Like most NATO strap fans, I have the black, blue, olive drab, and a few Bond styles that everyone has seen before, but every once in awhile a watch head presents a match up problem, requiring something outside of the usual suspects. Do you have any?
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Continue readingDear friends of the cultivated madness,
according to WatchTime magazine, Rolex is finally pulling the plug on Carl F. Bucherer watches. After years without profits, Rolex is ending the Carl F. Bucherer watch brand and vacating its sales areas. WatchTi…
Continue readingDear friends of the cultivated madness,
according to WatchTime magazine, Rolex is finally pulling the plug on Carl F. Bucherer watches. After years without profits, Rolex is ending the Carl F. Bucherer watch brand and vacating its sales areas. WatchTi…
Continue readingMerry Christmas and happy holidays to all!
While debating if I should pay my tax bill or buy a Patek Phillippe I realized that really I should fully appreciate the watches I do have and live!
So here are my beauts!
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Continue readingIn photos, from head on, the case looks very similar to a Tissot PRX or CW Twelve. I do see that there is different finishing patterns and that the design is distinct when viewed from the sides. And the movement is in a different class.
But focusing p…
Continue readingA lot has changed since a few years ago. The most surprising development? I now own three Rolex models—a brand I once never cared for and never thought I’d own. That all changed with the Explorer. It was a gateway into the brand, and now the only piece left on my Rolex wishlist is the GMT Master II—a long-term dream, for…
Girard Perregaux Gyromatic
I like the strap; but it is tiny – I mean really…
Found this offering from Tandorio, a name I’m not familiar with but Italian sounding and shall we say of Eastern origin. Um, Far East.
They must have a love for this beauty as they have several dial and strap options. But what’s with the capped crown cover? Tire fill cap?
Okay, maybe this handy stem with extra length is for messing with time setting wearing falconer gloves? Have they made a breakthrough for Divers? Rated 5500 fathoms this must be the…
The idea was simple. You listed something for free (just charge for shipping, or don’t), and someone claims it. It was a great was of getting those “not worth selling” items into the hands of people that could use it. Instead of it continuing to take up space in your drawer.
Of course, the person who claims an item is expected to then list an item in return…
How do you wear your watch?
I’ve been noticing that a lot of people and seemingly sometimes, most people wear their wrist watch on the bone.
So the watch covers the wrist bone and the crown pokes you in the back of the hand.
25 years ago, I used to …
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