I’m an artist, illustrator and sometime writer. I also daydream a lot. I’ve lived in Canada, UK, Australia (I’m a dual citizen CDN AUS). I read widely, enjoying science fiction, “literary” fiction, crime, biographies, science, history and sometimes complete trash. I’m interested in science, particularly physics, astrophysics, archaeology and materials science. But I’m very bad at math. It’s a complicated issue. I think there’s almost nothing better than a good laugh.
YouTube hosts a great site called “Wristwatch Revival” I think I’ve seen most of his episodes. Just now I started watching today’s release (Nov.23,2023) and noticed that the site had hit 115k views in...
Today my new, and I think perfect, strap arrived for my Oris. I’m mighty pleased. As pictured, I prefer to use a butterfly deployant to preserve the i...
I’m getting serious about this watch. The price is reasonable (I want the 39mm version) and the Laco I already own is a favourite. It’s the dial and t...
This is such a cool watch (in my opinion) and I really enjoy wearing it. The numerals have a great lume on them. No, not the most intense lume, but sw...
I’ve been wearing my 29r almost every day for about a week. It’s not really an ‘obvious’ watch to my mind, but I find it arresting and I’m glad to own...
Just today saw the first coin to feature King Charles instead of (for my entire lifetime until recently) Queen Elizabeth. The depicted coin is a $1.00...
This savagely severe and beautiful watch is designed for sailors who race yachts* referred to as “29ers”. It’s water-resistant to 100 bar, and has tru...
I love this Muhle. It obviously takes its design from the instrumentation that Muhle used to specialise in. Everything on the dial in exquisitely alig...