http://www.watchblogs.com Wristwatches for the Everyman (But has the Cheap Practical Stuff as Well...) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:56:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lately I've been turning over a bit of a new leaf.  I've always been up for adventure but just like with drugs (so I've been told) and many other things, the same old same old just hasn't been cutting it.  Lately my adventures have been more and more extreme and ... http://www.watchblogs.com/general/suunto-core-the-hardcore-adventurers-watch/ I'm going through a phase in my life where I just can't be bothered with watches... Yes that's right, I just can't be bothered with watches anymore. Why is that you may be asking? Yes I like a nice watch but watches have been getting to ridiculous these days.  A little too "innovative" ... http://www.watchblogs.com/general/yawn-im-bored-with-watches/ There are number of small watchmakers out there hoping to get taken seriously in the watch industry, and many of them have a number of interesting takes on the wristwatch, but in trying to be interesting they ended up being pretty much the same.  They follow trends rather than invent ... http://www.watchblogs.com/general/romain-jeromes-new-moon-watch/ A few years ago this Rolex was the hot item of the year: Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date GMT-Master II Mens Watch 116710-BKSO And to me it's not hard to see why.  This model introduced a lot of innovations that were long overdue.  First being a clasp that actually felt as though it ... http://www.watchblogs.com/general/another-innovation-from-omega-sort-of/ I remember that I had loved watches ever since I was a kid.  Getting ridiculously shiny and spangly things with pistons and stuff on it.  Nothing has changed much except for the fact that my tastes at one point were toward ridiculously expensive watches then mellowing toward watches that are ... http://www.watchblogs.com/general/piaget-legende-emperador-my-long-lost-love/ This is the Raymond Weil RW Sport Quartz Chronograph: NEW RAYMOND WEIL RW SPORT MENS WATCH 8520-STR-05207 ...and while that name does sound like a mouthful, I'm sorry to say that the watch is known by no other name, perhaps a model number, but what would you prefer to say? If you don't ... http://www.watchblogs.com/watch-reviews/raymond-weil-rw-sport-quartz-chrongraph-sucks-and-heres-why/ A. Lange & Sohne is a watch company, but unlike most of watch companies who moved into the Swiss mountains to make "hand built" wristwatches steeped in years and years of Swiss watchmaking heritage, A. Lange & Sohne is actually German.  What's more is that they are considered by most ... http://www.watchblogs.com/general/a-lange-sohne-lange-1-the-second-best-watch-in-the-world/ Yes so if you are ordinary man with a little cash to burn and have an yearing to purchase a "pure" wristwatch, that is, an automatic wristwatch, than you may be enamored over this concept called "jewels" Yes, as is more often than not, watch salesmen and others will weigh the ... http://www.watchblogs.com/watch-education/watch-education-what-the-jewels-really-mean-in-an-automatic-movement/ Now lately I've been receiving a number criticisms about the watches that I feature on this site and about the site in general.  I've been told that the watches on the site are generally too expensive, and that I should feature more affordable watches on this site. So here's one: Zodiac Zo2244 ... http://www.watchblogs.com/general/zodiac-seadragon-a-scratch-and-sniff-wristwatch/ If you are in the market for an expensive, plain-looking watch that will capture no one's attention and of which will probably cost a lot to service, the most obvious choice has always been a Patek Philippe. Patek Philippe watches, as i had mentioned earlier, are for the truly rich, because ... http://www.watchblogs.com/general/blancpain-the-budget-patek-philippe/