As whimsy as my preferences might sound, given that I’m a fan of digital and dress watches equally and. unless I’m at work (a regular 9 to 5 desk job), you’ll find me donning a digital/ana-digi watch. Usually, they are for weekends which, I mostly spend outdoors.
Category Archives: watches
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Jan
Jan
The present Invicta is not popular as a Swiss watch brand that way despite its Swiss Made label. Back in 1837 till the late 1980s, however; Invicta were under complete Swiss ownership; first at La Chaux-de-Fonds and then Bielle, both in Switzerland.
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Jan
Jan
By now, to our firmest belief, you are done reading about the initial five we’d laid out on the platter in our last post; it’s time to advance towards the next 5 and we bet, even mechanical watch lovers will fall for these – some of the best quartz watches ever made – putting aside all other mediocre mechanical watches.
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Jan
Jan
In this issue of Watches of the Week, we pick a few of the best men’s Casio watches that money can buy. From the comparatively simple Youth to the tough-built G-Shock and Pro-Trek to the raw, ravishing Edifice, there are plenty in-between that will get you spoilt for choices.
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Jan
Jan
2022 has just begun! We’ve only been 96 (and a few more) hours into it; still in our festive moods after the long suffocating days of 2020; extending well into 2021and since then, been fading until Omicron reared its dirty little head. However, good news is, people are saying Omicron isn’t as bad as we thought it to be earlier.
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Dec
Dec
My earlier posts recommending what watches should be on your radar as your first pick included both ‘fashion watches’ and ‘real watches’, quartz and automatic alike
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Dec
Dec
Foreword “In presence of the new Corona virus variants and a general lack of vaccines worldwide; the governments seeing no end of trouble and their citizens facing tough economies, uncertainty is expected to loom for some more time.“ Or that’s what you are told. The Deloitte State of the Consumer tracker, however, gives a different
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Dec
Dec
Introduction Winter! To some, it’s a season; to other, it’s celebration! My gentle readers and also the less gentle ones; today we are taking a break from the usual discussions in an effort to solve a conundrum. It has posed and perplexed us for quite some time now; it is about whether watches should also
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Dec
Dec
Q. Dear Gonzo, I have been following your column and I found my interest on watches growing leaps and bounds; it’s been quite a while. I have accumulated a small collection of – not watches, as you might think – names from which, I’m going to pick just two. One I definitely wish to be
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Dec
Dec
Introduction With 2022 approaching fast, it’s time for everyone to toss old, restrictive memories and mindsets down the drain; to clear the ways for bright, bold, brand new ideas to pour in. This applies to even altering or improving something or the other about your personal dressing and accessorizing styles; the difference you’ll find here
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Dec
Dec
Q. Dear Gonzo, Lest it comes as a shock to you, I’d like to declare right away – I’m not actually interested in watches and neither trying to put a guise; nor posing an instance of an intellectual inquiry about watches with something else in hiding. What I’m actually asking is obvious; whether rhetorical or
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Dec
Dec
Introduction Trust me, owning an automatic watch doesn’t always require you to shell out thousands or millions. Neither do you need to live the life of a celebrity or an industrialist with pockets deep enough to buy an island in the midst of the Pacific. Or, hobnobbing with the Mafioso! Being the proud owner of
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Dec
Dec
VARYING OPINIONS: TOWARD ONE REALITY Staying aloof safely from both the extremes, the best way to portray Tissot is – they are mid-range watches that are priced lower than premium Swiss brands like JLC, Lange or Longines – even Rolex or Omega – but higher than ordinary fashion brands that try to copy the Swiss
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Nov
Nov
Preliminaries A good day to you, readers! Today I correspond with you about the subject of Seiko again the past times alike; still, on a different note. That, however; doesn’t imply the total avoidance of the “Why Seiko?” question. There’s always a chance that someone new might drop in. It is in honor of the
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Nov
Nov
Preferences: The way they go It’s a widely known fact that women – almost all – are more inclined towards watches as being just another good looking dress accessory that also shows time. They tend to care most about the look of a watch, for it to become an effective add-on to their respective appearances,