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Where Passion Meets Precision – Watches, Photography and Beyond

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Articles about Watches and Clocks

  • Small Is Beautiful: The Nomos Club 36 mm
  • A Pilgrimage to the Patek Philippe Museum
  • A Visit to the MB&F M.A.D. Gallery
  • HELI: Ultrasonic Bracelet Cleaning for the Tudor Black Bay 54
  • Successful Servicing of an Omega 2810-2 SC – Until It Wasn’t
  • Inside the Chaika: A Deconstruction of a Vintage Soviet Ladies’ Mechanical Watch
  • One Watch, Two Movements, and a Lot of Humility
  • I Tested My Mechanical Watches on a Timegrapher – Here’s What I Found
  • I Disassembled and Reassembled a Forgotten Soviet 7275 Movement
  • My First-Time Fiasco: Reassembling the Chinese 2813 Movement
  • A Mechanical Watch Enthusiast Bought An Apple Watch S10
  • Hands-On Horology: A Personal Watch Movement Workshop
  • My First Attempt At Watch Movement Disassembly and Reassembly
  • The Husband and The Wife – Seiko 5 and Seiko Presage
  • Set Of Stamps Showcasing Master Watchmakers
  • Watch Books Worth Reading and Collecting – The Second Edition
  • Hard Work Pays Off – Tudor Black Bay 54
  • Why I Love ROAMER Watches
  • My First SEIKO Solar Quartz Watch
  • My Friend’s Tissot T-Complication Squelette Mechanical Watch
  • The Lost World And A Thing For Pocket Watches
  • M.A.D.1 RED Edition – The Ultimate Lottery Ticket
  • A Love Letter To Seiko
  • Quartz Watches Are The Past And The Present
  • My Watch-Themed Cufflinks For Special Occasions
  • A Few 18th Century Clocks And The Beautiful Rundāles Palace
  • The Emotional Pain Of A Broken Watch
  • Watch Books Worth Reading and Having – A Part of My Collection

My Photography Portfolio

  • From Zero to Stockholm
  • Keep Looking Up: A Brussels Photo Walk
  • A Photographic Toast to Champagne
  • HTC One X Teardown – Through the Eye of My Macro Lens
  • In the End, It Was Worth It: Paris, Linkin Park, and Everything Between
  • Shooting the Delicious Charm of Les Hauts de Martet
  • The Soviet 7275 Movement Under the Fujinon XF 80mm 1:2.8 R LM OIS WR MACRO Lens
  • Watch Movement Breakdown and Rebuild – Up Close with a Macro Lens
  • A Book in the Making: My Creative Journey Begins

Travel Reviews

  • Formula 1 at Versailles (And Other Firsts in Paris)
  • Geneva Through A Watch Enthusiast’s Eyes
  • Chamonix: Snow, Wine, and Alpine Air
  • One Night in Antwerp: Burgers, Buildings, and a Band in a Memory Box
  • Don’t Be Like Hyacinth: Three Days in Copenhagen
  • Rotterdam – Between Sky, Water, and Encounters
  • Eighteen Glasses, No Hangovers: How We Conquered Reims, One Champagne at a Time
  • Exploring Europe – Strolling Through Downtown Lille With My Macro Lens
  • Original Wiener Schnitzel on Christmas Eve in Cologne
  • Exploring Belgium – I Went to Leuven to Buy a Book
  • Exploring Europe – I Got 20 Card Decks in Latvia
  • Exploring Belgium – Buying 3D Cards in Mechelen
  • Exploring Belgium – Eating Cheese in Dinant
  • Exploring Europe – I Went To London To See Daniels and Harrison
  • Exploring Europe – Going To Portugal In December
  • Exploring Europe – Pierre Guillaume in Amsterdam
  • One Week After Our Trip To Malta
  • Exploring Luxembourg City – I bought A Leather Card Holder
  • First Week Of April In Malta
  • Exploring Belgium – I Bought A Durable Coffee Grinder In Ghent
  • Our First Trip To The Magical City Of Paris
  • My Business Trip To The Beautiful Strasbourg
  • Exploring Belgium – The Joy Of Finding Pierre Guillaume in Namur
  • Exploring Belgium – I Ate Fish and Chips in Antwerp

Recommendations

  • M4 MacBook Pro: 18 Months Later
  • Brussels on the Rocks: My Favourite Cocktail Bars
  • The Best Way to Celebrate an Anniversary – Enjoy a Barolo
  • A Decade with the Apple iPad Mini
  • Switching to a New MacBook Pro: First Impressions and Comparisons
  • The Best Boutique Gym in Brussels – Animo Studios
  • J.M. Weston Made Me Put My Feet On A Shoe-Fitting Stool
  • My First Cigar At Davidoff In Brussels
  • Pierre Guillaume Is The Perfumer Of Heavens
  • This Is Not Another Technology Review – Apple AirPods Pro (2nd gen.)
  • Bruxelles Monopoly – How I Regained My Love For the Game
  • Caffè Italiano As A Great Place For Lunch Near The European Parliament
  • A Wonderful Foodgasm At Two Rivers aka Divas Upes

Photo Reports

  • Still Collecting
  • Audi Concept C and Alpine F1 at the 102nd Brussels Motor Show
  • The State of My Growing Playing Card Collection
  • Brussels Pride Festival 2024
  • The State Of My Playing Card Collection
  • Strasbourg in November
  • My Most Recent Business Trip to Strasbourg
  • Floralia Brussels And Hallerbos Forest

Articles about Repair and iFixit

  • iPod Touch A1288 (2nd Gen) – Full Specs and First-Hand Teardown
  • The Insides of an Apple iPhone 7 Seen Through the Macro Lens
  • My First RAM Upgrade To A Laptop
  • Apple iPhone 7 Screen, Vibrator And Battery Replacement
  • Apple iPhone 5S Screen Replacement – First Attempt
  • How We Teamed Up and Repaired a Hissing Geberit Inlet Valve
  • iPhone 5S Screen, Battery, and Button Replacement – Second Attempt
  • My Woman’s Old Broken Flat Iron Disassembly

Formula 1

  • The Audi Revolut Formula 1 Lego Car, Up Close
  • My First Formula 1: Spa-Francorchamps
  • LEGO Technic Ferrari SF-24: The Stunning Lady in Red
  • Three LEGO Formula 1 Cars Compared: Mercedes, Red Bull, and Kick Sauber
  • Oracle Red Bull Racing RB20 F1 LEGO Race Car
  • Drive to Survive And How To Start Watching F1 Again

Archive edition articles aka Translation industry blogs

  • How an International Translation Company Benefits your Business
  • Scandinavian Languages All You Need to Know
  • What is Subtitle Translation
  • Top 15 Interesting Historical Facts about Translation
  • Legal Document Translation Services and When to Use Them

Movie Reviews

  • Linkin Park: Unshatter – Fighting Back Tears in the Cosy Seats
  • The Time is Right to Watch the Latvian Movie Flow
  • Movie Review – Oppenheimer
  • Movie Review – John Wick Chapter 4
  • Movie Review – Operation Fortune
  • Movie Review – Avatar: The Way Of Water
  • Movie Review – Mission Impossible 7

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