Horological Meandering

still a Wonder Watch for me.

When an affluent collector, endowed with a Stanford education and venture capital lineage, initiates a project of this nature, it is primarily for his own enjoyment and secondarily for those who appreciate it. Should it fail to resonate with others, it ha

Even my De Bethune mono pusher chronograph is somewhat minimalist!

Not a word was said to me and eye contact wasn’t made. They had the smallest AP minute repeater which was neat and a bunch of De Bethune.

I am pretty sure very few of you have heard of the Elka Watch Company and until three weeks ago, I too had never heard of them. I am generally one who judges a watch based on its merits rather than merely by its history, brand name or hype. So when I spot

No. Other brand play so much with titanium …

The one I let get away. I owned the watch for two months, bought it from a grey dealer, loved it, but barely wore it. At 42mm in TI, it is broad, and the floating lugs provide a small amount of help but at the expense of strapping it down pretty tightly.

to be an amazingly good value Smith with its more complicated movement and arguably even rarer. Whereas Roger produces about 15 watches annually admittedly over five different models, Frodsham produce 12. I think I can safely say that the height of 10.5 m

There really isn’t a one size fits all to the “problem”. I think ultimately it all boils down to how you feel and how much you want to show and share. The best GTGs for me are always those that are private and personable. These days I much prefer one on o

For some reason, my original post was corrupted. So I will post again with an additional image! I’m in the process of actively consolidating my collection, and will probably end with a collection of no more than 5 watches. This is both financially and phi