By Jack Silbert on August 21, 2011
The British appreciate quality time pieces. (Just look at Big Ben.) And of course they’re huge Salt in Wound fans. (Though over there we’re known as Rogan-Josh-Mix-in-a-Blighty-One.com.) So it’s no surprise that my post on watches went positively viral on that side of the pond: http://www.precisiontime.co.uk/victorinox-swiss-army-is-only-watch-that-cuts-it-dna-921.html Now, that gushing bit of Silbophilia was published on […]
Posted in meta, satire | Tagged self-delusion, United Kingdom, watch repair
By Jack Silbert on February 6, 2010
My watch stopped Saturday at 9:30 a.m. I know this because, well, that’s when my watch stopped. I panicked a bit. This wasn’t a repair I could do by myself. I own a Swiss Military-brand watch, and not even a Swiss Army knife could pry open the back. And I haven’t had a lot of […]
Posted in anecdotes, personal history | Tagged Hoboken, New York, watch repair
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