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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”

I bought a fake Rolex (and did not destroy it)

There are three possibilities that one will say those words. Number one, when you decide to buy your very first luxury watch, and you find a very reliable store on the internet that amazingly sells absolutely real, not fake Rolex for around £100, and then realise that those were not indeed real Rolexes. That didContinue reading “I bought a fake Rolex (and did not destroy it)”

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”