When the Chameleon calls. I answer!

Happy Saturday! Before the first G-Shock in my collection, the Armitron Sport Quartz Digital Chronograph was the first tool watch I owned. And that is where the love affair with digital and tool watches began, with a $19.99 affordable piece from Armitron. These are wonderful watches, lightweight, easy-wearing, easy-to-read (a big factor here), durable and dependable, with an easy care nylon strap with hook and loop closure, and available in a way variety of case colors, making them very affordable starter watches and gifts for younger ones, perhaps. Best wishes for a wonderful Saturday! 😀

My wife was going through her office belongings and found a couple old watches that belonged to her grandfather. This gold plated Benrus from the 1960’s or 1970’s caught my eye. I’ve been really in to unconventional looking watches lately, so this one is right up my alley! It’s a cushion case, and the dial has patina that gives it a fumé feel. I had to try it on, and lo and behold, it fits like a dream. I’m going to try to see if I can get it running. Check out this wrist roll!

The dust has settled after Geneva Watch Days 2026, and we now have a better picture of which watches actually mattered. The show itself set records: 71 brands, nearly 400 new releases and more than 2,500 collectors/private clients attending, more than double the collector attendance of 2025. 🥇 Watch of the Week — A. Lange & Söhne Triple Split Platinum A. Lange & Söhne has brought back one of the most technically impressive modern chronographs. The new Triple Split ref. 424.025F is now executed in 950 platinum, measuring 43.2 mm × 15.6 mm. The important part remains what's happening inside: unlike a normal rattrapante that compares seconds, the Triple Split can compare elapsed seconds, minutes and hours, while also providing flyback functionality and Lange's Up/Down power-reserve indication. It's excessive horology in the best possible way. For a serious collector, this is my release of the week. 🥈 Rolex does something very un-Rolex This may actually be the week's biggest story. Rolex has created four completely unique Cosmograph Daytonas, each representing a season, which Phillips will auction in London on September 28. Spring uses white gold and purple sapphires; Summer combines Everose gold and rubies; Autumn uses yellow gold and green tourmalines; and Winter is platinum with diamonds and sapphires. Proceeds benefit charitable organizations associated with Rolex's Perpetual Planet Initiative. The watches themselves are wild, but the collector story is bigger: Rolex almost never makes publicly available one-of-one watches. There has already reportedly been enormous interest, including more than 1,000 potential buyers after the project was previewed earlier this year. September 28 is now an auction date worth watching. 🥉 Louis Vuitton is becoming a serious watchmaker Louis Vuitton expanded the Tambour Spin Time into five new permanent-production watches this week. The Spin Time's signature complication replaces a conventional hour hand with 12 rotating cubes around the dial. One cube flips every hour to indicate the current hour.

I”m wearing my first, and probably only, true 24 hour watch for the second day in a row. I just received it yesterday. So far, so good.