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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…
I've always found that the best way to prepare for an essay is to write a whole load of nonsense about anything under the sun. I often recycle stories from this blog when in need of something to write. It's as easy as, scroll, summarise, submit. (See, alliteration helps too, especially in first additional language… Continue reading Preparation for my creative writing exam (a post about mayonnaise)
The one-watch collection—as contradictory as it sounds—is a dream I’ve been nurturing in my head over the past couple of months. It's a lofty dream. Those in the watch community might even call it an impossibility, again given the oxymoronic concept of having just one thing in a collection. To those who’ve already forgotten their… Continue reading I Dream of a One-Watch Collection, Part One: The Why
Translation provided at the end of post. Die ontbloot van geskiedenis deur horlosieversameling. Wat maak 'n horlosie spesiaal? Vra twee mense en jy sal drie antwoorde kry. Beweging? Styl of voorkoms? Waarde? Die lys gaan aan. Ek glo dat 'n horlosie word spesiaal deur die persoon wat hom dra. Suid-Afrika in die 1950s was tien… Continue reading “The Escapement Room” nou in Afrikaans
I got provisionally accepted into university, with first year financial aid, so I won't have to go into debt renting a shack with a blanket and bucket toilet. It will still cost an obscene amount, but at least I'll have some help. There's little more to this post, actually. I am also planning on applying… Continue reading Boasting
Everyone else is. Or was. I understand… it was a bit of a shock when they seemingly rebranded, relaunched, and reset, but there was always something (to me) under the surface that was not quite clicking. Be it before, during, or after, I have always found Bremont to be a little bit of an oddball.… Continue reading I suppose we have to talk about Bremont…
One year ago, if you were to ask me what country I would like my watches to hail from, I would have said Japan in a heartbeat. I would have mentioned the good value, the rich history and the good value again, in case you didn't hear me the first time. I am now a… Continue reading A confession
Those who know me know that I used to be a Batman fanboy. Used to be? Still am, I suppose. Anything Batman-related on Youtube still makes me stop to pay attention. But that passion has petered out quite dramatically over the past couple of years. I used to be quite obsessive. I knew everything about… Continue reading On Finding my Batman Watch
I think it's safe to assume that many--if not most--watch collectors "get" vintage. They may not buy vintage or prefer to wear vintage but a big part of the enthusiast population understand the appeal of vintage. Look at the articles on this website and you'll see an almost palpable passion for and around vintage watches--their… Continue reading Joy of the Daily Vintage
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
The Escapement Room 