I was mowing over which piece to wear today when I realized that I do not believe I’ve ever shared this one. You probably will not be surprised to hear that I bought this on my first visit to New York a couple years ago. It was my first vacation in a long, long time, and this was my first souvenir from that trip. Now I would say this was the moment I finally felt like I was on vacation but that is not true. That is when I was sitting on a retaining wall on liberty Island with a cup of coffee, staring out at the ocean, and a pigeon sat down about 6 inches away from me to join me. Given that it’s New York, I think that is an appropriate way for that to happen 😂 That said. I believe this pocket watch is great for making a very important point beyond the memories. It is tied to for me personally. I feel this piece is good for driving home the point that you do not have to spend thousands or even hundreds of dollars to enjoy collecting watch watches. If memory serves, this piece only cost me about $30.

Man, I’ve got to tell you, strapping this blue Longines HydroConquest onto my wrist this Friday morning has me incredibly fired up! I love a watch with an actual heartbeat, and because this beauty is a mechanical automatic, it is powered entirely by my daily hustle rather than some lifeless battery. It features a massive 72-hour power reserve, which is a total game-changer because you can literally set it on your nightstand today, go enjoy your weekend, and it will still be ticking flawlessly when you grab it Monday morning. Just watching that second hand glide smoothly across that gorgeous sunray blue dial—instead of that cheap, robotic ticking of a quartz watch—instantly elevates absolutely everything you wear, and honestly, it’s the kind of bulletproof Swiss timepiece you buy today, wear hard every single day, and proudly hand down to your kid one day! By the way, I've paired it with a blue chambray shirt and lambskin leather jacket... next level, brothers!

It’s been a while since I’ve had an occasion to wear the Citizen so I found an excuse.

After 4 days the SUR307 died on me. Seems I must of smacked it on something while installing a woodstove the other day and the battery doesn’t want to stay seated correctly. I’ll have to play around and see if I can fix it or if it’s a goner so the Multifort got the call this morning.

The Alpinist is still around today, I changed out the strap to try a different look.