So I’m getting old. My nephew turns 18 soon, and the wife suggests we buy him a watch. He doesn’t wear a watch… at least he doesn’t wear the G-Shocks, Casios, or mods I’ve built him over the years. He’s surgically attached to his phone, and is constantly late to everything, therefore paradoxically in need… Continue reading Generational musings
Tag: Quartz watches
It’s a mug’s game
There are various definitions of “a mug's game” such as “an activity that will not make you happy or successful” and “a foolish, useless, or ill advised venture.” Watches are, for want of a better opener, a mug’s game. At least, it has reached that point for me. It’s tough to remain interested in 2026.… Continue reading It’s a mug’s game
Dispatches from Real America…
I immersed myself in some Red and Blue America activities this week. Just a warning for all of our friends worldwide, the United States is going to talk about itself a lot in the next year. It will be a cacophony of opinions about “American Exceptionalism,” “America’s Original Sin,” and everywhere in between. Brace yourself… Continue reading Dispatches from Real America…
A Sennight of Pondering Chronographs…
I have lots of the same types of watches. I have my rectangular or square 1940’s dress watches. I have more than a few from the 1950’s with dagger indices and dauphine hands. I have elegant three-handers from the 1960’s that are studies in minimalism. I still have a few from the more experimental 1970’s.… Continue reading A Sennight of Pondering Chronographs…
The Escapement Room 