Oscar Klosoff, Author at The Truth About Watches

Timex x Coca-Cola 1971 Unity Collection

Oscar Klosoff — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 17:09:19 +0000

Collaborations and co-brandings usually miss more than they hit. They’re inherently more challenging. Retro or socio-political themes are rarely safe bets either. Imagine if an egomaniacal committee chose to tackle all these hurdles at once? You’d end up with the Timex x Coca-Cola 1971 Unity Collection . . . Timex x Coca-Cola isn’t the worst […]

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Parchie Watch Genderfluid Agenda

Oscar Klosoff — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 12:00:03 +0000

Cara Barrett’s latest Hodinkee screed (All Watches Should Be Unisex – And Here’s Why) calls for horological androgyny. “Gender-free timepieces would make women feel more included in what has typically been a dude-driven industry and hobby.” Down in the comments section, SIMP’s cooed “you go girl!” Less simpathetic readers told her to STFU and GTFO […]

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Swatch Bioceramic: Shallow Wade

Oscar Klosoff — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 17:27:38 +0000

You got ceramic on my bio! You got bio on my ceramic! Serendipity at the Swatch Group’s Swatch brand laboratories comes a new material and line called BioCeramic. The CamelCase term may evoke animated tableware or surgical implant materials. It’s even more exciting than that. Join TheTruthAboutWatches.com in a shallow wade into Swatch’s stupendous new […]

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Legacy Flight Hours Review

Oscar Klosoff — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 02:13:09 +0000

Remember analog car odometers? Back in the day, everything from cassette recorders to pedometers used tumbling counters. In TV and movies, whenever an airplane faced impending doom, there’d be a close-up of the digital altimeter counting down. Never mind that the first two numbers are actually ascending, the Pavlovian response is clear: the passengers are […]

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Rotate Watches SOL Part 3

Oscar Klosoff — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:33:54 +0000

When we left off in Part 2 last week month, it was unknown whether I’d seriously damaged the Rotate Watches “make it yourself” movement. Good news: nope, it’s fine. Bad news: I’m still SOL. Minimal progress and another impasse! Nonetheless, this all took gobs of time and effort. Gather round to hear of my foibles. […]

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Strange Watches On Parade!

Oscar Klosoff — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 15:00:15 +0000

There is a saying about kinky sex: if you don’t understand it, it’s not for you. Just because you find something weird or abhorrent doesn’t mean it’s weird or abhorrent to someone else. In terms of horological tolerance, the struggle is real. There are strange watches that I find a bridge too far. Forgive me […]

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Roberto Mancini’s Richard Mille

Oscar Klosoff — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 10:41:49 +0000

NEWS FLASH! Richard Mille named a watch after a guy! The eponymous guy wears the watch! Okay, that’s not really news. It’s been done before (RM 27-02 for Rafael Nadal). What’s new: GQ’s claiming Squadra Azzurra football manager Roberto Mancini’s Richard Mille is the secret to his unmistakably Italian style. ORLY? Roberto Mancini’s Richard Mille […]

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