Well, I was the lucky winner of the ABlogToWatch giveaway the other month for a Rosenbusch Watches "The Quest" (Rosenbusch Watches). I've had it for a couple days now, and wanted to give my first impressions of what is just a lovely int…
Continue readingVortic CEO had a stroke – Update from his wife.
I just got this in my inbox, and thought I'd share with my fellow watch hounds:
Dear Vortic Community,
On June 30, my husband and Vortic’s founder, R.T. Custer, suffered a massive stroke while on a business trip to Detroit, Michigan. …
Continue readingFinally! A watch you can eat!
Nothing to see here, just an all chocolate watch…
Continue readingNeed an inspiring watch for $500-1000…
Folks, I’m not really in the market for a new watch – I mean my collection is largely complete from any logical standpoint. I’ve got about a round dozen watches, decent mix of quartz/auto/Dive/Travel/etc…
Continue readingBut I kinda want a statement piece.
I really haven’t been able to find ANYTHING that really has inspired me to want to spend any money on a watch. The last one I picked up was a Magrette Moana GMT – which has really filled out my collection nicely – and really satisfied my urge to buy…
Periodic Poll: Watch Types We’re Suckers For (Summer 2025)
Just felt like posting a poll I feel like I ask occasionally: What are the types of watches we’re absolutely suckers for. Just can’t seem to have enough of them in our collection?
Continue readingFor me, it turns out I’m a sucker for GMT/Worldtimer watches. Caller, traveler, true world timer, dual time bezel, doesn’t much matter. Just love being able to have 2-3 timezones on my watch.
It used to be Moonphase (although I’ve never owned one) – but I was absolutely gaga over them for a year or two…
Watch brands to “get in on now before they…”
OK, so I remember hearing tales of old soldiers buying Rolexes at the PX for a fraction of what they cost today, or Omegas, etc.
We've ALL heard the stories.
So my question to you is: What are the brands we all know today that are in that "…
Continue readingStemwinding – what technique do you use?
This is a bit of an odd duck question – but I remember growing up in the 1980s and my dad still had a mechanical watch at one point – and I remember how he (and many other men) used to wind their watches.
They’d open the crown, and the wind back and f…
Continue readingSOTC 2025 – It’s been quite a year…here’s where I’m at now…
Well, folks, it’s been an eventful year in watch collecting. Out of my dozen watches, I’ve gotten rid of 5, broke 1 (through my own stupidity), and added 4…
Continue readingWhat’s out?
- Seiko 5 SNK601 (Was lovely, but I didn’t love it on my fat wrists. Again.)
- Seiko Skyliner (After getting my birthday watch, this one just didn’t get wrist time)
- Glashütte Spezimatic (Just didn’t get enough wrist time)
- Tsao Baltimore Constellation (Again, no wrist time, and fully lumed dials bug…
New Series 8 GMT – Anybody have one?
I’ve been busy admiring the new Series 8 GMT – and I was wondering if anybody on here has one and can share a review?
Continue readingIs it worth the rather high price?
Dr. Strange’s useless drawer…
Could someone please confirm my assumption that a watch winder drawer like this would be utterly useless, since spinning them horizontally will do feck all for winding the watches, despite looking really cool?
And Autocorrect can go to help for mangli…
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