Category: Tool Watch

  • Rubber Strap Study

    Rubber Strap Study

    Reflections on finding that just right match I expected to move on to other things besides my new Timex Deepwater Reef, but it presents an opportunity to talk about one of my favorite things; watch straps. Like many of you, I have more straps than I do watches. If you want to do different things…

  • Timex Deepwater Reef 200 Hands On

    Timex Deepwater Reef 200 Hands On

    That didn’t take long No sooner had I finished my first draft post on the Reef 41mm diver, when I went and ordered two. I suppose that was a good idea since Timex was out of stock in less than a week on all styles. It was a bit compulsive for me, but I really…

  • Timex Deepwater Reef 200

    Timex Deepwater Reef 200

    Timex enters the Diver fray, as only Timex can I’m jumping right on this. Normally I write about watches I have discovered years after they were released. For this new Timex release I just stumbled onto this morning, I had to get out a lot of built-up contemplation. I never really wanted to write watch…

  • Timex Archive Acadia

    Timex Archive Acadia

    The Plastic Case Alternative Time to get writing again as well as back on the topic of Timex. Its been a busy summer, particularly August, so I have not been starting enough new posts! I have been thinking a lot about Timex watches recently as you might have noticed in my last post, but also…

  • 30 Years of Eddie Bauer Watches, Part 1

    30 Years of Eddie Bauer Watches, Part 1

    The Wild World of Retail Branded Watches Here I go again. I’m about to relate to you my collecting experiences with a body of watches that I feel somewhat uncomfortable discussing. I really like the watches, but I feel like I don’t have a firm grasp of the subject matter I want to tackle. I’m…

  • Redux Valor Offset Model 11D

    Redux Valor Offset Model 11D

    Post COVID Perils of a Micro Brand : Mission Accomplished This post will be a break from my normal, in a way. It is more about a spec/tool watch than a fashion watch. But, a tool watch can be part of a dress code, too. It will also be about how watches are made and…