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A few months back, my good buddy Tim Johnson gave me his Seiko Kinetic watch. The Kinetic line was Seiko's attempt at a Quartz watch that wouldn't need a battery change every few years. However, it entered the market at a weird time, and has all of the issues of a mechanical watch combined with… Continue reading The Seiko Kinetic Movement – How it works, and why does it exist?
I do not buy many watches. At time of writing, my last watch purchase was in December of 2024. With enjoying a small collection, I tend to play around with different ways to wear my watches. In this short article, I'll be covering my favorite straps for my watches. I did a full article on… Continue reading Strap Up! – How I Get the Most Out of My Watches
“Invicta causes anthropomorphic climate change and that’s why I wear an eighty-year-old Gruen.” No, that’s not what Sherwin said, and perhaps that is an unfair characterization of his point, but it gets at the general premise. More charitably, “wasteful spending on watches is harmful to our environment”, may be closer to his argument. “Wasteful spending”… Continue reading Sherwin Agonistes
I'm not, by any stretch of the imagination, a tree-hugger. But I'm not a climate change denier either. I have little to no respect for people who don't think climate change exists. I look at them the same way I look at flat-earthers. Sure, they can be nice people but I would be afraid to… Continue reading Tragically–Unsustainable and Selfish
Sherwin: What watch-related trend, brand, and/or hype that you hate? And if you were forced to, how would you defend it?" Chris: I’m not sure this is something I could deliver. I find most watch content contrived, and appreciate the irony considering that I do bother to talk shop. I have nothing but disdain for… Continue reading Round Table No. 15 – defending the indefensible, and Chris starts an argument in an empty room…
I’ve been silent haven’t I? In truth, I’ve been busy, and I have had nothing really interesting to say. I’m ok. A little tired. I started a new job recently, and I’ve inherited a little bit of a mess, but I’m good at cleaning up messes. Except my own… but that’s life. There is not… Continue reading All quiet on The Western Front
… but I don’t think I’m going to get it. Comment time, read into this what you wish. I’ve started to notice a recent uptick in focus on micro, and “budget” brands as the “luxury” end of the market is having a downturn, like - more than usual. Perhaps I’m just being a little more… Continue reading I want a change of the narrative…
I don't have a Patek Philippe Golden Ellipse. I want one. But I don't have the money for something like that. Nor, unless I win the lottery (and what's the probability of that ever happening?), I probably never will. It retails for above 62,000 USD, which is considerably more than what I earn in a… Continue reading Perfect is the Enemy of the Good, Or Compromise is not a Dirty Word
What follows is an argument. This is an argument that I have often, in many contexts, but it always begins as a definitional argument. When we use certain terms, what do we mean?[i] Much has been written recently about the importance and desirability of sustainability in the watch industry. What does it mean to buy… Continue reading Some thoughts on sustainable watches
The Escapement Room 