It's the Tissot Carson for our breakfast out and trip to the wholesale club. Stainless-steel and rose-gold PVD, butterfly clasp, Roman numerals, Powermatic 80 movement. This is one of the classiest watches I own.

Grand Seiko is one of those brands that I think is just plain fun to spend time with. They have a way of taking something that initially looks fairly simple and then filling it with little details that keep revealing themselves the longer you wear it. And naturally, with this one, the dial is the first thing that gets me. The deep green is inspired by British Racing Green, while the texture comes from Grand Seiko’s famous Mount Iwate pattern. The name Tōgè means “mountain pass,” tying the design back to the landscape around Grand Seiko’s Shizukuishi manufacture in northern Japan. What I really enjoy is how much the dial changes. In softer light it can look dark, subdued and almost black. Then the light catches it and suddenly all that texture appears. Add the gold GMT hand and there’s just enough contrast to keep things interesting without making the watch feel busy. That’s probably what I like most about Grand Seiko in general. They tend to reward looking a little closer. The polishing, the hands, the indices, the dial work — there are all sorts of small things going on that you might completely miss at first glance. And while watches like this certainly sit in the luxury end of the hobby, I try not to lose sight of what the whole thing is supposed to be about: enjoying the watch that happens to be on your wrist today. Today, this one made me smile. That’s good enough for me. 😎

Now this is pretty darn cool 📞👂 https://share.google/MY1YYVnyhJf3yjIMZ

Have to get lab work done this morning, so of course I'm wearing the new stainless steel and rose gold Tissot Carson!

After a weekend full of projects and the G5600 on the wrist my automatics all needed to be set and I was feeling quite lazy this morning so the Seiko SUR307 came out of the watch box. This is why I always like to keep quartz watches around! As much as I love and enjoy my autos sometimes you just need the easy grab and go, just had to fix the date and I was on my way.