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Lazlo Delgrande… …Citizen’s global Everyman from the 1980s. Women love him, men want to be him. He had the slimmest, sleekest quartz dress watches adorning his wrist whilst he powered through lunch and coffee, securing the deals and charming the clientele. I do feel that Citizen keep him in mind when they drop new watches.… Continue reading Lazlo would be proud…
I recently celebrated a birthday. There comes a time when the novelty of circling the sun for another year loses its mystique. This should have been a “big” one, but it wasn’t. I look the same. I feel the same. I can’t pretend to be young, or even “youngish”. My face has earned its lines… Continue reading Birthday Gratitude
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
The longer I've sold watches the harder it has become. It's a good business. It makes a healthy bit of money for a student and it's something I'm infinitely passionate about... However, I don't know if I'd be able to do it as my 9-5, at least as things are right now. I sell watches… Continue reading A guide to the spirits of the watch dealing forest
As parents, we frequently find ourselves telling our kids "No" A LOT and a good chunk of those "No's" are delivered with no real reason behind it besides, "I said No". We can't articulate why the answer is no, we just know it is. For me, some watch purchase decisions are in this category. On… Continue reading That Nagging Feeling
When I was sixteen, right at the start of summer, I did something profoundly stupid. It involved alcohol and paramedics. My parents rightly punished me. The original idea was to ground me for the whole summer. I would be relegated to mowing the lawn and watching television by myself without my friends, going nowhere. This… Continue reading First there is a watch…
The Escapement Room 