A Wristed Development

04/17/2026 - Hello from sunny Key Largo, Florida! It’s been a while, I know, I’m not one for making excuses for not writing, I’m as disappointed in myself as anyone else is, so I’ll leave it at this — I owe you guys a couple of posts that I missed from February and March. Count this as my first “make-up” post.

I’m down in one of my favorite places to get away and get off the radar — the Florida Keys. I’m down here for a belated spring break of sorts, doing some scuba diving, soaking up sun, and moonlighting as Conch Republic riff-raff.

I’m in a weird spot with watches. A bit of a funk, if you will. It’s not that I’m having a falling out with watches or collecting, but if I’m being honest, I’m feeling a bit bored with my collection. It’s hard to unpack — I still like every watch in my collection — heck, that’s why I bought them. At the end of the day, it boils down to the fact that I’m interested in exploring experiences with new watches. Thus, I’ve embarked on what many in the watch collecting hobby loosely refer to as “collection consolidation.”

01/28/2026 - We are but a few short weeks into 2026 and the year has already taken a dark turn. For those of you new here, I’m a local to Minneapolis; a city that is going through some rough times at the moment. I generally hate politics. I don’t usually engage beyond being an informed voter and going out to vote. To gloss over what is going on and just write this article as if everything is fine would be entirely tone deaf and an immense injustice to what is happening in my city and to my community.

Grateful, melancholy, festive, wistful—these words describe my typical end-of-year feelings. I’m grateful for another year, melancholy that another year has passed, festive for the holiday season, and wistful for Christmases and New Year’s past with loved ones, who are now gone, and for simpler times when I had less to manage and worry about. All of these ring true now, but what I most look forward to is the eventual slowing of schedules. As work subsides and meetings get delayed until after the new year, I welcome a few precious days with nothing obligatory on my calendar — time and space for reflection.

Every collector has a trail of watches they have lusted after, collected, then later moved on from. My collection is no different — it has had its fair share of casualties due to time and new intrigue. Most of what I have moved on from, I can still appreciate from afar. Heck, I’ve even repurchased a watch that I previously sold, which I caught the bug for again. It’s just part of the hobby — while it would be nice to keep every watch we purchase indefinitely, in reality, this isn’t practical.

08/17/2024 - Well, my friends, we are officially in the dog days of summer here in the Northern hemisphere. It is the time of year when it feels like we have one foot still firmly planted in summer, and the other in the approaching autumn season. I've been trying to make the most of the warm weather while it is still here. Monica and I hit Valley Fair the other weekend, and I went for a long open water swim in Cedar Lake with some friends just yesterday. 

Flights booked, hotel reserved, rental car locked in, gear serviced, 10 dives primed — my only remaining chore is to pack. As many do, I like to procrastinate packing until the absolute last minute. Alas, I sit here, on the penultimate eve of a long overdue spring break to the Florida Keys for two and a half days of scuba diving, ample sunshine, early June Florida Keys heat and humidity, and who knows what else — hopefully, a small sprinkle of debauchery.

Well hey there strangers, it's been a while! The absence of new articles hasn't been intentional, life has just been busy. While I'd love to say I have a good excuse for no articles in the last 12+ months, the reality is that I don't really have one. The good news is that I've got a backlog of articles I'm working on so keep an eye out for more regular posts over the next few months.

Where has the year gone? This is the question I always ask myself around this time of year as we are barreling ever quicker into another holiday season. 2023 has been a year of ups and downs for me. The front half of the year was headlined by a layoff in January, followed by a six-month job search, and finally landing in a great role with a great company. Since June, the tune of life has been markedly more positive than in the first half of the year, and I'm looking to 2024 as a year of unlimited potential.

One of the beautiful outcomes of the digital world is its ability to connect and foster a community for niche interest groups. My first experience with this came, as you might guess, in the form of my watch enthusiasm. However, more recently I got curious about another community — the Everyday Carry (or more colloquially known as "EDC") community. 

Fellow Northerners will commiserate with me, we are truly in the dog days of winter. That ugly time of year when the days drag on, temperatures fluctuate around the freezing point resulting in sidewalks turning into swimming pools by day and skating rinks by night, and roads riddled with potholes. Yes, spring and summer can't come quick enough, but at least our miserable outdoor conditions build some character, right? Right?!?

February in Minnesota is usually the ugly, dark side of Winter. It is often characterized by cycles of bitter cold and temporary ascension above the freezing point which allows for just enough snow melt to turn sidewalks and streets into skating rinks.