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Haiku

May 5, 2008 – 12:48 pm

I was just flipping through my book Vintage Rolex Sports Models and it reminded me that it was a prize I won from a very generous Timezone user named Ratskunk for a Haiku I wrote. Here is the Haiku: My gnomon casts the Longest shadow of the year: The winter solstice. The book is a [...]

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Magnetism – Enemy of Isochronism

May 2, 2008 – 7:30 pm

First, isochronism is the ability of a watch to maintain constant time independent of the influences around it. Some of the things that affect isochronism include: magnetism, external shocks, friction, and poise of the balance and hairspring. Magnetism is one that you will certainly notice right away. This week I had a customer’s watch come [...]

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Watch Humor

April 10, 2008 – 2:30 am

Two chronographs walk into a bar. The bartender looks at the Tudor and asks the Daytona, “What is that thing?” To which the Cosmograph replies, “I don’t know but it can do all kinds of things that Iconaut.” Sometimes watch companies name their watches kind of silly things. Rolex certainly isn’t excluded. The word chronograph [...]

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M. C. Escher wore a Submariner?

April 4, 2008 – 2:32 am

When I moved into my new workspace back in October I wanted some artwork for the wall. I was fooling around in Photoshop and this is what I came up with: If you want to use this image just donate something to my blog and download it.

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Basel Update

April 3, 2008 – 2:39 am

Today was press day for Basel and we hand lots of great pics and info come in all over the internet. I wish I could be there but sadly I am not. Back in January I made some Basel Predictions. Let’s see how they fared. Prediciton 1. I asked a Rolex executive if we would [...]

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Rolex at Basel 2008

April 1, 2008 – 2:13 am

In January I made some predictions for this year’s Basel Fair. We don’t know if they have come true yet but Rolex has a hint on their web page. Check it out at and wait for the intro screen to pop up. If you adjust your brightness and squint this is what you will see: [...]

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