Around ten years ago, I began to use and collect fountain pens I was writing a blog for a small, independent website in those days and I eventually started writing all of my blog posts in ink before typing them later I admit that I was trying to use fountain pens as affordable substitutes for watches as luxury items. While this never worked, I began enjoying fountain pens in my everyday life, along with inks and notebooks. And this led me to the timepiece itinerary.
Over the years, I found that writing anything at all is relaxing. Writing in pen takes you away from screens and electronics and the feeling of putting words to paper is one of calm. Simply writing a To Do list, grocery list, vacation packing list, or wish list is quite therapeutic. Writing a journal, essay or article is even more soothing. So I eventually began writing down my planned watch rotation in a “timepiece itinerary.”
I would sit down with a notebook and a fountain pen, listen to some music, drink coffee and look at my calendar for the week ahead I would study my upcoming events and activities and think of my attire for each one I would consider the location of each activity or meeting and even review the weather forecast. Then, I would think about which timepiece would suit each occasion I would write all of this down, and add some notes. Did a certain timepiece require a strap change for a given event? Did a particular meeting involve someone who had wanted to see my latest watch? Was out-of-town travel required? The process of thinking about my watches was always pleasant, and writing stuff down in the middle of the day is really like meditation It is relaxing.
I rarely follow my timepiece itinerary to the letter. Plans change, as do watch selections, but the timepiece itinerary provides another level of enjoyment of my watch collection I have fifteen watches today but, like most people, I cannot add a new watch every time I get the itch. Buying a new watch every week, every month, or even every year is not realistic. Therefore, I need to enjoy my watches in every way possible I play “games” with my watch selection. For example, I might force myself to not wear a certain watch for a period of time, or until the clocks change for daylight savings time. Or, I might wear only quartz watches for a whole week These games add a bit of fun and help mix things up The timepiece itinerary is an exercise that allows me to think of my watch collection, appreciate its diversity, and contemplate how to use its different pieces.
I also collect coffee mugs - mostly with pop culture themes. The timepiece itinerary combines the use of a fountain pen, a nice notebook, the watch on my wrist, a mug from my collection (full of hot coffee) and thoughts about my whole watch collection. Combining passions is a lovely way to spend some time I sometimes substitute coffee for Japanese whisky…
So even if I rarely follow my timepiece itinerary to the letter, the exercise always provides joy It may take ten minutes, or it may take half an hour. In any case, the timepiece itinerary is time for me to indulge, however briefly, in all of my luxuries and thoughts about stuff that I love. That should be reason enough to plan and write down my watch rotation. But it also helps me contemplate the next watch to be included in my itinerary…
Yours truly,
TimeCaptain
Over the years, I found that writing anything at all is relaxing. Writing in pen takes you away from screens and electronics and the feeling of putting words to paper is one of calm. Simply writing a To Do list, grocery list, vacation packing list, or wish list is quite therapeutic. Writing a journal, essay or article is even more soothing. So I eventually began writing down my planned watch rotation in a “timepiece itinerary.”
I would sit down with a notebook and a fountain pen, listen to some music, drink coffee and look at my calendar for the week ahead I would study my upcoming events and activities and think of my attire for each one I would consider the location of each activity or meeting and even review the weather forecast. Then, I would think about which timepiece would suit each occasion I would write all of this down, and add some notes. Did a certain timepiece require a strap change for a given event? Did a particular meeting involve someone who had wanted to see my latest watch? Was out-of-town travel required? The process of thinking about my watches was always pleasant, and writing stuff down in the middle of the day is really like meditation It is relaxing.
I rarely follow my timepiece itinerary to the letter. Plans change, as do watch selections, but the timepiece itinerary provides another level of enjoyment of my watch collection I have fifteen watches today but, like most people, I cannot add a new watch every time I get the itch. Buying a new watch every week, every month, or even every year is not realistic. Therefore, I need to enjoy my watches in every way possible I play “games” with my watch selection. For example, I might force myself to not wear a certain watch for a period of time, or until the clocks change for daylight savings time. Or, I might wear only quartz watches for a whole week These games add a bit of fun and help mix things up The timepiece itinerary is an exercise that allows me to think of my watch collection, appreciate its diversity, and contemplate how to use its different pieces.
I also collect coffee mugs - mostly with pop culture themes. The timepiece itinerary combines the use of a fountain pen, a nice notebook, the watch on my wrist, a mug from my collection (full of hot coffee) and thoughts about my whole watch collection. Combining passions is a lovely way to spend some time I sometimes substitute coffee for Japanese whisky…
So even if I rarely follow my timepiece itinerary to the letter, the exercise always provides joy It may take ten minutes, or it may take half an hour. In any case, the timepiece itinerary is time for me to indulge, however briefly, in all of my luxuries and thoughts about stuff that I love. That should be reason enough to plan and write down my watch rotation. But it also helps me contemplate the next watch to be included in my itinerary…
Yours truly,
TimeCaptain