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If you pay attention to what I wear (why would you, that would be weird), you might think that I rarely wear quartz watches, that every movement in my watch collection derives from the mind of Adolf Schild and Abraham-Louis Breguet before him. Not quite true. At night and on weekends I am just as… Continue reading Do Quartz Watches Have “Soul”?
Lume on watches can be a contentious topic. Some folks really value it, while others fall into ambivalence. At the end of the day, lume is entirely a personal preference for watches. My preference is to have good lume (or a backlight) on my watch. While watches are glorified jewelry, I find the value of… Continue reading Does Lume Matter On A Watch?
Opinion is like a skanky mistress. Those who have them think they're great and of some value. Everyone else look at your opinions (or your mistress) with contempt and suspicion. Gold-digging lowlife who isn't good for you is the general consensus. But you yourself will fight to the death your "truths" as though they are… Continue reading My “Truths” about Watches
Greg: Let me throw one out: what watch did you come close to buying, but did not, and do you think that you have made the right decision? Vario Trench 1918 Vario came to my attention when it released the Empire model several years ago. By the time that I found them that watch was… Continue reading Round Table 19: Now With More Roundness!
I'm a picky watch enthusiast, and as such, I've found a few brands that I would not buy. This isn't going to be the generic "name a bunch of crappy fashion watch brands and toss Hublot in too" list, as these are the real watch brands that I avoid. As a forward, everything that I'm… Continue reading 4 Watch Brands I’d Never Buy
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
I haven't thought of watches in a while. I have not even worn a watch regularly. From waking up everyday thinking what watch to wear to not being bothered with it. It's a lucky day if I get to wear a watch once in a week nowadays. I just... stopped. I don't know that I… Continue reading Rekindling
I do not buy many watches. At time of writing, my last watch purchase was in December of 2024. With enjoying a small collection, I tend to play around with different ways to wear my watches. In this short article, I'll be covering my favorite straps for my watches. I did a full article on… Continue reading Strap Up! – How I Get the Most Out of My Watches
I assisted a younger attorney with her first trial a couple of weeks ago and did something that I usually don’t do. I wore steel cased watches and wrote notes with a steel nib pen. (Yes, I often match even these metals.) I have switched sides again in the world of criminal law as I… Continue reading ennui
As watch enthusiasts, there's often this feeling that we should care more about mechanical watches than quartz ones. We're told that mechanical watches "have soul", and that "quartz is boring". Well, I'm a watch enthusiast, and I love both quartz and mechanical watches. What is The Quartz Crisis of 2025? The Quartz Crisis of the… Continue reading The Quartz Crisis of 2025
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