The Theowrist | Why do I like watches

The Theowrist is a watch blog with a logical twist, pondering the various thrills and ills of watch ownership, watch collecting and watch neurosis. Exploring why I like watches, I share my watchbox, and open the caseback of my mind to see what is going on in the twisted ticking brain of a watch theowrist. It is unfortunate at times, but I like watches, I like them a lot.

The Seiko Design Project @ Japan House, London.

A random midweek post here, quite random indeed... I was in London the other day, Kensington to be precise, it's nice around there. Nice...

First Impressions | Pierre Paulin Jump Hour

A usually expensive complication made affordable bargain by Pierre Paulin / Merkur.

Spending Time in Paris & First Impressions...

See what I did there, it's genius you'll see why...welcome and thanks for checking out this post. It's been a while since I have been...

Ten Grand Swiss Tourbillons - a bargain in context...

How about this, instead of spending £10-£15k on a Rolex that does nothing but tell the time, or tell the time twice (GMTs), or with a bit...

Top 30 | Best Black Watches

I have wanted a black watch for ages, as black as possible were my initial thoughts but then I loosened up a bit. There are a loads of...

First Impressions: Seiko Spirit SARB070

Apologies, this post is wayyy overdue, I picked this little disfigured beauty up in July last year - like I said, wayyy overdue. We all...

Watch PIT - Problems, Ideas, Thoughts | Basket Case

This is mainly problems, I have problems, watch-I-want problems, first world problems. I like many watches, I put them in baskets. I have...

First Impressions: Cartier Ronde Croisière de Cartier.

Well then, well then, what do we have here? You're right it's the Ronde Croisière de Cartier, as much as I love Cartier, they need to...

The Birth of 2024 | Top watch wants...

Well, I thought I would add this post as soon as possible before I forget or get too busy. And as I forgot to in the last post, I will...