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• Citizen And Bulova Announce Withdrawal From Baselworld 2020

  By Shaun on February 26, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The troubling trend of withdrawals from the 2020 Baselworld trade show continued this morning, with Japanese industry giant Citizen announcing that both Citizen and its stablemate brand Bulova will not be attending the show. In its official statement, Citizen cited… Read More ›

• Jean-Claude Biver: A Retrospective. Share, Respect, Forgive

  By Shaun on February 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Phillips Perpetual is delighted to showcase an exhibition illustrating one of the industry’s most influential and charismatic figures and his life-long passion for watches. We are honoured to present Jean-Claude Biver: A Retrospective. Share, Respect, Forgive at the final location… Read More ›

• Apple Watch (circular) 6

  By Shaun on February 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  This is a concept of course, but it does highlight the upsides of a circular Apple Watch. Physically there is no upside due to constraints with space, but aesthetically and the way it would wear may change everything, again.

• How Saudi Arabia Infiltrated Twitter

  By Shaun on February 24, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Earlier that day, Twitter’s management accused the unassuming 32-year-old of accessing thousands of user profiles without authorization to pass their identifying information — including phone numbers and IP addresses — reportedly to Bader al-Asaker, the head of Saudi Crown Prince… Read More ›

• The case for keeping things

  By Shaun on February 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  A common refrain on The Repair Shop is that we live in a “throwaway society”—a society that produces cheap, low-quality goods we would rather discard and replace than repair. The show aims to change this by example, demonstrating the joy… Read More ›

• Resisting the obvious

  By Shaun on February 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  I spotted the Omega Speedmaster 326.30.40.50.02.001 in a store window yesterday for the princely sum of £2,800. That is actually priced about right for what it is, with box and papers, and I continued to stare for some time. It… Read More ›

• Part of All

  By Shaun on February 23, 2020 • ( 1 )

  Tom is such a genuinely nice person who just happens to be an excellent songwriter with a brilliant voice. I should hate him because he is so talented, but I just can’t!

• Britons increasingly shun relatives and neighbours in favour of smartphones

  By Shaun on February 22, 2020 • ( 0 )

  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 ›

• The ANORDAIN MODEL 1

  By Shaun on February 22, 2020 • ( 0 )

  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 ›

• Bulova’s new automatic WW2-issue Hack Watch

  By Shaun on February 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  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 ›