Author Archives
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Are the problems in the watch industry by design?
Many watch collectors and fanatics feel discouraged about different aspects of the contemporary watch culture and community. There’s the enthusiast who prefers forums over Instagram, the fanatic with nostalgia for the “glory days”, the collector who loathes the secondary market… Read More ›
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The Baume & Mercier Clifton Moon-Phase Date
For a watch clearly positioned as something quite cosmopolitan in overall design, I happen to think it to be far more versatile than that. The dial is a stark white, which the brand says is done in a porcelain-like finish…. Read More ›
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Getting through lockdown with a 2006 iPod Nano
I take the Nano out with me during my government-sanctioned daily walk through my neighbourhood. My husband occasionally joins me but we usually take separate trips so that we each get some alone time. I’m also quite content to leave… Read More ›
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Does the city need to change?
The trend represents a bright spot in an otherwise grinding news cycle ― and it may also offer a glimpse of a post-pandemic future in which cities are healthier, safer and more sustainable. “It’s a scary time, but it’s also… Read More ›
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5 years of the Apple Watch
Things have changed a lot in the past half-decade and arguably the Apple Watch is the product that had a bigger impact on more people than any other over that time. I may love traditional watches, but I cannot deny… Read More ›
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A Rolex Flower Vase
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time” That’s the line from this Instagram post. Look at the photo closely, an amazing effect and in theory you could change the colour of the dial with different flowers every other… Read More ›
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25 Movies and the Magazine Stories That Inspired Them
Once upon a time, a man named Fred Rogers decided that he wanted to live in heaven. Heaven is the place where good people go when they die, but this man, Fred Rogers, didn’t want to go to heaven; he… Read More ›
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Watches & Wonders (today)
Don’t for get to tune in to Watches & Wonders for what should be a decent selection of new releases, possibly the most we will see for some time.
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Drink bleach, contact trace cancer and start smoking…
Yep, Trump actually said that. I can imagine a few of his supporters, those that are by now too far gone to understand reality, going out and buying bleach to drink. Yep, Rudy actually said that. Contact tracing COVID-19 is… Read More ›
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A Spiraling Museum for Audemars Piguet
Located in the small town of Le Brassus (where watchmaking is ingrained in its heritage) and nestled within the Vallée de Joux landscape, Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet is a museum, workshop, and archive for the luxury watch brand. It’s all… Read More ›
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