A poor man’s watch collection – watch #2

Vince — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:16:36 +0000

This is my second in a series of posts on my humble watch collection.

This one was a gift from Anna. Back in the day, ESQ had a bunch of TV commercials featuring well-known celebrities endorsing this watch and saying their name. One TV spot had Canadian golfer Mike Weir wearing the watch and proudly proclaiming, “Mike Weir, Esquire!”. So I thought, hey, I wonder how “Vince Zalamea, Esquire!” would sound. It started off as a running joke between Anna and me until the day Anna got me this watch. Then I really had to say it out loud.

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This watch has a swiss quartz movement with a date window. I’m not sure if ESQ (a Movado company) makes its own movements or if it’s an ETA movement but I do know that it’s my most accurate watch by far.

A poor man’s watch collection

Vince — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 04:33:57 +0000

Every once in a while I’ll visit the Poor Man’s Watch Forum or the WatchUSeek forums looking at the watches other people wear. Some people (I’m guessing most of the forum participants are men) have quite an impressive collection of fine watches. If you are knowledgeable enough, you earn the title of WIS.

So I was looking at my humble watch collection and decided to post a series of blog entries on of my watches. You could say I have a thing for watches but you won’t see me wearing any $1000+ watches any time soon. Most of my watches are automatics and one is even a replica!

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A poor man’s watch collection – watch #2

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A poor man’s watch collection