Trailing-Edge Geekdom

bellrossAs snolan pointed out in a recent comment, I’m a geek. Specifically, I’m a technology geek. but I don’t insist that only the latest and greatest tech is always the best (or most interesting).

I love bicycles, photography, and even horology. In fact I have a decent retro-bent going these days. I ride an old, steel, lugged touring bike. I’ve toyed with the idea of grabbing a fun ld-school film camera (well I have a Rolleiflex already) like a Polaroid SX-70 or Holga toy camera. I also tend to love analog watches.

The watchmaker Bell&Ross is helping me out by taking my obvious computer geekdom (and love of my iPhone) and mixing in a healthy dose of watch geekery with a dash of airplane cachet. Specifically, they’ve released an iPhone app that simulates their most popular line of watches (BR 01-92’s). I’m guessing having an real one on your wrist is somewhat nicer, but you can’t beat the price of the iPhone app. Also this is likely to be the closest I ever come to owning one.