Gentleman Horologist

Gentleman: a prefix to another term to imply that a man has sufficient wealth and free time to pursue an area of interest without depending on it for his livelihood. Horologist: a term used both by people who deal professionally with timekeeping apparatus, as well as aficionados and scholars of horology. This blog is a collection of pictures of watches in my collection. I collect affordable automatic watches and enjoy customizing them with unique dials, bezels, and straps.

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

SEIKO SARG009 (JDM)

Got my new SEIKO SARG009 JDM watch. The quality for the price is outstanding. Watch has manual wind and hacking features, sapphire crystal, and Geneva stripes on winding rotor.

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Vintage Biltmore Pocketwatch

Orient Cosmos - 22mm black leather strap with white stitching - butterfly deployment clasp

This is currently my favorite watch to wear around the office or with jeans. I love how clear the dial is with the Arabic numbers and striking blue hands. I also enjoy the look of the sub dials which include 24 hour clock and week day indicator. This watch originally came with a 22mm by 20mm shiny black strap. I did not like the look of the shiny strap so I replaced it with a 22mm by 18mm matte strap which really makes the watch look great.

Orient FER2400CN0 - 21mm brown strap with white stitching

This is one of my favorite watches. I love the contrast of the blue hands on the cream colored dial. Plus, at 40mm this watch it neither too large or too small and works very well with a dress shirt. This watch came with a different dark brown strap, which looked fine in pictures but in person was too shiny. I really like the new tan leather strap which has a nice matte finish.