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The Tank Louis Cartier. Take the Normale, refine it further, and this is what you have. I ask myself: is refinement always improvement? In some cases - a proof, a sculpture, an argument - the answer i…
The Monaco is a classic - just a little hard on the wearability for my tastes
The Submariner reference 5513. Vintage. Matte dial. This is the correct Submariner - everyone at the office knows that, or ought to. Reese wore a modern Submariner last Tuesday and I noticed immediate…
The Datejust reference 1601 in stainless steel. Fluted white gold bezel. Oyster bracelet. Automatic caliber 1570 inside. My father wore a Datejust. His accountant now wears one, which is troubling, bu…
The President. Rolex Day-Date reference 1803 in yellow gold. This is the watch a man wears when he has decided that he is a man of consequence. I have three of these. The dial variations matter. The W…
The 5711/1A. Genta-designed integrated case in stainless steel. Blue dial with the horizontal grain. Discontinued, which of course only increases its desirability. I own one - two, actually - and I ha…
The Batman GMT-Master II. Ceramic bezel in blue and black. Cerachrom, they call it - a name that suggests they consulted a linguist. I wear this when traveling to London for meetings. It is important …
Yacht-Master in yellow gold. Some men consider this excessive. I consider those men to be men who cannot afford Yacht-Masters. There is a distinction between excess and correctness. This watch is not,…
The Day-Date 18238. Sapphire crystal - the modernization one accepts. The President bracelet has a substantial, deliberate feel that lesser watches simply do not achieve. When I remove it in the eveni…
The Speedmaster Professional. Manual wind. NASA-certified. I own one - it is what one wears when playing at being 'casual.' It communicates that one is a serious person who understands watches without…
The Panthère de Cartier. Linked bracelet. Feminine? Perhaps. Elegant? Undeniably. I bought two of these to give as gifts to Evelyn - one in yellow gold, one in stainless steel. She could not tell them…
The Submariner 5512. Crown guards. COSC certification - a small line of text at the six o'clock position that separates men who know what COSC means from men who do not. There is a hierarchy in vintag…
The Casio F-91W is worn by men who have accepted certain things about their lives. I have not accepted those things and I never will. The watch itself is competent - it tells time - but competence is …
The 126610LN - the post-2020 transition piece that finally bumped the Sub Date to 41mm and dropped the cal. 3235 in place of the long-serving 3135. I've worn both references back to back for extended …
Ref 215.30.46.21.03.002 - the Ultra Deep in O-Megasteel with the Summer Blue dial. This is a purpose-built instrument that wandered into the lifestyle catalog, and I mean that as a partial compliment.…
The Clé de Cartier WSCL0006 at 35mm is one of those pieces I keep coming back to despite some real movement reservations. The cal. 1847 MC is an ETA 2892 derivative - competent, proven, utterly unexci…
The 220.10.41.21.03.004 - 41mm Aqua Terra in steel with the blue dial and bracelet, running the cal. 8900 Master Chronometer. This is quietly one of the best value propositions in Omega's current line…
Yellow gold Submariner is one of those love-it-or-hate-it watches. On the wrist it's substantial - no getting around 150+ grams of solid 18k gold - and it commands attention in a way stainless never w…