Watches
A watch is a small machine that does one job, slowly, for years, and I find that unreasonably moving.
01 Why
Your phone keeps better time. A mechanical watch is a couple of hundred tiny parts agreeing with each other, wound by your wrist, and it will still be agreeing long after the phone is landfill.
02 What I look for
A dial I can read at a glance, a case that doesn’t fight my cuff, and a movement someone could still service in forty years. Hand-finished edges are a bonus I pretend not to care about.
03 What I’ve learned
Accuracy is overrated. A good one drifts a few seconds a day, and checking how many is half the fun.
04 Mine
- Most days
- the one on my wrist
- In the drawer
- the one waiting its turn
- One day
- the grail