Tag Archives: Watch Review

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”

Summer Side-by-Side 2021: IWC Top Gun and Omega Seamaster 300 “No Time to Die”

This years Summer Side-by-Side begins with my growing antipathy towards the unnecessary technological distractions in life. My patience for cellphones, social media, and other superfluous technological devices has regressed to the point of nonexistence and I have been trying everything in my power to get away from them (I am writing this on a computer.Continue reading “Summer Side-by-Side 2021: IWC Top Gun and Omega Seamaster 300 “No Time to Die””

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”

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.

Retrospective Review: The Omega Seamaster 300 Master Co-Axial

For five years the Omega Seamaster 300 Master- Co-axial was the watch I wanted to purchase more than another watch available on the market.  I first saw its look-a-like presented with the release of the movie Spectre, and I fell in love with the idea it presented.  Considering the Neo-vintage vibe it presented and itsContinue reading “Retrospective Review: The Omega Seamaster 300 Master Co-Axial”

Everest Strap for Tudor Heritage Black Bay Review

Even in the expensive world of luxury watches, being expected to spend $230 for a rubber strap is rather ridiculous. How can a company justify, with any serious validity, a price such as this on two simple pieces of rubber and a couple pieces of stainless steel?

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”