Pocket watches: Past emotions, modern representations
Finding a reputable pocket watch after about a century they went out of fashion along with the horse and buggy and waistcoat is undoubtedly tough. Still, you can get...
Invicta gets the spotlight!
“Nothing should come between your watch and your real happiness. Let no fashion stigma and perceptions of ‘what a watch should look like’ pollute an extremely enjoyable experience. Remove...
The Pen-watch: Matching styles, matching lifestyles
Pens, especially fountain pens; and watches are intimately linked. Some of the watch manufacturers make both and matching hands to nibs or cases to caps – maybe even straps...
Tissot Carson: Less means a lot more!
An average working man’s wrists, if they could speak, would scream every now and then for something less bulky and simple but trendy and elegant at the same time....
How well does an odd shape define a watch?
” – Ventura caught the public eye immediately; chief reason being – it is miles away from those lame attempts that butcher the very will of donning a watch....
Why you should wear a wrist watch?
We already know when wristwatches caught up as a trend among men. The WWI soldiers benefitted immensely as pocket watches found a new abode on their wrists but well,...
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’s grumblings: Are Emporio Armani watches a worthwhile purchase?
“-Oh, not another horologist’s rant!” Not everyone is interested in the technical contents of a watch – which I understand – some are not at all! All they want...
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...
GONZO’S POSTBAG (XL) – Simple quartz and teen preference
Q. Gonzo my man! I have witnessed a few more Springs than you have, so bear no grudge to my endearing greet. That’s to say, I’m elder than you...
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...
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...