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Someone asked about the rest of the collection in comments, so here you go.

It’s a modest collection of nice-but-not-outrageous watches as far as price goes. The whole case is worth less than a single basic Omega or Rolex. Not that I would mind owning a Seamaster or a Submariner, but I don’t think I’ll ever be able to bring myself to spend five or ten grand on a watch. (My answer may change if someone ever gives me a truck full of cash for movie rights or something.)

Top row, left to right: Mondaine Quartz Classic, Orient Defender, Island Watch Aviator, and a Borel that’s a high quality Swiss Datejust homage.

Bottom row, left to right: Orient Mako, Junkers G-38 GMT, Arctos/GPW Titanium Einsatzuhr, and a Phoibos Proteus with a meteorite dial.

The oldest watch in that case is the two-tone Borel on the top right, which I got as a Christmas gift from my mother-in-law about 15 years ago. The youngest one is the Phoibos on the bottom right, which I bought with some of the Netflix money from my Love Death + Robots contributions.

Not pictured are the half dozen Casios I keep in my nightstand drawer…several G-Shocks, two Edifices, and a few fun cheapies that are great as beater watches. Those don’t go into a watch case because that would be silly, and also because I don’t want to buy another watch case. I never thought I’d even fill that 8-slot one, but it turns out that once you get bitten by the horology bug, you tend to accumulate more.