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”
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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)”
The Garmin Instinct Tactical Solar Edition
The prices of mechanical watches have always been high, but there was always a certain amount of value that I could find in them. Now, though, prices have been rising, far outpacing inflation, and this seems to reflect the change in how people view them. They are becoming another tool for the wealthy to displayContinue reading “The Garmin Instinct Tactical Solar Edition”
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”
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.”
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”
Tudor Black Bay GMT
As I write this, I am wearing the GMT on an Everest rubber strap with the Tudor deployant installed. It feels just like the Black Bay 41 I reviewed last year: hefty, thick, and solid. It is not uncomfortable, nor is it too much for my 7.25” wrist; it isn’t exactly comfortable, either. The watch straddles the lineContinue reading “Tudor Black Bay GMT”
The New Rolex Oyster Perpetual 36mm
I find it difficult to move past some of the preconceptions I have about people who wear Rolex watches. Not in the negative sense completely—it is easy to loath those trust funders who wear them because they are trying to get laid or show off how much money they have—but also in the sense of thoseContinue reading “The New Rolex Oyster Perpetual 36mm”
EscapementSV 