Gary G

Greetings to all! Well, I've gone far and wide through the horological world over the past several years, but it seems that my heart always has to return to JLC... I had the good fortune to visit my f

...subtitle for this edition: Double Trouble! I received a text from a good friend of mine (let's call him "renogreen" to protect his identity ) letting me know that he was on the verge of buying a wa

I believe that it is, at least as far West as Nova Scotia! I'm heading out on an overnight flight from California tonight, so I hope you'll excuse me for getting this thread off to a start prior to mi

Very hard to come close to the earlier post on this topic -- wow! Great photos that really communicated the experience. As usual for me, while it's all about the people, the photos are mostly about th

Greetings to all! Over the past few months, I have had the pleasure of corresponding with a gifted Finnish watchmaker -- but perhaps not either of the ones you might think... Antti Ronkko is a passion

Greetings! For this post, I have dispensed with my usual "So seven guys go into a restaurant..." title, even though that is exactly what happened here. This meeting really was all about the people, ev

...or, more specifically, from his brother, Michael Vyskocil. Over the past year or so, I have been corresponding with Michael approximately once each two months to check in, provide encouragement, an

Greetings, everyone! I am in the process of starting a series of lessons with a noted professional watch photographer, with the goal of improving my technique and diversifying my photographic approach

Greetings to all! I had the opportunity over the weekend to photograph both sides of this beauty -- this example is SS with bracelet, and to my way of thinking is a splendid piece. My first-ever JLC w

Greetings to all! A good friend of mine recently acquired this lovely La Tradition, and was kind enough to allow me to take some photos: Hope you enjoyed these! Best, Gary G

Especially given the recent threads involving Zeitwerks, I'm motivated to post these photos of two great PT pieces taken a few months ago -- the "standard" PT watch and the "stealth" Luminous. Each th

...not the usual NorCal gang, but (if I have it correctly) two Singaporeans, an Indonesian, an Italian, a Malaysian, a Swiss, an Australian, and an American. Try working that assortment into a joke so

Greetings to all! Sorry to be a bit slow on this post, but I did want to share some pleasant memories from last week's great visit by KIH to the San Francisco area. I'll offer the standard apologies/e

A happy day yesterday, with the arrival of a new piece from Austria via San Diego... As usual, the first step is to assemble the ceremonial watch opening rug and William Henry box opener: Very clever

Greetings to all! As promised, a few photos from the light tent of the Habring Doppel. The good news for you is that I somehow deleted my longer first version of this post prior to hitting the "insert

...how about some group shots of the Simplicity and Observatoire? In addition to some relatively standard/straight on photos I thought it might be fun to do some crops that suggest one watch pushing t

Greetings to all! It has been over three weeks now of wearing the Simplicity, so it's probably time to offer a few initial impressions of the experience. As always, all opinions are mine alone, and ar

What to say about these two and their relative merits? To quote pplater's classic 1000th post comparo of the Simplicity against the Observatoire: "...KV would be to PD what Picasso is to Rembrandt; wh

Greetings to all! First of all, thanks to all of you here who make the PuristS community so great -- it has been a tremendous pleasure to read your posts, interact online, and meet many of the members

As promised in my Simplicity post, here are more photos of the lovely Duality in WG. If time permits I may try to get a few more of the movement, but here's what I have as of now: Hope you enjoyed! As