Horological Meandering

Thanks Mycroft for launching this with your comments from the Montblanc thread: "What Watch makers still don't understand to date is that a humongous watch case, however beautifully crafted in whatever exotic wood and even if lined with baby's skin - is a...  

and a few hefty sips of Laphroaig, I remmbered the other boxes were in the basement, in my office. Along with the family Bible, turned open to the verse: "Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and thieves break in...  

Too ashamed to show my boxes. We should force the AD's that sold us the watches to store the boxes for us. That way we always come back. Nothing gets lost and if we ever need to sell the AD can handle in for us; sale includes all boxes, inner outer, outer... 

... After I wrote the MontBlanc Minerva post vilifying the manufacturers for some of the issues that have been sore points for me, I quickly donned my fireproof kevlar suit and crawled into my underground nuclear shelter awaiting what you Americans like t... 

An excellent piece of writing!!!!

Because if you have too many boxes, that means that you have the same number of watches...LOL It begins to be problematic... I stored all the boxes in the mezzanine, which loks more like a cellar.... And I don't speak about the goodies, the reviews, the b...  

... of the disparate, disparaged, the desparate and the sexless!! This message has been edited by mycroft on 2008-01-21 06:51:30

as I do....May be we could start up a forum on watch boxes....We would not have to worry about buying watch winders or getting them stolen. Kindest regards, Jack

While I agree that watch presentation boxes are wasteful, to the average luxury watch buyer they're expected. The idea of going to a very fancy jewelry store, plopping down large dollars for a watch no one really needs and have it come in a brown paper wr... 

With you all the way. But the concept of AD's providing some support in storing watch boxes for the more seasoned buyers is pretty cool. Also for those who don't see the value in their boxes they two could leave them at the AD's with a receipt. The concep... 

. . . polish off his bottle of Laphroaig, that's what I think! I'm sure Mike (Cazalea's name in the real world) won't mind a bit . . . cordially, Art

We can polish it off while trying to ascertain WHY IN THE H*LL I bought this watch. Besides, I just found the stash of outer cardboard boxes for my Orbita Winder Boxes. And the boxes for my wood box which holds my marine chronometer used to set my other w...  

For those fond of Islay malts such as Laphroiag who have not yet tried it, 'Lagavulin' 16 y.o. is a must. For a watch connection, Lagavulin is to Laphroiag as Patek is to Poljot. Cheers, pplater.

Sinn U1 than it is a Poljot. Lagavulin is a whole other animal. No comparing one to the other, as sometimes you want to drink that one too. Cheers Mike

Having sampled many an Islay malt, I disagree with your assertion on 2 levels. First, as others have pointed out, the intensity that Laphroaig provides is what I like most about it. Peat and iodine in spades, and the greater the flavour the better for me....  

...and match. Consider the metaphorical towel thrown into the metaphorical ring. Cheers (or should that be Slainte Mhath ???), pplater.