My relationship with watches is surprisingly complicated. This makes me feel a bit uneasy because watches can be so redundant in a lot of ways. Why am I so conflicted about something so seemingly trivial? That’s a big part of the allure though, that these complicated things perform such a simple function. Even though my phone has the time I’m enamored by this machine that I wear on my body. What a curiosity that is.
This piece captures, for me, the essence of my love/hate relationship with watches. Wonderful writing - you hit all the critical elements of an emotionally charged hobby. And let’s not get into the buying and selling, dealers, and sellers who have little watch knowledge and, even with images, fail to describe condition, age, history, etc. And yet I persist blowing up all the stoic philosophy I’m trying to practice. And so much for Zen. I know desire is the root of evil - so I must be a junkie. Thanks for sharing with such candor and honesty Michael.
This piece captures, for me, the essence of my love/hate relationship with watches. Wonderful writing - you hit all the critical elements of an emotionally charged hobby. And let’s not get into the buying and selling, dealers, and sellers who have little watch knowledge and, even with images, fail to describe condition, age, history, etc. And yet I persist blowing up all the stoic philosophy I’m trying to practice. And so much for Zen. I know desire is the root of evil - so I must be a junkie. Thanks for sharing with such candor and honesty Michael.
ACL Podcast 005: Sid Mashburm? Drexler,Hainey AND Mashburn? That's a murderers row if I've ever seen one. Well done in advance Michael.