The History of Wristwatches – How It All Began
Good, old memories Astonishing as it might sound, the wristwatches were almost a woman’s thing starting sometime in the 1600s. Men preferred pocket-watches, a trend that continued till...
Tissot Powermatic 80: Easy to give into its luxurious temptations
As I’ve gotten deeper with gentlemen on the more serious sides of human nature, I gradually found out such men to be always on the lookout for the...
Gonzo’s grumblings: A look-back into the rediscovered past
“These are admittedly turning rare and the scarcity of new ones to blame. Orient’s initiative towards the problem revealed an interesting one.” A good pocket watch is fascinating. A...
Expensive watches: Reasons behind the high price
What are usually the first names that come to mind as expensive (and super-expensive) watches? Pateks, Lange, AP, J-LC, Rolex, Ulysse Nardin, Franck Muller…the list stretches to quite afar;...
Gonzo and his grumblings – II: Why I find affordable luxury a boon
-“With high-priced (and very high-priced) watches, even a relatively well-informed person undergoes a certain dilemma; of what’s been told and what he will get. Choosing an awesome watch thus...
GONZO’S POSTBAG (XLI) – Do skeleton watches have lasting powers (in the style domain)?
Q. Dear Gonzo, I am anything but an expert in this particular domain; maybe slightly above being completely ignorant. I look for a watch to own and become knowledgeable...
Ask Gonzo about Watches (XXXIX) – Buy one or several of them?
Gonzo expresses his views on experimentation. Q. Hi Gonzo! I come straight to the point: Is it owning that one watch or trying out several different watches and never...
Tissot Heritage Petite Seconde: A vintage for the modern man
The Tissot Heritage Petite seconde evolved over two consecutive weeks; in the sense, following a release, a re-edition was introduced to the market at a week-long gap. Last year...
Invicta Russian Diver Bridge Automatic: Recently introduced timepieces house an unusual movement
Quite a few of my readers accept that Gonzo has preferences for automatic watches and they must not necessarily be from a certain place or a certain manufacturer to...
Budget Specialty watches – Worth wearing?
Highlights: It has high styles. Got a better than average quality. Give no problems even after running for years. It’s a great selection of fancy to conservative designs. Strong...
Mother’s Day ideas: Beyond flowers, chocolates and family dinners
A great Mother’s Day idea is something to accompany her year round. Watches fit just right! Mother’s Day is happy time for the fortunate who received motherly love from...
Gonzo wields POWER…eh, the Powermatics!
There are Powermatics and there ARE Powermatics. Today, I intend to speak about the latter. The Tissot T-Classic Powermatic 80 T099 series! Why, you might ask. Simply, because I...
Seiko: This time far more socially suave
My days as the Watch Gonzo made it almost a habit popping a post or two here every week. It is now hard to avoid a feeling that my...
Modern gems from Swiss-American collaboration
Not every watch embraces the fundamentals that brand it Swiss-made. No, not even many of those luxurious (well, they look so at least!) fashion watches built under Swiss collaboration...
Orient classic Automatic – A foot in the past
To many of us, a fine dress watch is indispensable. Our other watches might range from rugged sports and tool watches and highly technical pieces, but common sense applied,...