VIDEO: How not to screw up buying your partner a Valentine’s Day watch, a 90-second refresher
It’s a couple of sleeps until Valentine’s Day, which means the window for buying your beloved a watch is rapidly closing. If you’re thinking of pulling the trigger, congratulations, may the wind be at your back and the watch you want in stock. But before you buy, watch this 90-second refresher featuring someone you can trust. Her name is Brooke, her life revolves around creating unique and beautiful weddings over at farewell fiancé, and her message is short and sweet. What’s the mistake you’re most likely to make? How can you avoid it? Over to you, Brooke… P.S. – If you’re more inclined to try and score a watch for yourself on Tuesday, Ceri has some suggestions. Go forth and prosper selfish ones!
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One of the greatest things about social media is its rich seam of photos posted by amateur watch lovers all over the world. Ronald Chew is one of those folk, and we can’t get enough of his feed, which is jam-packed with shots of watches – belonging both to him and his network of buddies. Get on board. NAME: Ronald Chew OCCUPATION: Personal trainer, military reservist and watch guy HANDLE: @Horologym FOLLOWERS: 18.7k LOCATION: Singapore Time+Tide: How do you keep busy? Ronald Chew: I’m a personal trainer, and have been teaching since 2008, and like any other physically fit male Singaporean, I’m also an NSman – a National Service Man. We were soldiers who have served two years of national service – in my case in the Army, but it also includes the Navy, Air force, Police and Civil Defence – and are on a 10-year reservist cycle. T+T: How do you unwind? RC: Pumping iron. Apart from that, looking at watch reviews on YouTube and scrolling through photos of watches on Instagram sets my heart racing – but it’s relaxing at the same time. Meeting fellow watch collectors over coffee is also another part of unwinding for me. T+T: What’s your daily watch?…
Recently, Ben Gunsberger – friend of T+T, visual effects artist, photographer and co-founder of Babyology.com.au – posted this image on his Facebook feed without a caption. In watch circles, it doesn’t get much more intriguing than that, so we pestered him (over and over) until he agreed to fill us in on his Seiko. What’s the story of this watch? It’s the Seiko SNZF17K1 “Sea Urchin” on a Clockwork Synergy NATO strap. Ever since I became interested in mechanical watches, I’ve loved the Rolex Submariner, and I was toying with the idea of buying a 1976 model for my 40th birthday, in 2016. After lots of time spent looking and researching I came across the Seiko which is visually quite similar. There’s also a whole DIY community built around modding them, which is cool. I mentioned this to my dad, who’s also a watch guy, and he took it upon himself to buy me the watch as well as all the tools and information needed to properly look after it myself. It ended up being much more memorable than an old Rolex. I like having a mechanical watch that didn’t cost a fortune. I don’t stress about every scratch or scuff. I’ve yet to take it apart though. What…