Horological Meandering

for the day? Any methodology? Just on a whim? To match your outfit? Perhaps because you’ve seen a post or read a comment or an article about the same watch you own? The weather?

Wheather, Outfit, planned activities, people I meet, mood, … Well, not all things. My internet consumption doesn‘t really have an effect on what I‘m wearing.

Although my choice of watch informs the outfit as often as the other way round. And sometimes there is not really a decision, but rather I open the drawer and a watch just jumps at me.

The watch that makes life just a little more pleasurable.

... a watch is an intimate pleasure that only the wearer can fully enjoy and appreciate

Keep enjoying your favourite watches 🥂

Or, intuition with occasionally forcing myself to wear something I haven't in a while for that particular joy of being reminded how delighted I am by an old watch made novel again by a large gap in wearing. ...  

It’s not possible! Not you!!!!

enjoy a Jambon Beurre on the banks of the Seine! All will be perfect then!

I used to "force myself" to rotate each watch with equal wrist time but I have stopped doing this. Of course some watches get more wrist time then others

Bands and artists are the main factor i gonna wear on my wrist. So, when i play Sam Cooke, i take my Accutron. When i play Adam Ant, Baume & Mercier. The Rolling Stones, i put my Omega on. Metal, Arcadia. Pop, Bulova Wilton. Listen to the radio, Longines.... 

One for work (usually precious metal on a strap) and one for play (sports watch on a bracelet or a Panerai). Rotating them through as I love them all. Best Andreas

Always a concern about what the outfit is and whether the watch fits under the cuff. Sometimes it's a warm day, so I wear something different. Also depends on the crowd I'm hanging out with: do I want the watch to be more subtle or a larger statement? The... 

If it's already ticking, with the time correctly set, it's a strong candidate for the day's wear. So I tend to wear the same watch two or more days in a row. If nothing's wound up, the one that's easiest to set correctly. Thus, a stopped one with the the ... 

It puts unnecessary strain on the crown, especially if it's screw down. I wear some watches two weeks in a row and others for just a week. I give priority to dress watches during the winter and sports watches during the summer.