I mean it.
This is it.
This is the watch.

I'm not talking about it being my or a "grail" watch. I'm also not saying it's the watch I can't live without; I don't think I'm far enough into my watch journey to be able to say that yet.

But what I can say now, is that the Expedition feels like the watch I would rather not go without.

Wanna know how I…

The 12-Month Expedition: This is It…

I made sure not to get too excited that someone's come up to me unsolicited to talk about timepieces (), but I did ask him some basic questions to help me help him:

What's your budget? He hadn't pinned that down yet.
Brand preference? Same with the budget…

His only preferences so far are that it's mechanical and a diver. So I asked…

Feel Good Homage Story

I presume it's a photo of his Explorer that he took, I don't actually know. Regardless, as far as watch shots go, I love its composition. Not a usual wrist shot, and against a simple backdrop of the horizon and clouds in bokeh. I know the picture's been enhanced in post, but I can also tell that it was overcast enough at the time for the gorgeous…

That Adrian-Barker-Shot

(TL;DR – For the same amount of money I had no issues buying motorcycles, but I have reservations doing the same for watches…)

Before going down the watch rabbit hole in 2020, I was an avid motorcyclist for over a decade and half. Just like with watch collecting, my garage always housed a few motorcycles at a time. At times I had a revolving door as bikes would come and go depending on where my moto-enthusiasm was taking me…

Watches and Motos: Size Must Matter…

My SMP is my second most worn watch in my current collection. Not a daily wearer, but it's worn at least twice a week.

When I first took ownership of it in late 2022, I had clocked it losing about 6secs/day then. Decided to try a timegrapher app on my phone now, and it's purported to lose 11secs/day, BE of .5ms, and amplitude between 240 – 250 degrees.

I'm not surprised at all that it's losing even more time; it's to be expected…

Omega 2531.80.00 : Time for Service?

In the end, I put on my SMP300 and didn't pack anything else. I'm on vacation after all, and didn't want to have to fuss about my timepieces. So apparently, it's still the watch in my…

The Vacation Test and In/Conspicuous Consumption

I had been eyeing this Seiko SBSC009 for a minute now because I'd been wanting to add a white dial to my collection, and I didn't already have a GMT. I'd also never bought a watch from overseas, and since my local Seiko AD couldn't source one for me, off to eBay I went to buy a new watch for the first time too.

So yeah, happy to tick off a few boxes…

A Few Firsts with One Stone