Tokyo, 2021.11.01

After receiving a generous watch gift from my brother I'm suddenly a watch collector. I mean, you have an everyday watch and a beater - that's not a watch collection. When you have two every day watches and a beater, well you've opened a door.

From left: the beloved SARB033, a Casio el-cheapo that I use while fishing, the Casio "Metal Twisted Gear B-2000", an everyday beater from Seiko sub-brand Alba, and a hand-me-down from my father - another Seiko sub-brand called "J. Spring". Not pictured: another hand-me-down from my father, which remained in Canada: a Mauthe from Germany in the mid-fifties; and my newest acquisition, the Guanqin that was on my wrist.