192.COSC-Certified Cows, Heckle A Watch Brand & The Obliquity of the Ecliptic

This week’s aBlogtoWatch Weekly is part philosophy seminar, part farmyard documentary. Rick, Ariel, David, and Ripley debate whether COSC should start certifying desks and chocolate, ponder the “tonic immobility” of watches, and introduce a new segment — Show Within a Show — featuring a brand (Hublot), a rant (Mecha-Quartz), and a novice question (Equation of Time).Elsewhere, the team explores whether novelty is just a fancy word for “same watch, new colour,” Ariel teaches everyone the phrase obliquity of the ecliptic, and David explains why his mum now owns a crooked Meissen mug. Plus: wedding-watch picks, fat-man festivals, and an honest attempt to compare watches to 1990s video games.