So two new watches this week. The first is a Steinhart Adventure 39. I've wanted to try one of these for awhile and found the right deal on a lightly...
After the demise of my venerable Tissot PR50 and replacing it with a SeaStar I didn't have a dress watch in my collection. While the occasions that I...
I fell in love with this watch and the Staudt brand a few months ago. A young brand from the Netherlands where you can also bring in your own wishes,...
I'm feeling a bit naughty. This wasn't supposed to happen. I was told my new Stowa wouldn't be coming until June. The disciplined side of me would be...
This arrived in the post yesterday. As it says in the title it is an homage to the Rolex Explorer 2. It cost me less than €100. It has a Pearl DG5833a...
Being fairly content with my modern timepiece collection, I’ve been feeding my curiosity in American watchmaking heritage and started looking into vin...
To comisserate the injustice of @AllTheWatches putting Spinnaker up against Vario last week in the first round of the #microtournament I ordered mysel...
Went to look at this one at a local auction house and only checked to see if it worked. It did. Made a bid and won then thought no more about it. Unti...
I'm working on an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak homages/alternatives article. I thought fellow Watch Crunchies would be interested in what I've found so f...
What are the most iconic, perhaps divisive, perhaps misunderstood, watch design “imperfections”? The first two that come to my mind are the SMP300 hel...
Guess this is serving as my #Welcome post. My first serious watch in a long time happened to be a watch that wasn't on my radar. My wife and I were va...
I just got this on Saturday. My new Rangemaster. I put it on a Barton saddle leather strap. Just not a fan of bracelets, but I think it looks really g...
This is my first automatic watch. I was drawn to its all-black finish, Milanese bracelet, and the black pilot watch dial. Picking up the dead watch, t...
Seiko Alpinist no. 3 (of 4 now) is on duty this weekend in the Italian Alps. Need to get s tropic strap for day time activities- then can swap for a D...