My buddies at my work place present me with the Ratio FreeDiver White Dial Sapphire Stainless Steel Automatic RTB209 200M Men’s Watch for my 50th birthday. Frankly, when I saw the small square box, I thought it might be cufflinks. They insisted I open the box during the after-office birthday party. So, open it I […]
After almost two years, the pandemic situation is improving. Companies are calling back their staff, schools and colleges are re-opening and businesses are slowly getting back on their feet. Online classes are taking a back seat, physical classes are starting. My daughter Alisha would also be starting college by the next week. She has got […]
Move over Cassio, Titan, Timex and all the rest; the awesome Fossil Grant Chorno is here. Here’s a challenge for all you guys; take a look at the all-new Fossil Grant Chronograph FS4813 Men’s watch and tell me honestly if you didn’t like it? I mean just look it at it; isn’t it a beauty? […]
This fabulous futuristically designed watch (also known as the JOLTER 7008), is defined by the manufacturer as a “steampunk design for the modern world”. To say that the watch has futuristic design and functionality would be an understatement. It looks a watch that might have been left behind by an alien. To the untrained and […]
As a professional deep-sea diver working for Advanced Offshore Contractors Pvt. Ltd. out of Mumbai, I was given the Orient Mako II dive watch which I used quite proudly since 2016. Over the years however, wear and tear and also a faulty repair work done last week in Mumbai caused me to look for a […]
Ask a bung of guys to name some watch brands that spell quality and I bet you, Orient will be one of the brands they name. In fact, 40 years ago, when I was a little kid, we knew of only three watch brands; Orient, Seiko and HMT. The first two spelt class and quality. […]
My son Anil, had not only completed his M-Tech, he was also selected for a job in a top company that has offered him an astonishing salary. When he announced that he was going to come home for a few days, my friends insisted that I throw a party and why not? After all, he […]
Clearing the Civil Services Entrance Exam, my son Manoj had opted for the IPS or Indian Police Services. He had been accepted at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy at Hyderabad and would soon be joining there. He would soon become an IPS officer, performing his duties towards the nation, upholding the law. It […]
Diwali was just round the corner and I hadn’t yet finished shopping for the customary gifts. As a bank executive with an international bank based in Bangalore, I had found very little time to complete my chores during the past two weeks. Some gifts were already purchased – like my mom’s Kanjivaram saree and dad’s […]
My 5-year old daughter Neeta was invited to a birthday party of her friend Ankita who was also turning 5 the following week. We purchased a suitable birthday present and had it nicely gift wrapped. On the appointed day, my wife and myself dropped Neeta off at Ankita’s house which was in the adjacent building. […]
My son Rohan, all of 7 years old and standing one foot taller than a cricket bat, was elected to the school junior cricket team as a batsman. One the very first day, his watch that was gifted to him by his grandfather, got smashed by a direct hit of the cricket ball and this; […]
If you need to gift a reasonably well-to-do person (especially a man), a watch, you just can’t go wrong with gifting a Tissot. The Tissot is the Mercedes amongst watches. It is luxury personified; luxury that you can wear, luxury that you can show off, luxury that displays the time and more, in style. A […]