Blog posts from Matthew Becker
Maintaining Your Rolex Watch – Part II: The Strap
Maintaining Your Watch Part II – The Watch Strap In Part I of Maintaining Your rolex Watch, we discussed some of the daily maintenance rituals that watch owners should perform each day. Like owning anything mechanical, there are maintenance items that need to be performed periodically to insure that your watch continues lifelong operation. One […]
Maintaining Your Rolex Watch – Part I: Clean & Inspect
Part I – Cleaning & Inspecting Like anything mechanical, machines require some care and service and watches are no different. Even with quartz battery powered watches, there is still some care and maintenance required in order to keep your watch running reliably. With all watches, including Rolex, it is good to keep your watch clean. […]
Thoughts on 2012 Basel and Rolex
The Basel show each year creates and brings much anticipation and this year was no different. In some Basel shows, Rolex is predictable with their offerings and upgrades and in some years there are new surprises. The 2012 year brought out a big surprise, and some predictable upgrades. Rolex is Switzerland’s largest consumer of gold […]
Updating your Watch with a New Strap
One of the neat things about wearing and collecting watches are some of the customizations that is easily done to a watch without requiring the skills of a watchmaker. Perhaps the easiest is replacing the strap with one that might be more comfortable, better suited to the elements of a particular outing, or just to […]