On watch in Gaddafi’s Libya
THE CHRONO SECTION in your magazine is perfectly pitched. Mark McArthur-Christie nails it every month, writing with just enough depth to teach me something about watches without losing me in technical detail.
The story of the lost Panerai in Octane 224 reminded me of an Omega-related tale from 2008, when I was the staff writer for a motorcycle magazine called Two Wheels Only. We ran a series of features called ‘Jet and Rent’. British Airways would give us tickets to destinations they were struggling to sell to and in return we’d fly there armed with only a camera, a helmet and a bit of local currency. The aim was to hire a bike locally and find adventure until the money ran out.
After an eventful trip to Sarajevo in 2007, I was given a ticket to Tripoli in Libya and told to get on with it. Time dictated that I was creative with my visa application and so I said I was a motorcycle mechanic rather than
