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Take a moment to look into your own watch loving soul and tell us where do you stand? This is what I have been thinking about lately, where do I stand now in the watch hobby, different camps of though

My steel-platinum RO QP had been at service on and off for most of this year. I really hope this return to me is for keeps! I've been having a little love-fest with my new PP Black 5960A but I cannot

It has been a joy to wear this 5960A. One thing that has become even more clear to me is that watch dimensions on paper vs. on the wrist have many other factors in play. 40mm width x 48mm length x 13.

So a month ago, I posed an informal poll between the ALS Pt Datograph 1st gen vs. the PP 5960/1A-010. The Dato won hands down with PuristS 24-8 by my last tally. Well PuristS, I took your advice to he

Remember my post many weeks back about the AP Service Center’s awesome turnaround time, well, I have updates: UPDATE: unfortunately the quality assurance was not awesome! 😭😭😤. The problem with my mont

So my slutty wandering eyes have been oogling the ALS Datograph and the PP 5960A black dial for the past weeks/days. I've not been able to control myself. HELP ME!!! Pic from Sotheby's, all heavy Plat

Stuck on extended business trip due to weather and had an awful fitful night of sleep at a historic hotel. Bed mattress too beaten down, pillows too soft, and thin walls with amorous neighbor. I heard

I sent my AP RO QP 25820SP off to the service center in Clearwater on Jan 17th. Yesterday on Feb 14th, I got a call from Courtney that they completed the overhaul maintenance (they honored my no polis

*Credit to Hororgasm, who I believe is the one who coined this term The Duometre QL is typically my Fall/Winter rotation watch (I prefer bracelets in Spring/Summer) and it serves a great side purpose:

Moderator, please let me know if anything is out of bounds and I will fix it. I think this is important news to share on PPro. Catching up on the weekend news (freezing temperatures has a way of ensur

So I've been spending way too much time lately on IG but it's better for my wallet than going to watch boutiques. Yesterday, there was a little brouhaha that brewed up over a turtle automaton series r

As Thanksgiving is quickly drawing upon us, let’s think deeply (or shallow) with my two all-time favorite American writers. What’s the best part of the holidays? The alcohol….um, I mean family. Franci

How about another one? For laughs…mostly. This time around the inspiration comes from Japan. Again, advance thanks to my fellow Purists for letting me “borrow” your pics. No offense intended. (1) “Lis

Let me try again to match up some literary quotes to our watch hobby. The beauty of the written word is that it opens your eyes to something in a different way. This time the quotes are exclusively fr

My friend Padj has laid a seed in my mind that I am not reading enough books. I haven’t finished a good book for many years. I miss good writing. Here are some quotes from authors I miss, matched to o

There are few things in this hobby more fun for me than to pour over auction catalogues and marvel at some amazing watches. (GTGs would be #1.) The noises and negative thoughts sometimes associated wi

KMII and Magnus recently posted threads highlighting a few watches from the 1990s. Coincidentally enough, I have been thinking frequently about the Go-Go 90s ever since I took possession of my 1995 AP

A few weeks ago, I was enjoying our family vacation in the summer heat of Portugal and as I began another pleasant day, I checked my messages and saw an email from an auction house. The first line rea

There is an often told story about how only some Italian watch collectors understood the great quality of the Paul Newman Daytona many decades ago when it could be had for a song. And implicitly the I

Another thought to ruminate on for this weekend while the very fun PuristS GTG in Europe is keeping us entertained with regular updates. I thought it’d be a good juxtaposition to compare what I’d call