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...
ASK Gonzo about watches – IV
Unlearn the unnecessary in the world of mid-tier and mid-entry-level luxury watches. Let the Watch Gonzo guide your course through the roundabouts and swirly labyrinths and rid-off all your horological...
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...
ASK Gonzo about watches – II
Unlearn the unnecessary in the world of mid-tier and mid-entry-level luxury watches. Let the Watch Gonzo guide your course through the roundabouts and swirly labyrinths and rid-off all your horological...
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...
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...
About Time Engines
The ultimate luxury is about going Super; supercars, superbikes…do I hear super-watches? If so, then who make them and how do they look? Here, we won’t bring the question...
Newsletter : Citizen Titanium Perpetual Rugged Watch on Sale !
Only US$ 349. Click for details. This week we have on promotion a truly legendary watch from Citizen – it is the all Titanium, Perpetual calendar 200m BL5251-51L. Not...
World time: Just what is it?
When I started my collection, it was an all-chronograph spree that had set me forth. It was more of a three-dialled watch kinda drive than chronographs or multi-functions or...
Limited options on limited editions
I never quite fancied the limited edition watches. I always found the looks vs. price vs. quality ratio going way beyond what I can possibly afford ; for good...
Work-wear watches: The drive to GO!
The ideal work-wear watch should be an even blend of style and precision, durable but whoever says it has to be bland is bullshitting. That’s some 20 years or...
Super Titanium: Super Hard, Super Light
Painful as it may sound, big metal watches are slowly losing attention; it’s the sleek types that are eating into their share. There are always certain clans who like...
Mechanical morbidity: A recent societal trend
It is rather shocking to see mechanical movements – no, not the human-robot kind of awkward and clumsy ones; I mean the mechanical watch movements – vanishing from men’s...
Timepiece Trinities: Bringing you inexpensive luxury
Often I hear this question from my friends and relatives on which – among the three – is best. I do not find them taking much interest in Orient,...