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Seiko Watches The only Seiko I might one day consider owning would be from the brand's Grand Seiko haute horlogerie line, but only if the designs ever improve beyond their bland current state. |
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Watch Snob: Budget-Friendly Watches Let me, a true horological aficionado, enlighten your plebeian minds as to what makes a real watch, what you should wear when and what to do with those old watches of yours. |
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Japan's Watch Revival: The Lexus Effect Japan's watches: Do they have what it takes? |
AskMen.com May 20, 2014 |
The Watch Snob Weighs In On Skeletonized Faces - And A Reverse Push Present As a rule, in most (well, many, anyway) open dial watches there is simply nothing worth seeing that justifies the aesthetic train wreck that ensues when you open up the dial of a watch. |
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Seiko Watches: Watch Snob I am considering a watch from the Seiko Premier series, the Kinetic Direct Drive in particular. What do you think? And if my selection is horribly misguided, please, point me in a better direction. |
AskMen.com September 7, 2014 Jack Forster |
Here's Why Seiko Should Be On Your Watch Radar, Starting Now For most Americans, Seiko is still a department store brand that makes dependable, inexpensive, unpretentious, reliable quartz watches -- but there's a whole other side to the company. |
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Watch Dial Colors I have a question for the Watch Snob about dial color for luxury watches. I was wondering what your opinions are on white vs. black. Are black dials just as acceptable as white ones? |
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Richard Mille Watches The Watch Snob asks if the Richard Mille watch is worth all the hype surrounding the brand. |
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Watch Value There is no appreciable difference between a $1,500 watch and $500 one. |
AskMen.com March 11, 2014 |
The Snob Weighs In On Two Lange & Sohne Watches It's true that the Terraluna is a quite large watch. It is also so extremely beautiful and so emotionally and intellectually compelling that I could not possibly care less. |
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Seiko Upgrade My father is turning 65 soon, and I have recently started searching for a new watch to give him on his birthday. |
AskMen.com April 8, 2014 |
The Germans Are Coming. But Does The Watch Snob Even Care? Roger Dubuis may be the single most problematic watchmaker in existence. |
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The Watch Snob Holiday Guide For the man on your shopping list, watches to fit (almost) any holiday budget. |
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Watch Snob: On The Deepsea & "Novelty" Watches Is the new Rolex Deepsea worth the investment?... Is a Hublot Big Bang worth the money?... etc. |
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Watch Inscriptions: Watch Snob If there is a story to tell, a watch inscription is a good way to do it. |
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Rolex Watches Most of the people who write to me know nothing beyond the name on the dial. A complication to these people is the decision whether gold or platinum will make them look more impressive. |
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Nixon Watches: Watch Snob I need some of your horological advice. It's time to dump my 50-year-old Longines. I can't find a new dial or a decent place to refinish it. |
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Used Watches: Watch Snob Would you ever buy a used watch, for instance at an auction? |
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A Watch That Matters: Watch Snob If you want something of the high-end haute horology realm, travel to Geneva. All the greats are located there. |
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Marriage Watches What are your thoughts on marriage watches? I like the idea of housing antique, original movements in a brand new case, but are these a form of creating a new masterpiece or a piece of worthless junk? |
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Xetum Watches After disregarding emails about the Xetum brand, the Watch Snob finally gives his opinion. |
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CFO Watches: Watch Snob Owning a minute repeater is like dating Jennifer Aniston; it may impress a few friends, but day to day it's outdated and more trouble than it's worth. |
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Watches And Hand Size The Watch Snob gives his opinion on watch sizes and the question of dress watch vs. sports watch. |
AskMen.com January 28, 2014 |
How Much Should You Expect To Pay To Service Your Timepiece? Ah, service -- the moment when the chickens of one's love of mechanical watchmaking come home to roost. |
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Haldimann I'm all for modern art and experimentation. But one tenet that should never be abandoned in watchmaking is the display of time. |
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Braun Watches I have always been interested in vintage Braun watches, and I recently noticed that it has recently reintroduced its line of Dieter Rams and Dietrich Lubs designed watches. |
AskMen.com May 8, 2012 |
Watch Precision How Much More Precise Are High Frequency Watches?... Rationale for Valuing Certain Watchmakers... etc. |
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Watch Ratings I was recently looking at watches at Sotheby's and noticed some watches were referred to as "fine," "very fine" or "rare." What do these terms mean? How important are they to value? |
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Q&A With The Watch Snob You may think you know watches, but let's be real -- you just don't. |
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Men's Vintage Watches Starting a watch collection with vintage watches... Complications in a modern watch... Finding a Swiss-made timepiece with some history that is good value... |
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin High-grade timepieces convey prestige and class, and could be not unjustifiably considered fine artwork in many cases. |
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Swiss Army Watches: Watch Snob Despite what one may think, Victorinox Swiss Army really does make a decent product. |
AskMen.com October 1, 2013 |
How To Take Your Watch Expertise To The Next Level The Nicolas Rieussec watches were based on a very risky idea, which is the identification of Rieussec as the maker of the world's first chronograph. |
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Chinese Watches Is buying a TAG Aquaracer value for money? A look at Rolex Submariner's value retention and style... Does a watch need to be from Switzerland to be luxurious?... |
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Watch Snob: Is TAG Heuer Worth The Price Tag? The concept is noble, but to most this is nothing more than an $80,000 chunk of platinum. |
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Power Watch I am looking to spend around $7,500 and would like to make a sound investment in something that I can wear for work, possibly has a couple of time zones, looks good in a suit, is classy, elegant and a little bit different. Any thoughts? |
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Swiss Watches The world would be a far better place if it was run by men with an appreciation for fine timepieces, with the possible exception of Sarkozy -- but, then, he's French. |
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Watch Snob: Are Watches Just Status Symbols? You may think you know watches, but let's be real -- you just don't. |
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The Watch Snob Challenge: Panerai One name I have been hard on for years is Officine Panerai. Lest readers think my dislike for this brand is merely based on a bad plate of calamari in Portofino or a failed relationship with a Venetian, neither played into it, I assure you. |
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Watch Snob Q&A: Starting A Watch Collection The Watch Snob answers letters from readers asking which watch to buy, or not. |
AskMen.com August 6, 2014 Amos Kwon |
Are You A Gentleman? Then This Is The Watch For You The Seiko SKA605, is a watch that's shockingly affordable, but bears the amenities that make it a worthy and high-quality first watch. |
AskMen.com January 21, 2014 Watch Snob |
Does It Matter Where Your Watch Was Made? The biz rags and watch press ran stories on the whole issue last summer when the regulations were tightened to require that at least 60% of the manufacturing costs had to be Swiss for the label to apply. |
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Martin Braun Watches A Martin Braun watch, whether in its eponymous guise or its current one, is far from a subpar timepiece. Herr Braun is a master watchmaker, choosing to focus his efforts on sunrise and sunset times. |
AskMen.com Robert-Jan Broer |
Dress Watches: BaselWorld 2011 Every watch aficionado needs at least one dress watch he can wear during formal occasions, and BaselWorld debuted a few that are worthy of any collector's attention. |
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Engagement Watches: Watch Snob I for one believe in a world of total equality, and every single cent you spend on an engagement ring should be accounted for in an engagement timepiece. |
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Blancpain Watches Finding a classic good-looking watch that can take a beating... In-house versus ETA movements... Montblanc makes the works for Rolex... |
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Mid-Tier Watch Brands These watches offend me because they deign to consider themselves serious timepieces, often preying upon the novice watch buyer by plying them with false pedigree and tenuous history. |
AskMen.com June 18, 2014 Jack Forster |
Here's Why Your Next Watch Purchase Should Be German, Not Swiss Swiss watchmaking is famous for a reason, but the Germans do things a little differently. |
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GMT Watches There are countless vintage watches from forgotten names littering flea markets and online auction sites. |
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Handed-Down Watches Is it ever acceptable to sell a watch handed down to you from an older generation? My great grandfather gave me a vintage Rolex Datejust Ref. 1601. The problem is that it's a two-tone gold and stainless model. |