Hello everyone. I have been out for a while. Many things happened, many projects, adventures, ideas, and struggles that prevented me to continue this very special blog, talking about watches and collecting watches. I am pleased to let everyone knows that, from this month onwards, The Column Wheel will be merging with my new mainContinue reading “We are moving to a new home”
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Seiko Presage SSA409J1 – The Honeycomb Star Bar limited edition 2020
I have stated many times how I started my interest, and then collection. It is a common journey. From not being interested, to having a first watch, then the first mechanical, learning and discussing watches. Up to this point I have always bought watches I found in the wild. I would go to an AD,Continue reading “Seiko Presage SSA409J1 – The Honeycomb Star Bar limited edition 2020”
A trip to Japan and my first watch hunt
Japan has been a destination for me since I was really young. My first ever connection with Japan was through video games. Besides a watch and guitar collector, I love video games, especially Nintendo, and at Christmas 1992 or 1993, my dad bought me a Super Nintendo, with Super Mario World. And that was theContinue reading “A trip to Japan and my first watch hunt”
Travelling with watches
A couple of days before I embarked to my first visit to Japan, and to do a small watch hunt while I am there, I posted a poll into the Grand Seiko owners Facebook group. The poll asked how many watches is the acceptable/ideal number to bring in a trip. I was asking myself thisContinue reading “Travelling with watches”
A Japanese snowflake, but not that one – Seiko Presage SRPC97J1 “Fuyugeshiki Cocktail” Limited Edition
Whenever I think about buying a new watch I follow one of two paths. I either go looking for vintage watches, on ebay, vintage shops, antique markets, anywhere you can find them, or I venture into a very dangerous place, full of pretty things: the Grand Seiko website. Just to clarify, that does not meanContinue reading “A Japanese snowflake, but not that one – Seiko Presage SRPC97J1 “Fuyugeshiki Cocktail” Limited Edition”
Grand Seiko 60th Anniversary
Grand Seiko is one of my favourite brands. Many people have their grail watches falling into the realm of Rolex, Omega, Patek, Ulysse Nardin. In the midst of Daytonas, Seamasters, Nautilus, and Freaks, my most sought after timepiece comes from one of the oldest watch and clock makers in the world, and the responsible forContinue reading “Grand Seiko 60th Anniversary”
Exquisite quartz
I have been fascinated by watches for a long time. With my first ever paycheck, I went to a local jeweller in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and spent a too big amount of money on a watch. At the time, I was more interested in how the watches looked and felt, than on the heartbeat ofContinue reading “Exquisite quartz”
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