Just like your car needs regular maintenance, so, too, does your fine mechanical watch. Let’s face it, it is comprised of hundreds of tiny mechanical parts, as well as lubricants that if they get old, dry, or sticky can affect the way your watch works. How often a watch should be serviced is the real…
Timothy John’s Fight Against Parkinson’s, And Montegrappa’s Tulip For Team Fox Pen
It’s a new year. Today, January 1, 2020, we break from the first two decades of the 21st century and start anew — a third decade. We are making history. Never before has there been a January 1, 2020, and never again will there be. To start the new year off right, I thought it…
ATimelyPerspective’s Top Five Posts Of 2019
It’s been a very fast year. In fact, I really can’t believe that at the stre of midnight tonight, it will be 2020. It’s been a very interesting year with a lot of personal and professional developments and let-downs. But I’m sure that’s the case for everyone. It can’t all be a bed of roses,…
Hands On With The Half-Million-Dollar Greubel Forsey GMT Sport
When I got my first hands-on lo at the new Greubel Forsey GMT Sport watch during the recent Dubai Watch Week in November, my jaw dropped. It was everything I would expect from this king of independent watch brands — and . Created in a limited edition of just 11 pieces, this bold sport…
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: An Ode To The Watch World And The Holidays
T’was the night before Christmas, and all through the watch world, Not a watchmaker was stirring; No Machines whirled The tools were all placed on the benches with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The collectors were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of tourbillons danced in their heads;…
Last Minute Gift Ideas For Watch Lovers: Membership To Horological Society of New York
If you haven’t gotten your holiday ducks in a row, so to speak, by now, you are really late. Still searching for ideas for the watch r in your life. Here’s a no-brainer for him or for her. The Horological Society of New York (HSNY), America’s oldest watchmaking guild founded in 1866, offers the gift…