Author: ghariyaan

Owner review: I sold my Moonwatch

I wrote this review, sold the watch, and only then actually hit submit on this review. I felt it necessary to start with this disclaimer because I didn’t want this essay to be thought of as an ad for my decidedly pedestrian Omega Speedmaster Professional. I have already moved it, and I’m satisfied with what…
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17/12/2023
Owner review: Typsim 200M-C

I should begin by disclosing that Matt, the Typsim founder and watchmaker, is a friend. I paid in full for my 200M-C just like every other customer, and I’ve definitely publicly embarrassed Matt with my display of enthusiasm for his watches. I picture him reading this and doing a facepalm. By 2017 the market price…
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15/12/2022
Owner review: Seiko SSK001

If watch collectors were baptized into the hobby, owning a Seiko would be a nonnegotiable rite of passage. Everyone seems to have an affordable, beater Seiko story; given that I had never owned one, shortly after discovering watches I came to see myself as abnormal in some way. I imagined I would have a conversation…
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02/08/2022
Owner Review: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 25594BA

Long before my encounter with the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 25594BA my first time trying on a Royal Oak on my wrist was a literal jaw dropping experience that lasted two to three minutes. I know this because I was staring down at the watch, timing myself the whole time. How could something look that…
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26/03/2022
Owner Review: Citizen Caliber 0100

What is the purpose of a watch? Most fundamentally it is to keep the time, and to tell the time; to state as much is an objective statement of fact (otherwise I don’t know what we’re all doing). We can keep time in a few different ways, but quartz watchmaking, like the Citizen Caliber 0100,…
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04/02/2022
Owner Review: Grand Seiko SBGA413

A short while ago Grand Seiko announced that their Seasons Collection of four watches (two Spring Drive, two hi-beat) would now be available globally instead of being exclusive to the US market. I wrote at the time that Grand Seiko shouldn’t have launched something as a regional exclusive and used that as a selling point,…
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29/10/2021