When I was a kid, the first watch that I ever bought for myself was a $29 Timex Ironman. I loved that watch so much…I actually think I still have it in a shoebox somewhere, and I’d bet that if I replaced the battery it would still work.  The reason…

You’ve heard me sing the praises of LaRossa Shoe, the Massachusset outfit that works absolute magic on higher end shoes.  I’m talking nuts and bolts reconstruction.  They’ve been in business forever, and they are the defacto experts when you want investment-grade shoes kept at their highest function. Recently they received…

These restoration videos are absolutely mesmerizing to me. Red Dead Restoration is an absolute rabbit hole of amazing videos of complete restorations of a variety of watches.  The most recent release was one that I had to share with you…check out this restoration of a vintage Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date:

I care a lot about what I wear. Probably too much. I tell myself vanity has nothing to do with it (it probably does) and that it’s not obsessive (it definitely is). But, it’s something I have internalized. It mostly comes from my grandfather. I never saw him leave the…