My Unbranding and Product Placement post was a real fan favorite, so I had to smile when this morning, TMZ reports that the watch that sparked the fight between Charlie Sheen and his “companion” for the night was a Patek 5970. Aside from the fact that Charlie has better taste in watches than most other things in his life, what […]

For the first time on TickTocking, I’d like to talk about sports for a minute.  American readers will know that over the last 10 days, the NFL has gone on a crusade about illegal hits to the head.  In fact, there has been more and more controversy surrounding concussions in football for a couple years now, including this great piece […]

There are a few things in this industry that are just plain broken.  To me, one of the most glaring examples is the system of selling watches at negotiated discounts.  Recently in a Facebook group there was a discussion about an Audemars Piguet model that, to my knowledge, has not even been delivered yet.  Multiple people – not dealers – […]

Probably the biggest influence on me in starting this blog was Fred Wilson of Union Square Venture’s AVC.com.  As the title suggests, he is a VC – a venture capitalist – involved in a lot of great Web 2.0 companies like Twitter, Foursquare, and Disqus, the service I use for the comments on this blog. Fred’s blog is about his […]

I came across this story today.  As we all know, the magazine industry has been particularly hurt over the last few years.  Squeezed from all sides, one of the first things to go at some outlets was journalistic integrity. The magazine model perhaps was flawed from the beginning.  They create content for the readers.  However, the readers pay only a […]

For this Tech Tuesday, I wanted to write on perhaps the new hottest web 2.0 trend: daily deal sites. By now there are many of them and they all have certain niches, but the basic idea is the same.  Every day a new product or service is offered at a heavily discounted price in a limited quantity and for a […]

Hodinkee has a great look at the JLC Hybris Mechanica today.  With 26 complications including a Grande Sonnerie, it is one of, if not the most complicated watch ever made. Undoubtedly an impressive engineering feat, I generally look at pieces like that and think, “Who cares?”  While this one seems pretty well executed for a mega-complicated piece, the whole concept […]

Meehna Goldsmith recently posted an excellent interview on Investing in Watches (Part 1 and Part 2).  The topic is very interesting, especially as it has long been taboo to discuss on other internet forums. First of all, I would not buy watches as investments.  There are plenty of investment opportunities in the world, and while I will argue later that […]

Well today is the day of my Millionaire taping so I’m not going to be able to do a full post.  Instead, here’s a link to the Hourtime podcast I recorded the other day with Ariel from ablogtoread and John Biggs of CrunchGear. http://hourtimeshow.com/post/1302174730/episode-40-an-interview-with-stephen-hallock Enjoy and wish me luck!  I won’t be able to report on how it goes until […]

Not quite tech again, but maybe we can do TV Tuesday instead of Tech Tuesday. For those who have not heard or seen it, popular street artist, Banksy, wrote the opening of The Simpsons last weekend.  For those not familiar, Banksy is perhaps the most famous street artist in the world, although his true identity is secret.  His work is […]

Hope you all had a great weekend.  It’s Columbus day here in the US, so rather than write a full post I thought I would share this terrific article by Jason Heaton on www.askmen.com.  If Jason’s name sounds familiar it is because he also writes for our friends at Hodinkee and Gear Patrol. In the article, Jason takes on what […]