What is it with watch manufacturers and wording on the dial? IMO, most all watches look their best with zero writing on the dial. Some manufacturers, like De Bethune and other independents, get this in spades and others just have to put multiple lines of text on their dials. I just don’t get how the
Someone I always admired greatly was the Japanese player Ichiro Suzuki. He proved that at 5’10” and 170 lbs you don’t need to fill your body with chemicals to be a legend in the sport. In my opinion, Ichiro was a true giant of the game, ARod was just another cheating mouse. And I don’t give two hoot
But that was a seven game tournament that ended with a wonderful one game victory. While impressive, that pales in comparison to what Leicester achieved over a 38 game season. They didn’t have to be great for three weeks, they had to be great for eight months. And the gap in funding and perceived pl
Claudio Ranieri leading Leicester City to the 2015-16 Premier League title is the single greatest accomplishment in team sports since the introduction of team sports. And I don’t say that without considerable consideration. This wasn’t a one-off game or a 6-8 game tournament, this was a brutal 38 ga
But I do take exception to your wag: while the escalator has not obsolesced the stairs, I do believe digital media has taken a huge chunk out of print media (books, magazines and newspapers). And that’s the point, I’m not sure (to use the great example someone gave here) whether mechanical timepiece
And a sophisticated and cognizant audience of collectors to appreciate those watches. But it’s not the independent watchmaker making 100 pieces a year I’m worried about - it’s the global demand to satisfy a broader industry of mechanical watch manufacturers collectively pumping out tens of thousands