Watch Collecting

If you have been looking into affordable watches you may have heard of San Martin. They are popular on Aliexpress, which may make you question their quality. However, San Martin has a great record of high quality watches at affordable prices. Who Are They? San Martin is a Chinese budget watch company based in Dongguan […]

When you get into watches it will only be a matter of time before you stumble across pocket watches and wonder if you should buy one. The short answer is yes, if you like the look of it and the cost is right, then why not. However, there are more things to know and consider

The hobby of watch collecting is fairly straight forward and it might seem like it is hard to mess up, but there are some common mistakes that you will see new collectors repeatedly making. This article will point them out so that you can avoid them and enjoy your watches and the hobby to the

If you are reading this you are probably into watches and you probably want to know how to ask someone about their watch, while also wanting to know what to say if someone asks you about yours. I think it is very important to know that the context of Where, When and Who are massive

When you meet someone who is obsessed with watches, you can often wonder why. Especially when you find out the price of some of the watches as well as the fact they all do the same thing, tell the time. So why would someone spend so much money on lots of watches when they can

Buying a new strap might not be as much fun as buying a new watch, but it is certainly cheaper. Buying straps is a great way to increase your current collections versatility and it is just a good way to freshen up an old watch. The range of straps available is vast and choosing what

When you get into watch collecting you will very quickly hear the same thing over and over again from other collectors  …”Quartz watches are not as good as mechanical watches as they do not have a soul.” I don’t think anyone is literally saying a mechanical watch has a soul, so what do they actually

China is a pretty big place and the quality of what comes out of there can vary drastically. Some watches can be very good, while others can be awful. Generally I feel people give Chinese watches a bad name, I will go through why that might be, but this isn’t always the case, a lot

When you start looking at luxury watches you will very quickly notice they can get pretty pricey. I’m sure you can understand why they are more expensive than some of the super cheap watches, but maybe you can’t understand why they are at least a 1000 times more expensive, sometimes even more. It’s easy to