A bit busy with Esquire
Hey Folks
Sorry, I’ve been blogging over at Esquire.
More goodness coming HERE next week.
Until then, check this most recent post about my purdy Elgin!
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Archive | July, 2011
11 Watches To Know
Yes, I have a new gig writing for Esquire! I’m their watch columnist now.
Does this mean I know everything about every watch? Absolutely not, but I’m trying my best and I’m always going to be humble about it.
Big thanks to Kurt Soller for the love!
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Business Travel
Now and again, my job allows me to travel around the globe. It’s quite strange to hop on a plane and wake up in a foreign country. As fun as it is, it can also be quite lonely, but I always try to be observant and aware of what’s around me.
This is a story from my most recent trip.
When I’m standing in security with my shoes off, pushing my bags through the scanner, I always daze off and forget what I’m doing. I mean, you’re standing there for what feels like eons. No shoes, no belt, no nothing, and the entire time, you’re worried about someone smelling your stinky feet (well, I am, at least). No worries though, …
The Poljot Space Watch
As I’m sure most of you know, NASA is taking a breather for a while. The space race is virtually no more and is fast becoming privitazed.
You can argue whether that’s good or bad but I actually don’t really care. I’m just bummed there aren’t going to be more space watches.
Everyone is familiar with the Omega Speedmaster Moon Watch right?
But what was the first watch ever in space? Well that was a Russian watch called the Shturmanski (literally means Navigator).
It was worn by Juri Gagarin in 1961 and was actually just a watch that was issued to flight school graduates.
It was made by Poljot which was founded on orders from Stalin in 1930 and was a …
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