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In the first installment of this occasional series, I advocated for gold watches, small watches, and non-round case shapes. My arguments were sound and due to their obvious correctness, I don’t feel the need to defend or revisit those points. There is more to explore. But first, I want to step back and note a… Continue reading Watch Fashion for the Unfashionable Man (Pt. 2)
Before watches, there were comicbooks. Thus, much of my collecting behavior is informed by the lessons I learned collecting comics in the past. Of course, everything is different. But everything is the same. Neil Gaiman: “Omnia Mutantur, Nihil Interit. 'Everything changes, but nothing is truly lost.” It may come as a shock to watch collectors… Continue reading Ya Basic!
It’s been a little while since my last proper update, and that was me banging on about homages. I think before that I was reporting my findings on Bremont. Twas a busy May it seems. June seems to have flown by, partly because Greg has been tormenting me over on WatchCrunch with the annual One… Continue reading The things that matter (Matterhorn Divemaster 300 review)
I've been stalling. I honestly don't know how I'm going to do it. But I continue to dream of owning just one watch. It's not exactly as easy as getting rid of all the watches, either by selling them or giving them away. The challenge is more nuanced than that. What do I do with… Continue reading I Dream of a One-Watch Collection, Part Two: The How
Chris: Partly inspired by the recent furore over the latest Credor reissue (did you know Genta designed a watch for Seiko?), and mainly by general ennui, let us commit the ultimate sin and take shots at one of the saints. Who wants to kick things off? Ryan: Have you ever been betrayed by someone you… Continue reading Round Table No. 14: Genta – will we ever move on?
I sometimes worry that I’m no longer living. I’m alive, yes, but in a zombie-state wherein I walk around, breathing, eating but not really living. I want to be in the moment. But that is so much harder than it purports to be. I walk around, in the middle of the day, going through moments… Continue reading I Dream of Having Only One Watch, Interlude: Trudging Slowly
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…
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
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
The Escapement Room 