Whisky & Watches
So as a collector of things, not just watches, but other bits from military,photographic, antique and the horologically adjacent (I think I just like unique and old things).
I realised I also have a collection of different whiskies.
Even those these bottles will never be opened I can assure you I have drank those particular malts/blends before so I don’t feel like I am missing out on the tasting experience. These bottles just mark other elements of my career to date (along with certain special project watches).
So what is your dram of choice?
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A British watch collector. Host of The Zulu Time Podcast. Blog Contributor for RTWB. @timely_moments @reconteamwatchblog #timely_moments #ZT_Podcast #byusforus
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I'd have a lot fewer watches if it weren't for whisky.
I prefer vodka to whisky. And since nobody make a watch showing my favorite vodka drink, I plan to build one myself.
"Smokehead" got from a mate for Xmas, really rather nice. Proper smokey, lots of tanin and earthy. Not the most expensive, but I liked it.
I'd have a lot fewer watches if it weren't for whisky.
Whiskey fuelled watch purchases!! 😂😂😂
"Smokehead" got from a mate for Xmas, really rather nice. Proper smokey, lots of tanin and earthy. Not the most expensive, but I liked it.
Nice combo with the SM300
I prefer vodka to whisky. And since nobody make a watch showing my favorite vodka drink, I plan to build one myself.
Nice!!
Nice combo with the SM300
I'll have to check out your podcast 👍🏻👍🏻
I'd be hennessy or different cognac,don't drink anymore bottles are really cool though,ex mill myself kings didn't have there own liquor😂,appreciate that 👌
Double Oaked whiskey from a local distillery, in a crystal decanter, and draped with a nice automatic watch (and your post in the background)
Aberlour A'bunadh I cherish. For my peaty hit, the Lagavulin 16, Laphroig 10 and also Caol Ila. A bit cop-out, I'm a fan of Glenmorangie. Like yourself, I'd built myself a collection, but drank it all down during the covid lockdown. I've since stopped drinking single malt whisky, I found its far too moreish lol!
My watch collection is partly just a distraction so my wife doesn't discover the extent of my whisky collection 😅
My watch collection is partly just a distraction so my wife doesn't discover the extent of my whisky collection 😅
Deception operations in full effect!
Aberlour A'bunadh I cherish. For my peaty hit, the Lagavulin 16, Laphroig 10 and also Caol Ila. A bit cop-out, I'm a fan of Glenmorangie. Like yourself, I'd built myself a collection, but drank it all down during the covid lockdown. I've since stopped drinking single malt whisky, I found its far too moreish lol!
Always one more dram!
Double Oaked whiskey from a local distillery, in a crystal decanter, and draped with a nice automatic watch (and your post in the background)
I appreciate all of this composition
I'd be hennessy or different cognac,don't drink anymore bottles are really cool though,ex mill myself kings didn't have there own liquor😂,appreciate that 👌
I’ve just been fortunate to work along side units with cool PRIs!
I'll have to check out your podcast 👍🏻👍🏻
Please let me know your thoughts of the podcast!
Picked up these beauties from Changi a few weeks back. I love strong, complex flavors - not one dimensional (according to me) peat monsters. But stuff like the Uigeadail or this PC 10...yummmmm. Alternatively, the sherry bombs like Glenfarclas or Abunadh.
I’m always between Caol Ila and Lagavulin but would go for Caol Ila is pushed just because they are more affordable and widely available.
My favourite Caol Ila is the Feis Ile 2013, which mercifully passed under the radar and so the prices never went crazy - so I treated myself to six bottles and still have a few left somewhere. Couldn’t find them for the pic.
I’m always between Caol Ila and Lagavulin but would go for Caol Ila is pushed just because they are more affordable and widely available.
My favourite Caol Ila is the Feis Ile 2013, which mercifully passed under the radar and so the prices never went crazy - so I treated myself to six bottles and still have a few left somewhere. Couldn’t find them for the pic.
Strong amount of whisky!
Picked up these beauties from Changi a few weeks back. I love strong, complex flavors - not one dimensional (according to me) peat monsters. But stuff like the Uigeadail or this PC 10...yummmmm. Alternatively, the sherry bombs like Glenfarclas or Abunadh.
Nice!! Good choices
Strong amount of whisky!
That’s a fraction…
I bought a lot of Scottish malt whisky in the late 90s and early 00s before prices went crazy … and then lots of the bottles I had went nuts pricewise so I ended up selling about 100 bottles at auction.
I knew I wouldn’t enjoy drinking a bottle that I had paid £125 for that gave me £2,500 at auction (some Port Ellens). And insurance wise it was a bit nuts as nothing was meaningfully covered.
I still have a very nice stash but have pretty much cleared out the crazy money (to me) bottles.
Happily supping when I can (lock down helped) and try now to focus on the affordable and drinkable (hence Caol Ila) - which was where I started before accidentally ending up in a weird place with a problem (admittedly a nice one).
Slàinte
I'd have a lot fewer watches if it weren't for whisky.
😁
Here's some military history & whiskey. A distillery just opened near me. The owner, in Delta Force at the time, was shot down in a helicopter crash and lost a leg. 18 Americans were killed. (🙏) This is widely known as Black Hawk Down.
His tribute to this tragedy, and the name of the distillery, is BHAWK. I'm most proud to have them in our community.
Nothing directly to do with watches, but I'll wear one every time I go there. ✔
Here's their Rye...