Upon Gonzo’s request: My two cents on ‘dress’
While Gonzo might say dress watches are as good in stainless steel – and by SS he means the entire thing, including the bracelet – but this is where...
Joys from the Jap giants
Something particularly remarkable in higher-end Japanase watches is they never make you feel out of place. No, this ain’t coming out of the mouth of a die-hard Jap watch...
Exquisite dress pieces, thoroughly modernized
This might sound ridiculous. As a watch-lover, I still don’t own any high-end dress piece from any globally renowned brand. I won’t put forth any excuse to back it...
Choosing watch movements – Jap or Swiss?
Rookie collectors often override the movement and bang their money down once the look and style is chosen. Almost all of us (barring them from royal lines) have gone...
Dress watches – Part II
Let me mention again all this is just a basic guide to dress watches although not just on the basics. It is intended for people who are graduating to...
Watch selection – Keeping things simple this time
There’s a huge lot waiting in the dress domain yet most of us dive straight into the eye-candy stuff that carry little value in their movements. Beneath all that...
Entering Swiss Borders: Hamilton sets the course
All these years, I have been into the Jap giants, namely, Seiko, Citizen and Orient. Now any watch enthusiast might get surprised that I haven’t ventured into the Swiss...
Timepiece Trinities: Bringing you inexpensive luxury
Often I hear this question from my friends and relatives on which – among the three – is best. I do not find them taking much interest in Orient,...
Tissot T-Touch: An overlooked excellence
I’ve often wondered why Tissot is a name that goes around only in close circles. It’s general public ignorance, all right, but when it’s inside the watch community, things...
Looking for a quality watch? Watch your steps!
I’m perhaps chewing the old fat again. Blame it on the Ignoramus (or maybe someone posing as an Ignoramus) who mailed me yesterday whose idea about a Seiko is...
Grand Seiko: A perfect match to business suits?
This time I tell you about this guy who finally agreed to retire his Timex and look at slightly more expensive Jap makes. Provided he is into the corporate...
Forgotten beauties: Few that are still around
The starting of new workweeks always make my mind go off-scale. So watch-fantasies take a back seat too though it never stretched beyond a day so far. The mood...
Casio Sky Cockpit Triple G Resist: Worth the money?
My previous attempt at Casio-s didn’t advance much and that’s due to a lot of reasons that we’ll discuss elsewhere. But the chief reason: After a while in the...
Magic inside, bling outside
A man writing on women’s choice of watches? That’s enough to make readers think I’m writing for girls with a fascination for wearing men’s watches but no, the daddy’s...
Why go for the mechanicals when quartz is higher in accuracy?
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not trying to show automatic and hand-wind watches lesser than quartz. It’s a known fact quartz is superior when it comes to precision (or...