You never know what you might find online. This was from a Blogger site called Pinoy Kollector, which came up during some research.

I wondered if it would be possible for a character in the novel I am working on, a teenage girl from a wealthy family, would wear a watch or carry a pocket watch.

When I came across the Pinoy Kollector site, I was intrigued for a few reasons.

• It’s an active Blogger site! It felt like a throwback (maybe all blogs are a throwback!)
• What great closeup photos of these antique watches!
• The post on pocket watches is numbered 120, and the most recent one from June 2024, is numbered 175—that’s a lot of collections and a lot of history!
• The first post is from 2010—so that’s 175 posts in 14+ years (good job!)

I came away from the blog thinking that this is both a great way to see some of the material culture of the Philippines, but also to learn about Philippine history.

Highly recommend taking a look. Enjoy! Check it out.