JnS Handcrafted Strap - a New Location

JnS Handcrafted strap has come a long way and by the looks of things, I believe Jason and Sherron are doing well. They recently moved into a retail space located at Far East Shopping Centre.

The new outlet is catering for the walk-in clientele for their custom handcrafted straps. Also featuring in the new shop are some shoes and bags. They did a "soft-opening" of their outlet on Saturday, 6th Sept at their new location located at #02-23.

Customers and friends started streaming in from 12pm onwards and in typical Jason & Sherron style, lots of food and drinks all round. Here's the cake for the occasion.

Then it was photo time!

And if you want to do it in style, have a bottle of the Vintage 2003 Dom Perignon. Its like Jason & Sherron celebrating their wedding… all over again!

So head on down to the new JnS and see the range of straps available. Jason will be more than happy to customize a strap for you. See how much effort a customized strap takes. Congrats to Jason & Sherron again!

JnS Handcrafted Straps

Far East Shopping Centre

#02-23

MIH Annual Calendar - Complication for Less

The Musée International d'Horlogerie or The International Watchmaking Museum, as one can imagine houses all things associated with horology. And to their credit, developed the MIH Watch - proceeds from the sale of the watches are then channelled to the museum to fund their activities. This is my Feature of the Month.

The watch is created jointly by the curator of the museum Ludwig Oechslin, master watchmaker Paul Gerber, industrial designer Christian Gafner and Lucerne watch specialist EMBASSY. Probably the most affordable Annual Calendar watch and possibly the most minimalist in design, the MIH watch is great for one's collection.

On top of an annual calendar, the watch also comes with a mono-pusher chronograph. But that is hardly used as the chrono display is at the back of the watch. The watch comes encased in titanium.

Originally, the watch comes with a rubber strap but I had Jason of JnS customize a black calf with red stitching to match the chrono sweeping hand tip.

A perfect match - watch and strap!

For those not in the know, the MIH looks like a normal watch. But a closer examination of the display at the 3 O'Clock position reveals a little more. You will observe the presence of the Date, Month, Day and a am/pm indicator.

The two red dots represent the am/pm - one dot indicates morning (am) and two dots indicates afternoon (pm). The base movement for the watch is the ETA-Valjoux 7750 complemented by the annual calendar module developed by Paul Gerber. Other than the month of February, the watch does not need to be adjusted for the right date regardless whether the month has 30 or 31 days.

A close up shot of the black dial. Hands and markers are luminous.

My only peeve about this watch is the sweeping chrono seconds hand. After some usage, it does not reset to 12. I know it can be easily fixed if you bring it to a watch repairman but I rather keep it the way it is - unique I guess.

For more information about the watch, please visit MIH http://www.mih-watch.ch/index.php?langId=2

Seiko Moon Monster on Strap

So I had the bracelet changed to a strap. I went to Jason at JnS and he suggested the black alligator over the yellow with yellow stitches.

The results are exactly what I wanted - a customized strap to go with the black yellow combo.

Looks a little softer than bracelet. Here's another look with the JnS Strap.

You can read the original post on the Moon Monster. But I like this one more!

Omega Speedmaster - Mother Of Pearl Dial

Possibly one of the most recognizable watches around, the Omega Speedmaster is versatile as both a men's and women's watch. Featured here is my wife's well worn Speedy with a Mother-Of-Pearl dial.

Bought this for my wife way back in '05. Runs well despite not being sent for service.

The watch came with a white calf leather strap but I had it changed to a natural python skin which matches perfectly with the MOP dial. Strap customized by JnS Strap.

The MOP dial makes the watch easy to mix and match outfits… very ladylike.

The beautifully textured MOP dial.

Take notice of the embossed markers. Beautifully done! But the wear and tear is also clear...

A classic through and through. Enjoy one more view of the watch.

Time to have the watch serviced and polished back to its former glory.