Botta Uno Automatic: Dude, I think you lost something
If you don’t really look, it’s a conservative, 42mm watch based on the workhorse automatic movement of Europe, the ETA 2824. But it has only one hand. No minutes, seconds,…
How to buy a watch
I'm just full of helpful hints this week. This one comes after seeing a comment on my other site, WristWatchReview about the BR02, a 1000M diver with a fairly striking…
How to polish a watch
OK. I just suffered a fairly hair-raising situation with my new baby. Due to my own carelessness, I dinged the Jaeger a few times and wanted to polish them out.…
New B&R BR03: You know, for the French
Just in time for the holidays we have a new Bell&Ross watch designed for the French Air Force. As you see, they've stuffed the same quartz movement you'll find in…
PhotoWatch!
A world class timepiece? A photoframe? Why didn't I think of this! Bonus to the readers - In which William Gibson book did someone see a sarariman with a holographic…
Horological Machine #3 shipping next year
You know me and my watch fetish. Well, there's one rarified section of the watch industry where mere mortals dare not tread. While you and I can't "go there," MB&F…
Good advice for polishing cases
I got a scratch in my new baby and just discovered this excellent article on Paneristi describing how to polish a watch with Flitz and a little elbow grease. Anyone…
Stephen D Time: When guerrilla marketing goes bad.
I have nothing but respect for competent, innovative marketing tactics. But when marketers fail to their homework and are clumsy with an unconventional approach, I will be first in line…
Ladies and Gentlemen, the M-A
Click to see it in more detail. This is the watch I'm writing about and it might be the most beautiful watch I've ever seen. To look at it up…
Me in QP magazine and a trip to Geneva and Neuchatel
I just found a mention of my book in QP magazine. The magazine also has a nice piece about the M-A by Thomas Byczkowski who I'm going to hit up…