It feels good to be back writing about watches after nearly a year away. It has been a busy year of building a non-profit, finishing my undergrad and starting my graduate degree program, studying human rights and genocides, and learning about mining, archeology, and anthropology. It has been a lot of work. Fortunately, watches areContinue reading “Summer 2024 Side-By-Side-By-Side: Fitness/Navigation Watches”
Category Archives: Explorer Watches
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)”
A Year in the Watch Box: The IWC Mark XVIII.
In the past, I have made no secret of the enjoyment I receive from IWC pilot’s watches. I appreciate their aesthetic, lack of flash (mostly), and ability to fly under the radar (pun intended); they are well-made and beautiful in their unique way. IWC is often a great choice when choosing a watch: no hype,Continue reading “A Year in the Watch Box: The IWC Mark XVIII.”
Material Origins, Sustainability, and Watches
As the world’s human population recently surpassed the 8 billion mark, I felt it was a good time to post part of a project I have been working on that concerned the material origins of the components used in mechanical watches. There are a lot of us on the planet, and we consume a lotContinue reading “Material Origins, Sustainability, and Watches”
Tudor Black Bay P01: A Heavy Beast of a Watch
I wanted to save this piece on the Tudor P01 for a time when the vitriol caused by its release had been directed toward other watches. This watch causes divisive feelings and emotional reactions in many enthusiasts when they see it, and I figured it was worth the wait if it meant a few moreContinue reading “Tudor Black Bay P01: A Heavy Beast of a Watch”
Looking Good and Performing Well Are Two Different Things: The Omega Seamaster 300 “No Time to Die.”
For much of my life, reality was not enough; I always wanted to find a life that was better than what I was being presented with. I wanted a fictional existence, one that fit what I believed life should be and who I could be. Stories helped bridge the gap between what I felt insideContinue reading “Looking Good and Performing Well Are Two Different Things: The Omega Seamaster 300 “No Time to Die.””
The Rolex OP 36: A Year Later
I have spent the past year oscillating between two extreme ways of living: wanting to give up on conventional life in favor of building a yurt in the mountains or getting a job that pays the most amount of money possible, regardless of the cost to my soul. Could I renounce possessions and live offContinue reading “The Rolex OP 36: A Year Later”
Purposeful Life, Purposeful Watches
I haven’t taken the time to write a post for some time due to my class load this fall term; the work has been more challenging than I had anticipated. It has caused me to question myself and my place in the world for the second time this last decade. I see now there isContinue reading “Purposeful Life, Purposeful Watches”
EscapementSV 