A Man & His Watch

[OFORBES]

I am not sure if anyone else on here has read this book. Its premise is that great watches not only tell time but also tell stories. And this book presents a collection of stories and images representing a diverse and quite fascinating group of horological devotees.

This book, naturally, is about remarkable watches. But it's really about why objects, such as watches have meaning. It's a collective history about what we inherit and pass on, and the stories we tell that become more important over time.

My best friend bought me a copy after an evening of us sharing the stories of some of our watches over a couple of bottles of red and whilst I haven't finished the book, I am enjoying it and thoroughly recommend it!

£20 from Amazon.

[Bob_Defly]

Yes, my wife got it for me for Christmas, great book.

[105.4]

Thanks for the heads-up on this book. It looks like my cup of tea.

It also raises the point of an interesting thread title if anyone would like to share their own personal stories?

I was only discussing similar points with my daughter as I drove her to school the other morning, as I asked her to explain to me what she thought her Mondaine (daily) said about her.

[visitinglondon]

105.4 said:

I was only discussing similar points with my daughter in as I drove her to school the other morning, as I asked her to explain to me what she thought her Mondaine (daily) said about her.

Good grief! I wonder what she thought that said about you

[gregs656]

I have a copy and I brought my brother a copy too.

I have an Orange Monster which my friends bought for one birthday. Through college and sometime into our 20s there were 5 or 6 of us who would club together 20 quid each and buy one more expensive gift. One of the last things I got was the Orange Monster. I am still in touch with all of them except my ex girlfriend, it's a nice memory.

[105.4]

visitinglondon said:

Good grief! I wonder what she thought that said about you

Considering my daughter has an opinion of me that couldn’t be any lower, I doubt such a question will have altered the high levels of disdain and contempt that she feels towards me.

[Bob_Defly]

Here a shot I took of mine at Christmas, I was figuring out how to cut the foam, really like this case.

[Badda]

Bob_Defly said:

Here a shot I took of mine at Christmas, I was figuring out how to cut the foam, really like this case.

[Terra1]

Great book, there's a car one too.

[gregd]

Terra1 said:

Great book, there's a car one too.

The car one is also great and the same author Matt Hranek has nice books on Negronis and Martinis, as well as a men's magazine called WM Brown. It's eye-wateringly expensive for a magazine but very good.

[OFORBES]

Terra1 said:

Great book, there's a car one too.

Yeah, I saw that too, but having read a few of the reviews there is apparently a lot of 'Merica in there and also apparently some mistakes which kinda put me off buying it but for £20 odd maybe I should just do it.

I did note that at the beginning of the Watch book, he states that Paul Newman won the 24hr of Le Mans, he did win in his class in 1979 but not overall, but I think I am being maybe a bit unfair in picking that bit up!

[Quickmoose]

I got that free from Bloombar when my purchase had to go back for some remedial work... great surprise.

[RevsPerMinute]

The author is my wife’s cousins Husband. Great book and a great guy. His Instagram is all meat, drink, watches and cars. Wmbrownproject

[OFORBES]

RevsPerMinute said:

The author is my wife’s cousins Husband. Great book and a great guy. His Instagram is all meat, drink, watches and cars. Wmbrownproject

Whilst I don't really do Instagram, you have listed all of my interests in one sentence there, so I will be checking that out! He sounds like a great guy!

[SturdyHSV]

Bob_Defly said:

Here a shot I took of mine at Christmas, I was figuring out how to cut the foam, really like this case.

It's funny, in a previous career those peli-cases were what we put radar monitors in for counting traffic, they're plastic so don't interfere with the radar signal, weather proof, and rugged enough to survive most things. They crop up in a variety of settings, and no amount of marketing will make me see them as anything other than a piece of roadside furniture

[Bob_Defly]

SturdyHSV said:

It's funny, in a previous career those peli-cases were what we put radar monitors in for counting traffic, they're plastic so don't interfere with the radar signal, weather proof, and rugged enough to survive most things. They crop up in a variety of settings, and no amount of marketing will make me see them as anything other than a piece of roadside furniture

LOL, I'm not too precious about watches, and I like rugged looking stuff. It turned out quite well in the end. I've still got a purchase or two to make.

And if it's good enough for this guy it's good enough for me.

[OFORBES]

Bob_Defly said:

LOL, I'm not too precious about watches, and I like rugged-looking stuff. It turned out quite well in the end. I've still got a purchase or two to make.

And if it's good enough for this guy it's good enough for me.

That looks fantastic! I wonder if you could do one with multiple layers...

Outside of the watch box, I keep some of mine that aren't worn regularly in their original boxes. Rather than rummaging through a load of boxes, I could just put them all in one of these!!

What would that be called!? A flight case?

A piece of roadside furniture!?

[paralla]

Peli do plastic cases
https://www.peli.com/gb/en/products/cases/?utm_cam...

Halliburton still do the OG aluminium case
https://zerohalliburton.com/

Edited by paralla on Thursday 9th March 19:29

[Mezzanine]

Peli have a watch specific product site too:

Here

[paralla]

Rimowa do a watch case, brace yourself though…..
https://www.rimowa.com/gb/en/accessories/limited-e...