{"id":13,"date":"2026-09-12T02:47:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T02:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arandolph.com\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T02:47:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T02:47:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arandolph.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background: #2c3e50; padding: 60px 20px; text-align: center;\">\n<h1 style=\"color: #ecf0f1; font-size: 36px; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0;\">About<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 50px 20px; max-width: 700px; margin: 0 auto;\">\n<p style=\"color: #333; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 25px;\">I purchased my first serious watch in 2011 \u2014 an Omega Seamaster that I still own today. Since then, the collection has grown and evolved, though I have always favored quality over quantity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 25px;\">My interests lean toward vintage pieces from the 1960s and 1970s, particularly chronographs from Heuer, Universal Geneve, and Zenith. I appreciate watches with stories \u2014 pieces worn by pilots, divers, and racing drivers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 25px;\">Professionally, I work in finance, which perhaps explains my appreciation for precision instruments. Watches taught me patience and the value of craftsmanship in an age of disposability.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2;\">This site is purely personal. I do not sell watches, accept advertising, or write sponsored content. The opinions here are my own.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About I purchased my first serious watch in 2011 \u2014 an Omega Seamaster that I still own today. Since then, the collection has grown and evolved, though I have always favored quality over quantity. My interests lean toward vintage pieces from the 1960s and 1970s, particularly chronographs from Heuer, Universal Geneve, and Zenith. I appreciate [&#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-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arandolph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","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=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arandolph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arandolph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}