Editor?s Note: Watches and What Else is a new column where we look at some of the other things our watch collecting community is interested in. We?ve always found watch collectors to be a curious, well rounded bunch, and in this series we?re going to explore a variety of the watch adjacent (and sometimes, not so adjacent) interests of collectors of all stripes. From illustration to aviation, video games and comics to heavy metal and craft cocktails, there?s a lot to explore, and we think you?ll enjoy diving into the pursuits that your fellow watch enthusiasts are passionate about. 
This week, Chris Antzoulis talks to a founder of RedBar?s Raleigh chapter, a longtime illustrator, and the purveyor of one of our favorite ?watch art? Instagram accounts. 
Bryan Braddy is a watch enthusiast who resides in Raleigh, North Carolina. He?s one of the founders of RedBar Raleigh, and is a pillar in our horological hobby. But in this inaugural edition of Watches and What Else we?ll also get to know the man behind @badartnicewatch, and his passion for illustration.
Watches
Bryan got into watches much like the rest of us, by attempting to shoplift a Mickey Mouse watch as a three-year-old and forcing his parents to pony up lest they get thrown in mall jail for the transgressions of their offspring. From there, Bryan really did travel down the route the rest of us did, by sporting a snazzy Fossil from middle school through his college years. After graduating from college, Bryan bought ...