If you have ever been to the picturesque United Kingdom and traveled anywhere from the stoic and historical London, England to small fishing village of Dingle, Ireland you will find happy people with which to chat, beautiful country to admire, and as many versions of Fish and Chips as their Read more…

There is just something about a nice simple field watch.  It is a watch which has been distilled down to the simplest task a watch can perform while still being durable enough to venture out away from offices and desks into a places where complex mechanical things typically do not dare Read more…

When choosing a watch strap it is so important to pick the role you want the strap to play. It can be a lot like choosing a supporting actor in a player a movie. The watch itself is always the main character, but the strap is the story.   At times you Read more…

Having something custom made for you is always a treat. Often times a product gets close to how you like it with the exception of one or two tiny details and you end up with a case of the, ‘if onlys’.  You know that annoying little qualification statement that comes into Read more…

It all started with an idea to take the confusion and gamble of buying online watch straps. I had a stack of them in my desk drawer that were not what was advertised. When I received my first really good watch strap I was so happy with it I started Read more…

If you have been following my website for any length of time you may recall that I am on a bit of a personal quest to find great do everything straps that are a cut above a NATO or a plain rubber strap. I appreciate it when a strap can Read more…

One of my all-time favorite most comfortable things to wear from fall to spring is fleece.  A supremely comfortable and inviting fabric that moves with you while giving a very respectable amount of country casualness without sacrificing strength or usefulness.  Images of walking in the woods with a thick red and black Read more…

In 1959 the fastest production car in the world was the Aston Martin DB4 GT.  At a blistering 152 mph no other car sold to mere mortals with more money than sense could touch it. Aside from James Bond, few people were capable of approaching that kind of speed and Read more…

In 1961, 6 years before the Apollo 1 fire, the world saw the creation of what is arguably the most beautiful motor car ever produced. The first Jaguar E-Type literally thundered into the Geneva Auto Show (after a legendary 11-hour dash from Coventry to Geneva the night before by Jag Read more…

Whenever a person reviews a watch or strap or vacuum cleaner or whatever they mean to explain the various pros and cons it always helps to identify common items which can serve as an easily identifiable metaphor to the products of interest.  People all over the world have so many Read more…