Baume & Mercier Hampton 8819

Baume & Mercier Hampton 8819

I begin March with yet another post on a watch. I was a bit hesitant to post about this watch as it is among my favorites and is one of a pair I have with the Clairvoyant. In other words, this is personal to me. :)The Hampton is a classic piece and some articles even call it an iconic model.The watch [...]

Jaeger LeCoultre vintage watch with P480 movement

Jaeger LeCoultre vintage watch with P480 movement

Today's my day and I wanted to feature something old (though I am not that old :) ). Here's on a favorite of mine. A highlight of the Dr. Strange movie that starred Benedict Cumberbatch was the obvious promotion of one watch brand that stood out from among what was shown as his collection of high end [...]

IWC vintage watch

IWC vintage watch

I'm still quite new with collecting watches but I am aware of the luxury brands. I must admit that my "want" list would include the well known brands but I cannot afford the Patek Philippes, Rolexes, Hublots, Panerais and others that will set you back hundreds of thousands of pesos. That money is better [...]

Farewell to a National Artist

Farewell to a National Artist

We have had our share of meeting (or rubbing elbows with) well known artists. Some of them are friends or acquaintances. But perhaps the most frequent that we saw was a National Artist who recently passed away. Napoleon Abueva is a National Artist for Sculpture. He is famous for many of his creations [...]

Peanuts

Peanuts

They say its better to eat peanuts instead of junk food. And there are a lot of articles including very scientific ones that validate the health benefits of peanuts. While there are many peanut vendors around, including at the market, I usually get our supply of peanuts from a suki vendor at a nearby [...]

Hamilton Khaki Automatic

Hamilton Khaki Automatic

I got this watch from my suki in Montreal, Canada. It is a Hamilton Khaki H644550 automatic watch. It is a military design with a face that's quite familiar as it is practically replicated in other brands as well. Hamilton is another old brand and is part of the Swatch group along with Omega and Longines. [...]

Yamanashi wine

Yamanashi wine

About ten years ago, I was gifted with this wine from Yamanashi. I had kept the wine initially at my office where I have reserved an enclosed and secure part of one of my cabinets for a few bottles of wines that I have purchased. I took it home after we moved to our current house in 2014. I have been [...]

Shimanami restaurant, Robinson's, Tacloban City

Shimanami restaurant, Robinson's, Tacloban City

Our trips to Tacloban allowed us to eat at various restaurants there. Of course, there are the reliables like Ocho and Guiseppe's. Warehouse is in Palo and not somewhere we can eat at regularly. And so we tried out standalone restaurants in downtown as well as those in the malls. Since many of us studied [...]

Aureole automatic vintage watch

Aureole automatic vintage watch

I found this interesting piece online. I gave it a second look as I wasn't fond of gold watches (though I did get the Olma and that Mido I wrote about last year). I haven't found much about the Aureole watch company from the internet except that they produced some interesting models without hands. This [...]

Vostok Komandirskie

Vostok Komandirskie

My collection includes a couple of watches from the time of the existence of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic (USSR). I already wrote about my Vostok Amphibia yesterday and now feature my Vostok Komadirskie. This is an inexpensive manual wind with a date feature. It looks like a tough watch, [...]