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I adore the beauty and romance of vintage watches. Before the quartz crisis the watch making landscape was wonderfully rich and diverse, with a multitude of small companies producing some beautiful time pieces. When you do a search for 'best vintage watches' you will inevitably be presented with the bigger and better known brands of… Continue reading 5 beautiful vintage watches for women and men for under £100
We are a group of watch enthusiasts brought together by a love of watches and a desire to create alternative, unfiltered and entertaining content. This blog is for those who want to escape the world of clickbait videos and the same tame, watered-down takes, and perhaps read something a little different to the usual endless… Continue reading Welcome to The Escapement Room. The NSFW watch blog.
I do not like them anywhere. Digital displays, I do not like them. I am old enough to remember the first Pulsars, back when they were an American brand, Hamilton's last stand and a brave foray into modernity. My grandfather built desk clocks with the same red display, because he could, because it was "new".… Continue reading I do not like them here or there
Ok, I'm just gonna say it... I would rather re-size a collar and pin bracelet with nothing but my teeth than read most watch books. I have zero interest in the minutiae of which screw does what in a movement, or how many cogs are in a coaxial movement. I do try to be a… Continue reading 5 Great books for watch enthusiasts (that aren’t actually about watches).
A huge chunk... I would take a guess at around 80%... of content and conversations in the watch community is about one thing... Reassurance. Either asking for it, or providing it. We watch YouTube reviews, seek advice from watch forums, read through articles.... The more people we can find who agree with our choices, that… Continue reading What a ex-drug addict wearing a mermaid’s tail taught me about watch collecting.
American Psycho is a watch collecting fable. In the past many film critics have presumed the story of Patrick Bateman, a super successful Wall Street investment banker and serial killer hobbyist, carried hidden meanings of corporate greed, misogyny and toxic masculinity. Not so. It is, in fact, a metaphor for the doomed watch collector.I shall… Continue reading What American Psycho and Patrick Bateman’s business cards can teach you about watch collecting.
If you wear a modern diver on a steel bracelet the chances are rare that anyone will comment on your watch. Perhaps, someone wearing the same brand will make the connection, but it is rare, even for Rolex bros. However, if you wear a vintage watch and you have a long interaction with someone you… Continue reading Do people notice your watch?
<This article first appeared on WatchCrunch, but has since gained a life and infamy on its own as it formed the basis for a WatchCrunch YouTube video. It’s 100% made up of my ramblings, and so is only fitting it finds a home here in “The Room”. I hope you enjoy it’s raw, unfiltered flavour…>… Continue reading The perils of vintage #94 – or – so you want to buy a vintage watch? The vintage guide none of you asked for…
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