The Outcast Mindset: A Few Weeks with Robert Valli

by Brent Robillard An engineer’s approach to watches I don’t remember exactly when Robert Valli and I first started talking on Instagram earlier this year. It was one of those slow-burn conversations that might not ever have occurred. DMs, after all, don’t always make it through. But, some things are meant to be, I guess. We began talking watches and photography, of course. But that … Continue reading The Outcast Mindset: A Few Weeks with Robert Valli

What is a tool watch?

Tool watch is a term often used in the world of horology, but its definition is nebulous and murky and potentially controversial—if you are speaking to the wrong person. In simplest terms, a tool watch has at least one function, beyond timekeeping, for which it was designed. A dive watch, for example, is often equipped with a rotating bezel to track elapsed time while under water. A chronograph has one or more sub-registers which can be actuated to like a stopwatch. It may also work in conjunction with a tachymeter scale to calculate speed over distance. Continue reading What is a tool watch?