As a young man, I was introduced to the idea of tool watches through the pages of National Geographic. There was something romantic about them—the idea that a particular watch could accompany someone into the world as they performed difficult or dangerous tasks. The watch became part of the story. From there, I went throughContinue reading “Confessions Of A Double-Wrister: Why My Real Tool Watch Is A Garmin”
Author Archives: Cody Lee
We Are Back!
I have been away from the watch world for a while. Between finishing my master’s degree and pursuing my anthropological research, my family also moved from Idaho to Alaska about a year and a half ago. We have been busy exploring activities like ice climbing, mountaineering, AT skiing, snowshoeing, bear baiting (dressing up like aContinue reading “We Are Back!”
The Tudor Pelagos FXD: What More Could One Want From A Watch?
Around October last year, my friend and salesperson Kara asked me if I was interested in a Tudor FXD at Hal Davis Jewelers in Boise. Of all the watches released in the last couple of years, the FXD was the most intriguing. I loved the fixed lugs, the change in the color of the blueContinue reading “The Tudor Pelagos FXD: What More Could One Want From A Watch?”
Grand Seiko-A Month on the Wrist (And then four days a week afterward)
Over the past few months, my direction in life has changed substantially. I am now a homeowner (debt slave?), soon to graduate from part one of my two-part college degree programs, the CEO of an archaeology non-profit, and living back home in Idaho (I must go back to the Boston area to finish my collegeContinue reading “Grand Seiko-A Month on the Wrist (And then four days a week afterward)”
EscapementSV 