as a hipster ever since that word became part of the lexicon decades ago. And it somehow stuck even though I don’t consider myself one. I do, from time to time, display characteristics of a hipster. But those outbreaks of self-important indulgences were few and far in between and—I’d like to think… Continue reading Vintage Rolex: Perfection as a Hipster
As a frustrated, wanna-be novelist I've always been drawn to Story. Of course, I prefer the exploration of the mundane and the deeply personal. When I was younger I used to love science fiction and fantasy but I must admit that my favorite parts were always the quiet moments that protagonists are obligated to have… Continue reading Of Love for Stories and Watches
I come not to praise Bulova, but to bury it. I have a problem with modern Bulova. Every time that I see this or that enthusiast enthuse about their newest Jet Pilot or Mil-ships I want to stick my nose in and puncture their joy. It is a reflex that I have resisted so far.… Continue reading Table for one: a Bulova reproach
When I was sixteen years old, I worked in a fast food restaurant in suburban Maryland. I took my job very seriously and figured it out in short order. My best friend, an older schoolmate of seventeen, and I were so good that eventually with a manager running the cash register, we could do an… Continue reading Learning curve
We are back for the second installment of the occasional Escapement Room series “Ask a Watch Collector Anything”. We have collected a variety of questions and put them to Steven Kolchak, the marketing director for a plumbing supply company in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Steve is fifty-one and collects everything from luxury Swiss brands to… Continue reading Ask a Watch Collector Anything (Vol. Two)
Greg: I thought that we could talk about collecting goals for the next year. As collectors (not enthusiasts) where do we think that we are going? Do we have goals? Ambitions? What is on the horizon? I think that I am going to be less impulsive. There is still the joy of finding something undervalued… Continue reading Round Table No. 10: Boys Club
The first day of January is one where we frequently look back at the previous year and forward to the one to come. (The Roman god Janus had two faces for a reason, maybe.) Here I will discuss what I learned about myself this year (I am dictating this while staring at my visage in… Continue reading It was a year, the year that was
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