{"id":12,"date":"2026-09-12T02:47:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T02:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arandolph.com\/index.php\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T02:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T02:47:23","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arandolph.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background: #2c3e50; padding: 80px 20px; text-align: center;\">\n<h1 style=\"color: #ecf0f1; font-size: 48px; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0;\">A. Randolph<\/h1>\n<p style=\"color: #bdc3c7; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 15px; font-style: italic;\">Notes from a Watch Collector<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 60px 20px; max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto;\">\n<p style=\"color: #333; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 25px;\">Welcome. I have been collecting mechanical watches for over fifteen years. What started as an appreciation for a grandfathers pocket watch evolved into a lifelong pursuit of horological knowledge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 25px;\">This site documents my journey through the world of fine timepieces \u2014 the watches I have owned, the ones I admire from afar, and the lessons learned along the way. I write about what interests me: vintage chronographs, independent watchmakers, and the stories behind the dials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2;\">I am not a dealer or an expert. Just a collector who enjoys the mechanical poetry of a well-made watch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A. Randolph Notes from a Watch Collector Welcome. I have been collecting mechanical watches for over fifteen years. What started as an appreciation for a grandfathers pocket watch evolved into a lifelong pursuit of horological knowledge. This site documents my journey through the world of fine timepieces \u2014 the watches I have owned, the ones [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arandolph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arandolph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arandolph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arandolph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arandolph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arandolph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}