The Time Hack:Lessons learned from a bad watch mod experience When my favorite Marathon TSAR is not getting wrist time, I wear a modified Seiko SKX007 that is a truly one-off piece. I do not possess the patience or dexterity to try my hand at modding a watch, so I sent it out to a custom,…
The Time Hack: A king, a special ops helo pilot, and issued watches In the run-up to the start of this series, a member at the PW Facebook group asked a salient question. Would we be talking about mil-spec watches or military-issued watches? It was a good question, because those are indeed two different terms. With the former,…
A Lilac Dream: The H. Moser & Cie Purple Haze H. Moser & Cie is one of the most thought provoking brands that has come across my desk, and it shatters the barriers of the hum drum sports Rolexes we see so often. Moser is a brand that “real” horology enthusiasts respect and admire; likely…
Kickstarter Watches: The Virus the Watch Industry can’t shake… This is a follow up on my Fashion Watch Epidemic blog to some extent. I asked the Properly Wound Group for some insight on another hot topic, and this was certainly a popular topic. Fashion watches are an epidemic, but Kickstarter watches are a disgusting virus…
The Time Hack: A Series on the Military, and Watches – by Jon Custis Nearly 50 years ago, during the North Vietnamese Armyʼs 1972 Easter offensive, 33 year old Marine Captain John Ripley accomplished a staggering feat of valor and blunted an offensive surging into South Vietnam, while serving as an advisor to the 3rd Battalion of…
VALUE PROPOSITION – OMEGA SEAMASTER 300M “BOND” QUARTZ REVIEW Released in 1993, and making its major film debut as James Bond’s tool-watch of choice in the 1995 spy film GoldenEye and many 007 films thereafter, the Seamaster 300m “Bond” is likely the most iconic watch ever to have been made by Omega that hasn’t been to…
I recently asked members of our facebook group to help me with some ideas for topics, and this one seriously stood out against the crowd. Most of us WIS understand and appreciate the value of a well crafted timepiece and can easily differentiate complete junk versus something of quality. I’ll call it “the fashion epidemic”…
From the PW Archives, originally published in 2017 Five things you must consider when buying a vintage watch. Eventually as your journey down watch collecting lane matures, you’ll likely be intrigued by the absolutely fantastic vintage watches in the market today. Many of us start this journey with new or fairly new “non-vintage” pieces, but…