Take Two: Everything You Need to Know About the Bienne Charity Watch Sale for Terre des Hommes, Second Edition
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Breaking up with a watch - Rolex GMT Master
Collecting

Breaking Up With A Watch: Really, It’s Not You, It’s Me

Comparing a relationship with a watch to a relationship with a human is completely insane from a normal person’s perspective. But, if you’re one of us, you know what I’m talking about. There’s a thing or two in common between falling in love and buying a watch. First, our eye is caught by something new. […]

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swatch Blancpain
Swatch Blancpain

Relationship Status with my Swatch x Blancpain Green Abyss: It’s Complicated

When the first variants of the Swatch x Blancpain collaboration were released, I waited in line to get one. I stood for hours outside in the very early morning, with my foldable chair and thermos. Not so much for the watch itself—this wasn’t like the first MoonSwatch where we had no idea if we’d ever […]

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GMT
Collecting

Why I Never Kept My GMT Watches

My boss is on the American West Coast, 9 hours behind. I travel fairly frequently for work, to his timezone, and others. I have a bit of a watch obsession and the GMT complication is fun and pretty fascinating. Basically, a perfect storm to own at least one such piece. But while I tried a […]

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Tdh in Gaza
Made in Bienne

Understanding Specifically How Terre des Hommes is Helping in Gaza

I know most of you come to this blog for watch-related content. Of the 99 articles I published before this one, watches, a personal passion / obsession, is largely what I’ve been writing about. And I realize that if I don’t want to lose most of you as readers, that’s largely what the next 99 […]

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Stila SA
Suppliers La Chaux-de-Fonds

Just In Case: Behind the Scenes at Stila SA in La Chaux-de-Fonds

My favorite places where watches are made all have something in common. They’re timeless. Whether that’s ironic or on the contrary to the point is up for debate. Either way, Stila SA, at the heart of La Chaux-de-Fonds, itself at the heart of Swiss watchmaking, is exactly that. Tradition and modernity under the same roof with […]

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Cost of watch collection
Collecting

Before You Buy: the Real Costs of Owning a Watch

While I hope you find it useful, this as much as anything a note-to-self. A place I can easily go back to when the next temptation hits me. As we know, there are always “good” reasons to buy a watch. And at least as many not to. Among them: the actual cost of ownership. Fratello […]

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