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As watch collector, a part of me lights up whenever I get the chance to meet another collector out of the blue. The feeling is unlike what you get from a watch meet, or when you're both outside the neighborhood haunt too - it's a mix of shared passion with that magical dash of serendipity that makes it oh so wonderful.

For many collectors, myself included, the journey into watches was never straightforward. It started with curiosity, a casual buy here and there, often with pieces that in hindsight we might call “junk”. But those early mistakes were the lessons.

In the vintage watch collecting scene we like to use (and abuse) the term "they don't make 'em like they used to". While this is usually...

I once wrote a blog entry about not letting internet and social media hype run your watch collection - that the mediums may present...

Do you know how to take care of your vintage watches yourself?

There’s a new divers watch in town, and you’ll want more than one of it.

I was working out my thumbs on IG and scrolling through Stories when I chanced upon this survey of vintage watches by Goldammer (check...

Don't you just love it when indies throw out gems? Their ingenuity, coupled with affordable price tags, brings for quite a value added...

No home studio, only an iphone. When I take Grab rides (Singapore Uber) I always make it a point to peek at the driver's wrist - a nice...

The sports watch became the better watch of choice for my new lifestyle. Bezels, lume and 22mm lugs were commonplace in my rotation.

Value to me is an equation (not that I'm good at math though) - the perceived cost of a watch over what you paid for it. Simple as that.

I was listening to the latest Casual Walk Talk's podcast and they gave me an idea for a list article - straight out knock-off for this one a

Advice is never far away, so I decided to share my personal experience in online buying and selling watches online.

Watch collectors are a varied bunch - we all have our unique tastes (or lack of it) to watches we see on the many many websites and...

Oh, the bargain bin. Don't we all love a good barn find - that exquisite watch that's hidden behind cracked glass, stored away from the...

So I hit 5,000 followers on Instagram. That to me is quite the milestone. I've never really been a fan of being active on the platform...

Like many fans of Omega dress watches, I started pining after the Constellation Pie Pan - the coveted dog-legs lug, no date, cross hair...

At the time of writing, I have a bunch of straps from Cheapest Nato Straps incoming (more than a month on), one custom order of straps...

Well it’s not because people are getting richer, that’s for sure. Coming full circle The Rolex watch was created to be the every man’s...

It's the end of the year, and with all those wrapped boxes sitting under a tree or on your tabletop, we're all going to be getting at...