Chronographs are Apparently Cool This Summer

Chronographs are apparently cool this summer.

At least according to Michigan Ave Mag

Sporty Chronographs Define Summer Cool

Actually I agree. I have a couple of chronographs myself and looking to buy more, many more.

The Verge: Smartwatches No Disruption to Mechanical Timepieces

An article in the Verge says smartwatches -- an i-watch and all -- might soon come but will be no disruption to mechanical watches.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/19/4535210/luxury-wristwatch-collectors-have-no-time-for-smartwatches

A picture from the article

Summer mode

To start with, here's a couple pictures of my Electronika 53V watch.

It was a very hot June in Moscow this year and I was in summer mode with this cheery digital watch, tropicalized as it were, i.e. water resistant. July not so much now but August again promises to be a hot one.

I'll write this watch up in detail later.

VreMax...

… is my blog about wrist watches and clocks.

I am Scarface3133, a part-time and some time watch collector based in Moscow, Russia, and I hope to blog here about watches, clocks, other interesting stuff. And I am also going to aggregate here watch and clock news, tips, advice, information and resources. 

I also have my very own watch and clock collection, and on this blog, in addition to blogging about the world of watches, clocks and related stuff, I am also going to present and show the high- and "lowlights" of my collection.

As regards my personal collection, and although I can appreciate all watches, my interest is mainly in cheaper, mass produced, “poor man’s” watches, “trashier” watches, and mainly mechanical movements. But they do have to be interesting and I do have to like them for something to decide to add them to my collection.

Seeing as I am based in Moscow and in fact live here (or there to you), in presenting my collection, I am going to focus mainly on contemporary Russian watches because I like them, because they are the easiest (and often cheapest) to get here and I am most knowledgeable about them (strictly as a layman though) but not to the exclusion of all the rest of fine horology either. 

In view of the above, I hope Chinese, Japanese, American, etc. and may be even Swiss watches will also arrive in my collection and will feature on this little blog of mine.

All watches are personally bought, worn, wound, researched, photographed with a cheap camera and passed judgement on by me.

That was my first post on this blog, thank you for reading.