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”
Category Archives: Gold
Introducing the Rolex Two-Tone Daytona-It’s Nice to Get Away from the Steel Watch Hype.
Two-tone watches have never been a look I’ve found attractive. They remind me of cheap gold-plated watches you find at the mall for twenty bucks (with inflation, they are now $49.99). They carry the weight of countless wearers who are either stock market criminals or hairy and obese arms dealers who wear speedos while sunbathingContinue reading “Introducing the Rolex Two-Tone Daytona-It’s Nice to Get Away from the Steel Watch Hype.”
Aspirational Pronouncement: Audemars Piguet [RE]MASTER01
Recently I was going through some of my late grandfathers pictures and found one of him in the Pacific Theater in WW2 with a small, gold, unknown brand, dress watch on his wrist. The little gold watch looked great and did not seem out of place in a war zone despite the fact that itContinue reading “Aspirational Pronouncement: Audemars Piguet [RE]MASTER01”
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