Watch Blog | The Theowrist 2/3

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.

Jan 79 min read

The Death of 2023 - part 3 | Watch Brand of the Year

Have I overdone it here by adding a part three, it's a bit late, but I really want to have a look at a couple of brands that have given...

Dec 26, 20235 min read

The Death of 2023 - part 2 | My Top 3 Purchases

This is always a bit of a tricky one for me, for the old captain hindsight pops up, I shouldn't have... what if...etcetera. There is...

Dec 17, 20237 min read

The Death of 2023 | Top 3 Watches of the Year

It's that time of year again, the death of the year, the end of another orbit around the moon on this flat old planet Urth. I've just...

Nov 19, 20232 min read

Just a Seconde Seconde with Timex

Guess what this post is about. Weeks of waiting, being annoyed and excited, and anxious and questioning this hobby and lifestyle over and...

Nov 8, 20234 min read

Watch Problems, Ideas, Thoughts - Watch PIT

This is a bit random and I should be researching for my studies but I think a brain fart of a post is good once in a while to get things...

Oct 29, 20232 min read

Old Impressions | Spinnaker Cahill Calamar Red MCS

This is a late one, but it was initiated by a related new one that never materialised, stay with me, all will come to light, to...

Oct 1, 20237 min read

Watch Review | Aesop Tourbillon | The Chinese Tourbillon Chronicles p3

Ok, it's been two months, and - drum roll please - the Aesop is going strong and I am a very happy watch fanatic. I am also very busy....

Sep 26, 20232 min read

Second Impressions | Tudor Black Bay Red Bezel +

I got the call. It wasn't the call for the Sky Dweller, it was the call for the Jubilee bracelet for the Red Bezel Black Bay - though you...

Sep 17, 20232 min read

First Impressions | Celadon HH Imperial Plum

What the hell is a Celadon HH Imperial Plum? I hear several people say after reading the headline to the email they receive from me...

Sep 14, 202310 min read

My visit to the AD | A Random Rolex Adventure

A random Rolex adventure you say, yes, I say, but it was actually an official exhibition, to which I had an invitation in fact, a real...

Aug 27, 20239 min read

Top 10 | Green Dial Seiko Dive Watches

As you may know, I have been looking for a green watch for a while. I really want a SARB017, or one of its siblings but maybe they aren't...

Aug 13, 20237 min read

Face-off | Chinese Kung-fu Sugess Pandas | 38mm vs 40mm

It's the first battle, the first face-off, case-off, hand-to-hand combat, time trial, etc. I'm sure there is a better pun available but I...

Jul 25, 20231 min read

First Impressions | Sugess Panda Chronograph 40mm

What on earth is going on? I thought he had a 38mm Sugess Panda already? I hear you say. Oh, but he wasn't too happy with it, per the...

Jul 14, 20235 min read

Watch wants | Why I've been researching Cartier watches.

You know the old saying, 'the wrist wants, what the wrist wants' - it's the truest of my truisms. But how much can a skinny wrist want,...

Jul 9, 20236 min read

Watch Review | Seiko Spirit SARB035

This watch review is overdue, way overdue. The first impressions post was in August 2020, and I think this watch is one of the reasons I...

Jun 24, 20232 min read

First Impressions | Longines Master Collection 190th Anniversary - Engraved dial

What on earth is going on, another first impressions post means a new watch doesn't it? I have a problem, I admit it. Admission is the...

Jun 20, 20237 min read

Watch Review | Zenith El Primero Synopsis

The review is way overdue. I've bought two more grailesque timepieces since the Zenith joined the collection. That's good, and also not...

Jun 9, 20233 min read

First Impressions | Tudor Black Bay 'Ron' Burgundy Bezel.

Yup, I've only gone and got it, but it's not the exactly 'it' that I was thinking of - there have been a few twists. In a blog post...

May 21, 20237 min read

No money, mo' problems | Watches I could have had?

After many months away spending lots of money on non-watch things, I return to the watch world, and oh so very eager am I. A head full of...

Jan 9, 20235 min read

The Birth of 2023 | Top watch wants

As a wise person one said , 'watcha, watcha, watch I want, watch I want' - I'm pretty sure those were the lyrics. Happy New sun around...

putting the logical in horological

putting the logical in horological