Watch reviews, comment – and more!
It is well over a year since I have reviewed a fine dining establishment in my general location. This is not due to the fact that there aren’t any suitable candidates, but more because I have been content to continue with my first reviewee – The Fox & Hounds in …
I first had a hankering for a “Pie Pan” dial model some 15 years ago, and eventually bought one a few years later. This was quite by chance when I popped into Fenwicks on Bond Street, and descended to their men’s dept. Whilst there I noticed a few old …
An initial admission! I have never bought a ladies dress watch – let alone two! How come? Well, I simply saw these on my pal James Kibble’s watch site, and my interest was piqued as they were both made of silver – cases and bracelets. I happen to like silver …
I must admit that I do have a weakness for chronographs. I just like the look of them and their potential for timekeeping action – although, like most folks, I barely use that function! I cannot really list all chrono watches that have passed through my hands, but at the …
Until I came across this watch at James Kibble’s watch shop, I had not seriously considered owning a Bulgari piece. I suppose I had just considered the firm mainly to be a jewellery fashion brand (albeit high end), who back in the day thought that they had better make some …
A few months ago I was contacted by the PR company that is representing Orient and Orient Star in the UK. They wanted a UK watch site to review Orient’s wares, because, for the first time, Orient is making it’s watches available to UK customers. Some 46 watches will initially …
I confess to being an IWC fan – at least on the pilot watch side. I currently own three such models, covering some 4, 10 and 15 years, and to-date, they continue to perform exceptionally well! However, their other watch designs have not particularly grabbed my attention – probably down …
I seem to be writing about a good number of “affordable” watches of late! Today is no exception, after I found another candidate in a local antique center that I often frequent. In this case within the cabinet of a mainly clock specialist, but on this occasion there were a …
Whilst recently peering inside cabinets in a jewellery/pawn shop at a coastal resort fairly near me, my eye was caught by a quite striking gold watch. Upon closer inspection I noticed it was a Sekonda, so, summarily dismissed it! A few months later I was in the shop again, and …
Aside from collecting watches, I do collect antiques. This covers a fair range of items, but one genre I do like is old silver. I try to concentrate on the Georgian era, but just occasionally something newer catches my eye. In this instance I had gone to an auction to …
