My Wife the Watch Collector and Her Collection
MrsG’s watch collection includesJaeger-LeCoultre, Blancpain, Alain Silberstein, Audemars Piguet, and more. Here GaryG explains a bit more about the hows and whys of her watches.
Why You Shouldn’t Get Your Better Half Interested in Watches
“What, another watch?” she almost screamed in disbelief no sooner than I had opened the front door to our little love nest. Rewind to last week. I had been looking for a Roger Smith Series 1 for some time now, and Jones, my watch dealer, happened to finally locate one. I thought that I had played it pretty safe, so I really don’t know how she could have noticed. But then what happened next changed the rest of my life.
Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch: The Making of an Icon
Sergio Galanti takes a look at the story behind the Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch to learn how this iconic watch was created.
Sex Sells Watches – But What, For Whom, and To Whom?
When someone says “I’m no prude,” it is pretty easy to imagine what typically comes next: a prudish commentary on some aspect of modern society or youth culture. GaryG likes sex. There we go! To the point and leaves no doubt as to intent. That said, he typically tries to keep his interests in sex and watches somewhat distinct. But has the watch industry at large done that, now and in the past?
The Unintentional Watch Collector: An Unplanned Watch Collection Spanning Eight Decades
Colin Alexander Smith never set out to collect watches; in fact, he suspects that deep down he aspires to being a one-watch guy. He has only bought himself a new watch on two occasions in his life. Nevertheless, through a combination of new and used purchases, gifts, hand-me-downs, and inherited pieces, Colin has managed to accumulate a selection of watches that rather neatly spans eight consecutive decades of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Find out what is behind each of these watches remaining in Colin’s collection right here.
Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF Split-Seconds Chronograph Reviewed by Tim Mosso
The Tonda PF Split-Seconds Chronograph is the ultimate expression of Parmigiani’s hit watch. And in Tim Mosso’s opinion, it’s magnificent!
The Horological Elegance of Skeleton Watches
Skeleton watches are not just time-telling devices but miniature works of art, skeleton watches blend mechanical complexity with architectural elegance.
Gerald Charles Maestro 9.0 (Flying) Tourbillon: A Page from Gerald Genta’s Own Playbook
The Gerald Charles brand, which was founded by the legendary Gerald Genta, introduces the Maestro 9.0 Tourbillon, a classic yet bold aesthetic fitting right in with the typical Gerald Genta design philosophy.
Felipe Pikullik: One of the New Generation of Independents Specializing in Superlative Hand Finishing and Hand Made Watches
Felipe Pikullik’s watches are characterized by their fine decorative finishing, but as Alexey Kutkovoy discovers, he has ambitious plans to go much much further down the hand made path.
Why I Pimped My Rolex Explorer II
The watch nerd that WMMT is, he rarely immediately wears his new watches, putting them aside for a few days and letting the anticipation grow. When it finally came time to wear his new Rolex, he took it out of the box and proudly put it on his wrist. And then horror struck: he didn’t feel anything, not a thing! Zilch, nada, niente! What to do?