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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. |
AskMen.com November 5, 2013 |
Check Out This Watch Designed By A Heroic WW2 Vet You can only sell specialist timing instruments like bottom timers to actual specialists. |
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The Argument For Rolex Watches Rolex has benefited from keeping its product line simple and consistent -- instead of releasing brand new models, it keeps refining existing designs. |
AskMen.com June 10, 2014 |
Are Blancpain's Pieces Worth Your Time? The Watch Snob Weighs In Complicated is not better per se; you may be preparing to expend a good deal of capital on complexity for its own sake. |
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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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Watch Snob: On The Deepsea & "Novelty" Watches Is the new Rolex Deepsea worth the investment?... Is a Hublot Big Bang worth the money?... etc. |
AskMen.com October 22, 2013 |
Watch Snob: Is The Breguet Classique Truly Legitimate? It's certainly one of the most intellectually interesting watches in the last ten years. |
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How To: Start A Watch Collection This fashion tip will provide you with a fundamental understanding of watch terminology, the four different categories of watches (and when to wear them), the differences between collecting vintage and new watches, and, of course, where to find them. |
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RGM Watches I want to know: Is now a time that a great American luxury watch company could come into existence? |
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Jaeger LeCoultre Watches Are Superior: Watch Snob I even know Patek watchmakers who wear Jaeger LeCoultre watches... think about that! |
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Chopard Classic Racing Chronograph The Chopard Classic Racing Chronograph proves that this watchmaker is dedicated to product evolution, not stagnation. |
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Affordable Pedigree Watches The Watch Snob answers some questions about what type of watch to buy for a graduation present and for starting a watch collection. |
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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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Common Man Watches The Watch Snob answers questions about technologically advanced mechanical movements, the best tourbillon watches, and about one of his own friends. |
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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Swiss Army Watches: Watch Snob Despite what one may think, Victorinox Swiss Army really does make a decent product. |
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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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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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TAG Heuer Watches TAG Heuer's Comeback... The Rolex Sky-Dweller: Exciting Or Ugly?... Competing with the Watch Snob... |
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Watch Snob: Ceramic Watches AskMen will still be bringing you great features on interesting watches to buy, both old and new, expensive and cheap. |
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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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Thin Watches: Watch Snob The Watch Snob answers questions about Jaegar LeCoultre Master Grande Ultra Thin and Breitling watches. |
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Cartier Watches The Calibre de Cartier is the only Cartier watch that gets true horological props from the Snob. |
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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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Watch Dials Is it just too flashy to wear a vivid cloisonne dial with a rose or yellow-gold case with my very conservative work wardrobe? |
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Breguet Watches There are two brands that are part of the Swatch conglomerate that are worthy of more than a passing glance: Glashutte Original and Breguet. |
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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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NOMOS Watches If you'd have to guess which new manufacturer today or over the last few years, is making a watch that will appreciate rather than depreciate and still be in existence by 2050, what would your guess be? |
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Designer Watches: Watch Snob The Watch Snob's take on collaborations between watchmakers and fashion labels. |
AskMen.com February 4, 2014 |
The Watch Snob Finally Weighs In On SIHH 2014 When the most intriguing thing about you is your booth at the Salon International Haute Horlogerie -- the SIHH, and not your watches, you may have a problem. |
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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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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Identifying In-House Movements Some watch brands are quite up-front about their use of existing third-party movements and I respect this more than a brand that slaps on an engraved rotor and calls it something different. |
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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. |
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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. |
AskMen.com July 1, 2014 |
The Watch Snob Weighs In On Collecting Vintage Rolexes There are indeed very good independent watch and clock-makers but they are generally extremely expensive to patronize and are largely disinterested in being brands. |
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Luxury Watches - Expedition Sports: Watch Snob I understand your concerns and welcome your question about luxury watches in the expedition sports category -- you have now provided me the chance to offer a definitive list of sport watches that are Watch Snob approved. |
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Watch Snob: Watch Heritage & The Truth Get wise, people. Don't hate on me for speaking the truth about watch heritage, or anything else for that matter. If you can't handle it, stick with a real brand, like A. Lange & Sohne. |
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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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The Dress Watch: Build The Ultimate Watch Collection A dress watch quietly says that you pay attention to details, that you have classic taste and a sense of timelessness while still caring what time it is. Pulling out a cell phone at dinner to check the time reeks of bad taste. |
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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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Large Watches "Wear a 45mm watch, baggy pants and an oversized T-shirt and hey, maybe you don't look so fat after all." The Watch Snob is in. |
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Used Watches: Watch Snob Would you ever buy a used watch, for instance at an auction? |
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Rubber Bracelets Beyond my aversion to rubber straps, Rolex is one brand whose watches simply look better on a bracelet (no, those Cellini watches don't count). |
AskMen.com August 5, 2014 |
The Watch Snob Talks Vintage Collecting - Is There Any Worth To Dead Brands? When it comes to watches, it's as with romance -- better to fall in love with the right girl first and then inquire about the cost of a wedding. |
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Hand Finished Watches This week I will address two questions on a similar theme: the merits of in-house movements vs. expert decoration. Class is in session. |
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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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Rolex Submariner Why The Rolex Submariner Is Boring... The Watch That Screams Retirement... |
AskMen.com June 3, 2014 |
The Watch Snob Gets In-Depth On: Chronographs Self-winding chronographs were by far the last complication to appear in watchmaking -- as a matter of fact they did not see the light of day until 1969. |