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July 7, 2007: Today (7/7/07) is considered by many to be a very lucky day. It must be, because it's my eldest son's birthday. Happy 24th birthday to Kalen Robert Strandberg. I am very proud of the young man you have become!...
July 3, 2007 -- Next up for me is a trip to St. Tropez to get behind the wheel of a Formula One race car, courtesy of TAG Heuer! Are they crazy?
On Sunday, I'm flying to Nice, France and then on Monday morning, we're heading for the track for some...
June 23, 2007 -- Happy summer to everyone. Today is the first day of summer and it certainly doesn't seem like summer yet. I miss the years when summer was summer -- time off school, nothing to do until school started again.
I can't complain much however,...
June 6, 2007: I'm back from a great trip to the USA -- first stopping at home then going on to the JCK show in Las Vegas. My sons, Kalen and Evan, went with me and we had a great time. Evan went on the InSync Harley-Davidson industry ride, riding...
May 24, 2007 -- I had a great time in Cannes. I calculated that over the four days, I spent 26 hours in the saddle of my motorcycle. 8 hours there and back, two hours a day to and from Cannes (one day it was four hours, two trips). It was great. We...
May 16, 2007 -- I'm knee deep in work but looking forward to a few days on the French Riviera. I am going down to the south of the France to the Cannes Film Festival to do a behind the scenes story on Chopard's involvement with the festival. Should...
April 24, 2007 -- Well, the BaselWorld and SIHH are history. The shows are tough enough -- this year, Glen Bowen and I had a total of 124 appointments over the ten days -- but when the shows are over is when the real work starts. It's great to see everyone...
Tuesday, May 10, 2007 -- BaselWorld starts on Thursday, May 12, with press day tomorrow, Wednesday, May 11, then I leave for the SIHH in Geneva on May 18. BaselWorld and SIHH should be great shows and I'm always excited about seeing all the new watches...
Monday, April 2, 2007
I had a great trip back to the US. I got a chance to spend four days with my sons in Pennsylvania, then I went down to Miami for a very nice Zenith event. It was held in South Beach, which is a beautiful place, and the weather was...
March 21, 2007 -- I'm off to the US for a week, first stopping in Pennsylvania to see my sons, then down to Miami for a Zenith event. Zenith's pre-Basel events are always really interesting -- not only a spectacular event, but great new products. Just...
March 12, 2007 -- I'm just back from a Panerai event in Florence, celebrating the brand's 10 year anniversary with the introduction of three new manufacture. I had a great time at the event. Florence is a beautiful city, the weather was incredible (I...
March 5, 2007 -- I think Spring is here in Switzerland, earlier than just about anywhere else, I think. Yesterday, it was 60 degees and sunny, which felt fantastic. Today it's raining and colder, but the light of Spring can be seen at the end of this...
Wednesday, February 07, 2007 -- OK, so I blew my prediction of the Super Bowl. I enjoyed the game, though it was filled with mistakes, and I wasn't unhappy that Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts won the Super Bowl. Good for him.
I do think, however,...
Monday, January 29, 2007 -- Just got done with a bunch of traveling, from Zermatt to Venice and it seems like everywhere in between. I went back to Venice for a Piaget pre-SIHH event, where I saw some really beautiful watches. Piaget, though a very well...
January 18, 2007 -- I'm just getting over a cold that kept me from visiting Ulysse Nardin this week. Usually, when I get a cold, I just keep on trucking and instead of lasting two or three days, it hangs on for three or four weeks. This time, I took...
January 1, 2007 -- I hope you and yours had a great holiday. I had a wonderful time with my sons, Kalen and Evan, who were both here over the New Year holiday. We hung out together -- Sophie, her girls, my boys and me -- went skiing, tried to go to...
December 20, 2006 -- Decorations are up all over Geneva and it's a Christmas wonderland. The main shopping streets are festive and full of shoppers and the weather finally has a chill in the air.
I'm happy to be here for the Christmas season as everyone...
December 4, 2006 -- I just heard from a friend in the watch industry that the New York Times' Watch Your Time supplement was featured on CBS' popular "60 Minutes." Though I didn't personally see it live, I found the link (http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/scp_v3/viewer/index.php?pid=16598&rn=49750&cl=1332542&ch=334515&src=news),...
November 28, 2006 -- I had a great Thanksgiving holiday this year. The weather was spectacular, probably the best late November weather I've ever seen. I was able to ride my Harley every single day, without freezing, quite rare for this time of year....
November 20, 2006 -- Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. I am heading home to the US to be with my sons for the holiday. I am really looking forward to relaxing and enjoying the atmosphere that surrounds one of my favorite holidays. I really like the...
November 13, 2006 -- I wanted to take this opportunity to address the expectations of watch companies who invite journalists to events. I get invited to things all over the world and sometimes there is an expectation that just because I go to an event,...
November 1, 2006 -- Happy Halloween! Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays, especially when my sons were young.
I was glad to see Nicky Haydn win the Rider's Championship this past weekend. When I interviewed him near the beginning of...
October 30, 2006 -- I'm back from a week in London, where Sophie and I had a great time. We visited friends and family, took in some of the sights (the British Museum is fantastic!) and relaxed. While there, I talked with Tom Bolt, who used to be the...
October 12, 2006 -- Went to a nice event in Geneva last night, the Patek Philippe Nautilus launch. The Nautilus, one of Patek's icon watches, was introduced 30 years ago (originally designed by Gerald Genta) and Patek took the opportunity to update...
October 6, 2006 -- I was in Belgium on assignment for PenWorld on Monday of this week. It was fun to just run to Belgium for a day, though it ended up being a very long day. I finished early with my interview of Dubois Vutera, a high end pen manufacturer...