Accessories - Watch Complications

Múgatoo Paris Straps

04/22/202007/02/2025

Back in August 2019 I purchased my Grand Seiko SBGE249 “Blizzard,” a brilliant collaborative offering from GS and Timeless Luxury Watches (now part of Watches of Switzerland) in Plano, TX. Some months after the release and my purchase, another collaboration produced a Múgatoo Paris strap worth the splurge and spoiling of a very special watch.

Accessories Books Reviews

Eternal Springs

04/10/202001/04/2021

Whether the world is on lockdown due to a pandemic or is in a state of normalcy, it is always a good time to read a book. This is a review of Eternal Springs: An Introduction to the World of Mechanical Watches by Eric Grégoire.

Accessories Reviews Straps Vario

Vario Cordura Nylon Zulu Straps

03/14/202007/02/2025

Vario is a fairly well-established microbrand based in Singapore that specializes in a variety of watch accessories along with watches. They sent me a couple of their new Cordura Nylon Zulu Straps to review and here are my thoughts after spending a week wearing them around.

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Watch Straps Matter

03/09/202007/02/2025

Watches have a personality. Watches help the wearer express their own personality. Wrist presence is important to enthusiasts be it discrete, subtle, seasonal, colorful, meaningful, powerful, and so on. Certainly, the watch is the focal point, but watch straps matter.

Accessories Apps Reviews Watchee

Watchee App

01/17/202001/04/2021

Time for something different and especially in my wheelhouse. Presenting Watchee, an application for managing your watches! Keeping track of a collection digitally has many factors to consider so this post covers a lot of ground. This review includes a watch app comparison, Watchee pros and cons, and a visual walkthrough of using the app.

Accessories Reviews Straps

Barton Silicone Straps

12/16/201901/04/2021

Every watch collector should have a couple Barton silicone straps in their box. Barton Watch Bands produces a variety of strap types and styles, but what they seem to be best known for are silicone bands. This is a detailed overview that also compares the Soft Silicone straps with the Elite Silicone straps.

Accessories Reviews Storage

Glenor Co Watch Boxes

12/13/201901/10/2021

In a departure from actual watches, I wanted to share a look at my favorite watch boxes, which are a carbon fiber design made by Glenor Co. In the video, I show four different sizes and talk about the construction and how my Glenor Co watch boxes have held up over time. Glenor Co 12 […]

Accessories Christopher Ward Dive Reviews Straps

Carty Silicone Rubber Straps

01/07/201907/02/2025

Here we are taking a look at Carty silicone rubber straps. I really like rubber straps on dive watches. The watches in this post are a pair of Christopher Ward Trident Pro 600s, but we will focus on the straps. https://youtu.be/2qOoWh8pxXA Like the Maikes straps I previously reviewed, Carty is another low-cost strap distributor with […]

Accessories Reviews Straps

Maikes Straps

12/09/201812/16/2019

Straps make a difference. A lot of time is spent on marketing and reviews of watches, but perception can be altered in an instant with a strap change. A strap change can make an already great watch even better and can make a low-cost watch look stunning. This is a post where I will mostly […]

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