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Britons increasingly shun relatives and neighbours in favour of smartphones
It found the proportion of those saying they felt they belonged to their neighbourhood had fallen to 62 per cent compared with 69 per cent four years ago. The proportion who regularly stop and talk to their neighbours has also… Read More ›
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The ANORDAIN MODEL 1
Obviously there’s much more to the Model 1 than the dial, but everything on this watch is there to show off the enamel, and with good reason. Very few materials achieve the depth of color that enamel does, and, given… Read More ›
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Bulova’s new automatic WW2-issue Hack Watch
Bulova is releasing a new version of its WW2-era Hack Watch with an automatic Miyota movement. This edition of the Hack Watch features a 38mm case, a vintage-inspired 12/24-hour field watch-style dial, a leather NATO-style strap, a grey or silver… Read More ›
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inner-me vs inner-child vs inner-dog
As a child I developed a heightened sense of rationality – I would someday have to justify myself, via words and logic, to a righteous God who might choose to send my soul to burn forever in hell. So what… Read More ›
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The theme system
The idea of Yearly Themes is something that CGP Grey and Myke Hurley have been living by for a number of years. Instead of resolutions, we set an overall idea of how we would like to approach each year or… Read More ›
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Double wristing
A few weeks ago, Nicholas Kenyon and I got into a bit of a row over whether it was a crime or indeed sublime to double wrist a mechanical wristwatch and an Apple Watch. Kenyon was firmly in the sublime… Read More ›
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The new paper trail
In response to the article about Amazon, Bob came up with a very good comment- Companies kept this sort of information before, that’s before the Internet, or at least as much information as was available to them. They didn’t have… Read More ›
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Structural and functional correlates of smartphone addiction
Popularity and availability of smartphones have dramatically increased in the past years. This trend is accompanied by increased concerns regarding potentially adverse effects of excessive smartphone use, particularly with respect to physical and mental health. Recently, the term “smartphone addiction”… Read More ›
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Why Amazon knows so much about you
Clicking on another file reveals 2,670 product searches I had carried out within its store since 2017. There are more than 60 supplementary columns for each one, containing information such as what device I’d been using, how many items I… Read More ›
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Chinese Watch Sales Woes
Before that though, you’re going to hear a conversation about something more somber. The biggest, most unexpected news in the watch world in 2020 has been the COVID-19 coronavirus. It’s obviously big news beyond its impact on the watch industry… Read More ›
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