Traveling With Watches: How I Pack Without Scratches

Traveling With Watches: How I Pack Without Scratches

The first time I packed a watch for a work trip, I wrapped it in a sock and called it good. I was twenty-six, overconfident, and completely ignorant of what a rolling suitcase could do to an unprotected case back. I arrived in Portland to find a hairline scratch across the crystal of my first … Read more

Do You Actually Need a Watch Winder? An Honest Take

Do You Actually Need a Watch Winder? An Honest Take

I used to think watch winders were a gimmick. Seriously. I told a friend that exact thing about four years ago while standing in a watch shop in Edinburgh, eyeing a rotating display case like it was something out of a James Bond villain’s lair. Then I came home, let my IWC Portugieser sit unworn … Read more