The Q&M continues
It’s a pumped-up Tuesday! I borrowed a friend’s laptop to work while the grease monkey does the gearbox. The ratchet and the hangar are down to their last stage...
Quartz and mechanical basics: A bit on the ‘power’ game
As far as I remember, my walk towards watches started with the sheer viewing pleasure of the thing on my left wrist. Needless saying, I wasted quite a lot...
Dress watches – Part II
Let me mention again all this is just a basic guide to dress watches although not just on the basics. It is intended for people who are graduating to...
Watch selection – Keeping things simple this time
There’s a huge lot waiting in the dress domain yet most of us dive straight into the eye-candy stuff that carry little value in their movements. Beneath all that...
Playing safe in the mid-tier Stygian netherworld
It is my happy chance I’ve had a few opportunities to hang around with few enlightened art admirers. I have applauded heartily at their taste and astuteness and tried...
Mainstay. Mainline. Ubiquitous.
Last time we went through the 7S, 6R and 4R series but it wasn’t about much complexity. The whole purpose was to keep things less baffling at the start, but...
The Seiko caliber family-story
Seiko’s long-standing tradition of nouveau tech is currently a standard in horology by which many others are measured. Some stand at par with names identical to haute horology and...
Entering Swiss Borders: Hamilton sets the course
All these years, I have been into the Jap giants, namely, Seiko, Citizen and Orient. Now any watch enthusiast might get surprised that I haven’t ventured into the Swiss...
A recap of the watch wearing basics
I was quite flabbergasted last evening. A new but promising start-up asked me to join over a drink and chat to see if we can make it to better...
Grav-Def: Say it the teen way
I hope you don’t mind taking this much of poetic license. I have often been hit with comments like it’s a pokey habit I have of buying a watch...
Newsletter : Orient Bambino Automatic Watches – only US$ 136 !
Like Tweet Pin +1 You just cannot afford to miss this week’s promotion! Because this week we have some really special watches at unbelievable prices on sale! The watches...
All that thousand dollars can buy
Invariably, the first thing to come in mind is Swiss, but hey, let me tell you straightaway that it won’t be Swiss enough. True, the Swiss brought some of...
Casio Rangeman: The 3-sensor battle gear
I’m not the person who would give his front two teeth for digital watches; nevertheless, seeing the kind of advanced technology going into some of the Casio G-Shocks is...
Seiko Map Meter – Not for the seas
Yes, it’s quite disheartening to some but that’s how it is. You cannot have everything in one package, so whatever little you get, you must get it good. The...
Inexpensive, deep-trip survivors
Something I have often noticed in dive watch lovers, they always boast about how deep their watches can go. It feels juvenile at times; maybe you are wearing an...