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”
Tag Archives: Rolex
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!”
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”
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”
What to Expect for 2021
It is time to get back to writing about watches. College has taken much of my energy, but now that it is winter break, its time for the watch writing to begin again.
EscapementSV 