What are these objects that keep track of time? Why do we like them, and what do they represent to us? I like to think about my motivations, and I like to ponder the underlying meanings behind things that influence me in life. Humans are metaphorical animals. Because we evolved this thing called language, we developed brains that organize reality into symbolic structures. We think in proxies, in models, and we habitually create metaphors to substitute an object, symbol or sign for an ...
Updated Sep 14, 2015 at 06:26 AM by skywatch
I have never been interested in pens. In my line of work, a pen really is a tool and when I say tool, I mean the kind that gets thrown into a box of screw-drivers and whatnot or left to rattle about in a bag with two large tape measures and a torch. To that end, I only really use two (types) of pen. i) a simple Bic Biro for when I am on site ii) a Gel pen for when I am in the office making notes The reasons for those two are simple: the first is because ...
There are far too many watches that I like so my buying decisions had been boiled down to a simple set of "rules" as it were: minimise repetitions of brand, style, type and type. That is an easy thing to follow if one were so disciplined but of course, that is not always the way. I can't pin down when it was set down in that fashion but it was likely to have been after I bought the Carrera but before I had bought the Planet Ocean. I recall that I was mulling ...
Once upon a time, during rainy lunch at work,I got bored. There is no substitute for trying something on your wrist to get a proper feel of how it fits but what to do when you are far too lazy to get to a watch shop and really can't be arsed to deal with UK High Street sales staff? Answer: you make this I was never ...
Updated Sep 5, 2015 at 04:22 PM by drunken monkey
I figured I would start my first IWL blog here with an article I wrote back in 2011, reviewing a watch I had searched for and finally found at a good price back at the time. I still have the watch in 2015, and stupid though it may sound, sometimes I have to go back and re-read this article to remember how to calibrate the star chart. So, let's put it here on IWL, just in case anyone finds one of these and needs a reminder. All ...
Updated Sep 4, 2015 at 08:28 PM by skywatch
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