Watch reviews, comment – and more!
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 …
As people may know, I have a fairly disparate collection of watches! Although many are quite expensive, the cheapies also get a fair look-in. This aspect has again come to the fore towards the end of last year, after I took a punt on a couple of watch lots at …
I will get the Update out of the way first. As mentioned in earlier posts, I made the decision last November to reduce my watch collection. Three reasons for doing so: Firstly, with in excess of 50 pieces in my collection, I was never going to be able to wear …
This will be a pretty short article. Why? Well, when I acquired this Dunhill watch last November, I had no intention of publicising it as, a) it wasn’t important/interesting enough, and b) it was kind of a “fashion” watch – something I have an aversion to. All that said, I …
Let me be clear – I was certainly not expecting to be doing another CYS review quite so soon after the last one! How so? Well, you will recall from the end of the earlier review, I mentioned this interesting model, plus, that I could be persuaded to buy. However, …
As a keen crossword doer – general knowledge, not cryptic (I do not have the brain for the latter), I utilise a pencil. Hitherto, my particular weapon of choice has been a cheap and cheerful plastic Paper Mate propelling job, with a useful eraser on the end. It does the …
