Watch-wearing: An art by heart (Part I)
In my childhood days, wearing a watch the first time was kind of a rite of passage. In those days (not much; just 30-odd years back), a watch announced...
Watch-wearing: An art by heart (Part II)
That a watch is jewelry – and perhaps the only jewelry wearable anywhere, even in military – and it sends visual messages is not just my perspective but a...
Sportura SNAE87: Rain or shine, it should be mine
To be very plain, the last watch Gonzo handed me over for a day – a Seiko Sportura (model no. SNAE87) – gets one impression: See it through...
Upon Gonzo’s request: My two cents on ‘dress’
While Gonzo might say dress watches are as good in stainless steel – and by SS he means the entire thing, including the bracelet – but this is where...
Seiko Kinetic battleships: Premier, Sportura and Velatura
Let’s not get into any tilt on whether you can really compare watches to armaments. Cartier had built a Tank earlier and built like a tank is a phrase...
Grand Seiko SBGR: 10 on the beat-scale
Seiko aimed for perfection right from the beginning and finally defined the parameters of what a timepiece should be, in its truest sense. They did it without going over...
Talking about watches is a whole lotta ‘Rosie’
Rosie is a girl I met sometime back. We were pretty much different in our tastes and hobbies, her interests ran more in jewelry, apparel and accessories. We oftentimes...
Joys from the Jap giants
Something particularly remarkable in higher-end Japanase watches is they never make you feel out of place. No, this ain’t coming out of the mouth of a die-hard Jap watch...
New Citizen Eco-Drive: METAL you can trust
Embracing the latest in technology is a long-standing tradition with the watch-making industry. We have seen many of those technologies wearing the high fashion tag; some, who tried desperately...
Boldness is V8
A watch definitely looks rugged with a marked bezel but it’s not everyone’s cuppa. I personally like the way they go with just three: the Rolex Daytona Cosmograph, the...
Tissot: The Touching timepieces
It’s been almost a decade and a half since Tissot T-Touch hit the market as the first wristwatch with a touch-screen LCD. There was no iPhone in the year...
Tissot Visodate: Reincarnation of the retro
My newfound love for Tissot is bothering some of you. I’m aware of that; yet can’t keep the joy confined and stop sharing Tissot models I consider worth buying....
The Tissot Tale – What I like in them
My newfound love for Tissot is bothering some of you. I’m aware of that; yet can’t keep the joy confined and stop sharing Tissot models I consider worth buying....
Choosing the BEST Tissot PRS watch
So far, I’ve shunned Tissot finding them either too old-fashioned or excessively colorful. Not the vintage Tissot, though; but here I’ll be making a statement most watch-experts shall frown...
Hamilton Khaki X-Patrol Auto Chrono: Fly beyond the changing times
The question is as common as it can get, so if you are disgusted for coming across it one more time, blame those who keep hammering on it given...