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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
The Swatch x Omega MoonSwatch... The Audemars Piguet Black Panther & Spiderman The JLC Batman Reverso... What do all of the watches above (and similar) have in common? They are all accused of dragging down or tainting the reputations of the respective brands. I happen agree with that statement, but not in the way you… Continue reading One Direction?
Chris: Greg had an idea for a vintage round table… How about, vintage desires and vintage regrets? Why you have or have not dipped your toes in? Todd: My vintage regret is a birth year Timex. I thought I wanted a birth year watch, but after receiving one and wearing it a few times, it… Continue reading Round table #18 – vintage trifles
Most watch media is trying to push you to buy something. It could be a "review" that is thinly veiled advertising, or someone who is banking on you unknowingly buying via their affiliate link. It grinds my gears that it's not more transparent, but I think it exposes a deeper issue. Do you really need the… Continue reading No, you do not need the new thing.
I usually spend Sunday mornings on forums leaving little bon mots in comments on posts to amuse myself while the coffee wakes me up. This morning a comment felt like it was going to run long so I decided to put it over here, in my space, where it won’t get buried under posts from… Continue reading For what it’s worth
The "watch journey". It's a phrase that gets used often, but the meaning behind it varies from person to person. Hell, I've probably used it at some point, but I don't even know what it means to me. All that I know is what I like in watches, and the number of them that I… Continue reading How Little is Too Much?
In Chris’ vintage buying guide (pinned to the top of our page) he warns about certain brands as being particularly susceptible to being “fakes” or frankenwatches, especially if bought from Asian sellers. And here I was on a Saturday morning, with two of one of these brands in my hands and the certainty that one… Continue reading In the Prize Box
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