http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...pJobID=1121120200&spReportId=MTEyMTEyMDIwMAS2 We subscribe ...the wife sent this to me.....
Shteyngart is a pretty deft satirist. That he did not skewer the watch community reveals some real affection on his part.
I wonder if he is actually among us. I can't think of anyone who is as epically neurotic as his characters are, and as I assume he can be, but I wonder if he is among us
That was a great article. Thank you for sharing. Some of the feelings are far too familiar. Except for meeting famous collectors and going to RedBar meet ups(however I would love to if anyone is reading) I loved the quick mention of Buffalo I've been thinking of getting a Nomos at some point in the future and this just made me wanna go play with a couple this week. Favorite quote "We were using watches to calculate our own demise, and we weren’t even doing it accurately."
Favorite line of the article for me is from Jack Forster, of watch collectors - “There’s some pocket of rot in the oak of their soul that can only be patched up by watches.” A bit melodramatic perhaps but still.
@ahsposo @Jwit She doesn't mind the beard, it is the mustache she hates. Note this is not the wife...
Sadly I have no mustache and the last time I attempted a beard, I wound up looking like an Amish farmer. Guess I'm not a hipster Watch Insider...
Was talking about this column with my wife last night. There was one part (among many) that I found really interesting, and it was the notion that a writer should never write for more than 4 hours a day. I had always wondered why some of the best authors of all-time were raging alcoholics, and that part sort of answered it for me! Full quote: "I believe that a novelist should write for no more than four hours a day, after which returns truly diminish; this, of course, leaves many hours for idle play and contemplation. Usually, such a schedule results in alcoholism, but sometimes a hobby comes along, especially in middle age."
No, but her dad did run Jaguar-Land Rover USA for awhile. Super cool dude who was a lifelong Jaguar employee.