Horological Meandering

Trialblazers, restless adventurers, perfectionists, great planners, love to challenge conventions, action-packed lives....these are the traits of ISTP's. In observation, these people like highly technical things, appreciating mechanical perfection. More s...  

In Singapore, most politicians wear Casio (the ones without a calculator mind you) for show, when clearly, they could easily buy a Greubel Forsay any day!

It is very very true. There is no such thing as whiter than white (if you know what I mean).

But they keep them out of sight.

Sir Edmund Hillary Watches: Rolex proto-explorer, Smiths watches Smiths watch. Source: Crown and Calibre Rolex proto-explorer Source: Bob’s ...  

At least buy the damn Apple Watch !

Not sure of the dial, though... ...  

It is such a beautiful piece! Yes I recalled your post many years ago on the tribute watch to Amelia. Another piece I like is the King Edward reverso iteration. So simple...yet elevating JLC to be where it should be as a top watchmaker. Here I found a pic...  

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Reverso seems to very popular with the Blue-blooded type. Phew, I’m reading about the other personality types now...INTJ seems to be a hard one to write about, because they are enigmatic and a common factor is hard to establish (Arnold Schwarzenneger vs P... 

I find MBTIs fascinating, though not necessarily accurate. I know a number of people who identify as INTJs. They have all been very thoughtful about their choice of watch(es), but tended to have little interest in what other people thought about their wat... 

Yours truly is an INTJ too. It’s hard to live with this personality type, because I always deal with duality in good/bad. One wrong tip could land my mind in the wrong place. As they said, one man’s hero is another man’s terrorist. Already, one member her... 

I am slowly gathering the patterns and computing it. The answer is coming in the next few days. Promise a good post about it.

The Dalai Lama than Putin

Between the named figures of that predicted personality type in terms of their actions/decisions/watch choices?

...that favors the mendacious, manipulative, ethically compromised (some hide it much better than others), and sociopathic personalities. This is an apolitical statement. Applies across the political spectrum.

He called the observatory in Greenwich and told them to moves the clocks back by 5 minutes...and they did.

I searched for it by googling the incident but could not find it. But I believe that is the power of politics and power, much like how D.Trump was accused of hiring someone to take his exams for him.

And Putin ordered a Big Mac...and they made it for him. Sorry for my poor humor on a Sunday morning. Couldn’t resist.