Seiko SNKK – The jack of all trades watch
The Seiko SNKK all throughout, has been an oft-overlooked Seiko 5. It’s quite tough grasping the legacy unless you know the Seiko 5 history. The completely clueless can read...
Cost: From a vegan perspective
“Hamesha itnie kimti ghadiya kaheko lagaata?” – “Why do you put on such costly watches every time?” Things are not much different in India. Here, too, the craft of...
Sapphire vs. Gorilla Glass: Anticipating the winner
Gonzo’s take on Sapphire Glass cleverly dodges past the central point, which is, technicality. Not that I know a great deal about it, but I’m sure there are more...
ASK Gonzo about watches – I
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...
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...
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...
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...
Why service a mechanical watch?
There’s no denying that some very tough watches are around that can go ticking for ages with simple care like a wipe and not throwing it deliberately under truck wheels....
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...
Watch-ing for occassions
Someone I know is marrying this winter. That’s only a couple of months before the wedding bell rings, so a lot of hurry and scurries make the scene. The...
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...
Seiko Active Matrix EPD e-Ink: New technology revolutionizing digital watches
Those who remember the ‘80s must also remember the craze we had then on anything with bleeping lights and beeping sounds. A lot of fashion accessories also came up...
Buy a vintage, not the headache
Hamilton IntraMatic’s debut appearance was at 2012 Baselworld. The Thin-O-matic needed a successor and transferred its vintage looks to Intramatic-s, taking the trend a step higher. Cutting-edge technology addresses...
The order in Insanity: Between Genius and a knife’s edge
<=Back A short recap or, in same lines with it I like Swiss watches but it’s more for the sheer duende in it, not so much for the technicalities. I give...