Watch reviews, comment – and more!
After having disposed my old Precision and more recent GMT 2 last year, I was determined to have at least one Rolex in my collection. However, as noted in a previous article, I can be very funny about this brand! So, this time I was going to be pretty discerning …
I have a confession: On this occasion I was really not sure how to start this piece! There were a few introductory phrases that competed, but in the end I will just go for it! I have wanted a Lange for quite some time! There! However, I dithered and this …
Since I disposed of my Rolex GMT 2 some six months ago, I had a nagging feeling that I should have at least one GMT in the cupboard for when life is normalised and I go “foreign” crazy. However, I determined that any replacement would be, well, unusual, a little …
Well, we are still mired in this seemingly interminable virtual imprisonment. Our usual social activities of; meeting friends, attending various events, eating out and holidays are curtailed. Hit hard are single people, and I make no apology for admitting that I am finding it very difficult. With such confinement, having …
Whilst I was aware of Chronoswiss, I was not that au fait with the brand. They appeared to be a smallish relatively inexpensive brand, and from what I could see of most of their watches, they were a little quirky with an over-sized onion crown. As these traits did not …
People who know me realise that it takes more than a “name” to impress. I have extreme antipathy to fashionistas who have to have the next expensive (overpriced) fad item just to flash about in the misguided belief that it somehow bestows respect and admiration. Sorry, in the real world …
There is nothing quite like a nice foulard – pocket square/hank, to compliment one’s jacket. Peeking out of the breast pocket, it is so much nicer than a selection of pens, a spectacle case or worse, nothing! I do recall first witnessing such a sartorial display. In the late Sixties …
A fair number of years ago when the number of my automatic watches reached two, I decided to get a watch winder. Well, it was not quite like that as I had bought a new watch from a national retailer and they threw one in. It was an innocuous cube …
I recently – and somewhat reluctantly, attained a milestone birthday of six decades. Mentally I do not feel this age, but physically a little less so. As a result of this achievement my son decided to push the boat out and bought me some really nice gifts. Included was a …
Hot off the production line and hitting the shops is the new Defy Classic Carbon from Zenith. I had got wind of this piece a little while ago, but noticed this week in one of my local retailers so decided to take a closer look. Zenith is one of the …
