Steel story
On my earlier days as a watch collector I often stayed perplexed with the varying luster of the watch material, which was essentially steel. My idea was luster improves...
The Grand Seiko – Not just an expensive timekeeper
I’m not sure how many of you got into the Caliber 9F. As for me, I didn’t feel an urge for the same till this friend of mine got...
Grand Seiko: A perfect match to business suits?
This time I tell you about this guy who finally agreed to retire his Timex and look at slightly more expensive Jap makes. Provided he is into the corporate...
Seiko Kinetic: The active outdoors watch
I have no SEIKO Kinetic and that makes my watch-drobe less than complete. There are also others that don’t show here but they are, at present, out of my...
Citizen AT8010-58E – No more of crazy resetting
Aging changes your preferences. All these years, nothing less than the heavy stuff grabbed my attention; be it in music, fabrics or in watches. Off late, I noticed I...
Humming with Hamilton
Given a choice between $2000 and a Hamilton, I’ll go for the cash any day than the Hamilton. Sounds kinda weird, isn’t it? A watch freak not opting for...
Supposedly Seiko-s
Just like any other watch enthusiast, higher-end Seikos allure me big time. It was love at first sight with the Grand Seiko (costly baby) but I found the SBDX001 ...
Forgotten beauties: Few that are still around
The starting of new workweeks always make my mind go off-scale. So watch-fantasies take a back seat too though it never stretched beyond a day so far. The mood...
Seiko Ananta: Uniquely compelling on several different grounds
Seiko mastered technical know-how-s long back and henceforth went after improvisations and improvements. On its way, they left behind technological marvels, excelled to perfection, one after another. However, Seiko’s...
Why pay more when digitals are just as accurate?
There’s an old joke about the way men spend on their object(s) of desire. Usually, we do not hesitate paying double the amount for something we really fancy (but...
Casio Sky Cockpit Triple G Resist: Worth the money?
My previous attempt at Casio-s didn’t advance much and that’s due to a lot of reasons that we’ll discuss elsewhere. But the chief reason: After a while in the...
Swish or sedate: Hamiltons suit all!
I certainly do not like anyone asking me the most offensive questions in the horological fraternity yet faced them more number of times than I can possibly recall. Getting...
Magic inside, bling outside
A man writing on women’s choice of watches? That’s enough to make readers think I’m writing for girls with a fascination for wearing men’s watches but no, the daddy’s...
Gadgets in the watch: The compass quandary
Many people own a watch with a compass ring (or, a compass bezel) just because it looks cool. Ask them how to use it and more than 80% of the time, you’ll receive...
EPD: Is that an exotic, progressive design?
Active Matrix EPD! Wow, did it fall from the Starfleet? No, it’s from Seiko but its right place would have been onboard the Starfleet. For anything that’s first of...