Bracelet vs Strap: I Put My Grand Seiko Chrono GMT on Leather. What do you think?

What’s the easiest (and sometimes cheapest) thing you can do to give an older watch a new look? New shoes.

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Traded: Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean GMT (215.30.44.22.01.001)

UPDATE APRIL 2018: I traded this watch in April 2018 for another Omega – the Planet Ocean Deep Black Red (215.92.46.22.01.003). There were some things I really liked about this watch: The new bracelet quick-adjust feature (which I wrote about here). the bi-color ceramic bezel, the METAS certification of the awesome 8906 movement. But the watch was not getting a lot of wrist time.

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Review: Rolex GMT II (16710) Coke or Pepsi? Seriously?

I was fortunate enough to work at the intersection of North and Luckie streets in Atlanta for over four years. Folks in Atlanta would know that as the headquarters of The Coca-Cola Company. For a marketer, leading social media at The Coca-Cola Company was the world’s greatest job. For a watch collector, it made the Rolex GMT “Coke or Pepsi” decision relatively easy. So, knowing all that, do you really have to ask my bezel preference? Continue reading “Review: Rolex GMT II (16710) Coke or Pepsi? Seriously?”

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