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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

So this post is a serious discussion about something that absolutely infuriates me and I'm hoping it hews to the PuristS code of conduct and won't be removed. Hodinkee put up for sale exclusively thro