Category: Guest Bloggers

It all started innocently enough.  As a young kid, I pretty much always wore a watch.  A G-SHOCK or Casio, possibly even a few Diesel fashion watches.  I didn’t wear them to make a fashion statement or because I had developed an early appreciation for watchmaking. I wasn’t fascinated by the backstory of G-SHOCK, in […]

Watch Journalism is Changing…and this blog is just one example. I have been covering the watch industry for more than 25 years now. People are always surprised that I can make my living writing about watches, but I’ve had a great career and it’s been a wild and very interesting journey. When I first started […]

In the beginning of 1987’s “The Princess Bride,” the grandfather tries to convince his sick grandson who stayed home from school that the book he is about to read to him is exciting. He says the book has fencing, sports, fighting, revenge, true love and miracles. Spoiler alert: in the end the grandson asks his […]

Vintage is the hot thing, whether it’s new vintage or actual vintage. I’ve never been a big vintage buyer. I like the idea of vintage watches, but I have only bought one vintage watch my whole life — a 1946 Hamilton “Keith” watch. I am a big Hamilton fan, having lived a big portion of […]

  As a child, I was fascinated with collecting coins from all over the world.  I acquired Spanish pesos, Italian lire, Greek drachma, amongst other international coins. As I saved money, I started to add more American pre-1965 silver coins.  I would occasionally pull out the binder that contained my collection, admire it and then […]

Hello again. This blog coincides with the release of the Spring edition of Revolution USA, so here are some highlights from the issue that is available in-store at Feldmar Watch Company and on newsstands across the country. To celebrate a big birthday, I led my “Gang of Eight” across Yunnan Province in China to wear […]

I went into Baselworld with a lot of trepidation this year. Some brands had left Basel for Geneva’s SIHH, while other brands just didn’t exhibit at Basel at all. So, I didn’t really know what to expect. Would the halls be empty? Would I have a lot of time on my hands? I needn’t have […]

Abraham Louis Breguet made the clock for Napoleon’s carriage. It was a heavy piece weighing more than 100 pounds. In the 18th century, the finest clocks money could buy had a tourbillon as part of the movement. Much more than two hundred years ago, Breguet patented the tourbillon as a pocket watch feature (not a […]

Summer is the time for movie blockbusters, so what better time to talk about how watches end up in movies? Watches and clocks have been used as symbols throughout the history of film. Remember Harold Lloyd hanging from the giant clock in the 1923 silent film Safety Last? In a way, every watch in every […]

Every year, Las Vegas hosts the American watch shows, Couture and JCK. Now, JCK isn’t much of a watch show any more, but it is still hugely important for jewelry. I LOVE going to the Couture show. It’s a chance to catch up with friends from the watch industry, including the great people from Feldmar, […]

Unless you are a “one watch man” like King Harald of Norway, legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus, or award-winning actor Tom Selleck, most watch aficionados are ruled by the “formula.” For watch collectors, the “formula” calculates the upper limit of the number of watches a person is permitted to have in his watch collection at any […]

I am hard on watches, especially in the summer. My lifestyle is not suited to delicate watches. As the father of an energetic nine-year-old, I am constantly chucking a football, going for a bike ride or paddle boarding on the lake. If I don’t have a robust sports watch on, any day could see a […]

Though the title of this article might seem negative, this article is actually meant to help the watch industry become better.  Note that the complaints are not about the watch industry, but about the actual luxury watches.  More than being my subjective dislikes, the below nuisances are in fact enemies to comfort, practicality, and even […]

There I was, sitting at my desk ready to write this blog for you, dear reader, planning to talk about German Excellence, Gucci and Hamilton’s newest watch placement, when Baselworld intruded. Well, to be exact, the Swatch Group was the culprit, with the announcement that they were pulling out of the 2019 Baselworld, leaving a […]

Thank goodness the 2018 NFL season is here. I’m a huge football fan and am the QB of a team here in Switzerland, the Geneva Warriors. Luckily, football and watches often go hand in hand, combining two of my passions. There are several brands involved with football and players, including TAG Heuer with Tom Brady, […]

I first became interested in watches at the age of 12 when my father bought me my first timepiece. Later, I joined a watch group near Stanford University where I would meet with other watch collectors to have lunch, look at watches and listen to lectures from the head of the group, Jeff Kingston, JD, […]

I love this time of year, with warm days and cool nights, the wind with a slight edge to it telling us that winter is on the way and the NFL in full swing. One thing I don’t love is “falling back.” Why in the world are we still switching time in the fall and […]

Thanksgiving is coming and I can’t wait. This is my favorite holiday, not just because of the turkey feast and football, but because there are no presents and no real pressure. I celebrate Thanksgiving here in Switzerland, but it’s not really the same. Thanksgiving is for family, and two of my sons live in the […]

It’s hard to believe that 2018 is already nearly over. It was a heck of a year – I had some fantastic watch-related adventures, met some incredible watch people and, most importantly, saw and reviewed a host of great new watches. As a result of having such an awesome 2018, I have high hopes for […]

My how the watch landscape has changed. I think we’ve seen more changes in the last six months than we have seen in the last 20 years. First, the Swatch Group pulled out of Baselworld, and other brands followed, some going to SIHH, which added a number of brands (and lost some too), and some […]

As a child of the 1970s and 1980s, I fondly remember sitting in my parents’ bedroom playing with my Dad’s OMEGA Speedmaster, starting, stopping and resetting the chronograph over and over again, for hours. I was also fascinated with all things related to space and our space program. I was astonished when my Dad told […]

A mechanical wrist watch is a funny item in today’s world. Almost everyone carries a smart phone from which the current time can be observed with ease. The precision by which the time is provided by these devices far exceeds the accuracy of most any wrist watch. So why do some of us have such […]

Okay, it’s an overused phrase, and can equally be stated as “I got a gal . . .”, but gender notwithstanding, I have come to value my relationships with independent watch retailers. As a result, I’ve actually “got a couple of guys” and I am a happier watch nut for it. Not to throw shade […]