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• Is this watch perfect?

  By Shaun on October 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  But this small watch, with its dauphine hands, applied markers, and engine-turned bezel, held up fine, even through some harrowing moments. In one photo, we see Chichester, drill in hand, Rolex on wrist, making repairs to the damaged gunwale of… Read More ›

• It’s not a phone camera anymore

  By Shaun on October 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Phone cameras across the board have made exponential strides in recent years — Google’s Pixel 4 and the OnePlus 7 Pro come to mind — with quality surpassing what the average phone user even needs. But there’s been lots of… Read More ›

• 10 Watches That Changed What’s on Your Wrist

  By Shaun on October 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  What does “contemporary design” mean in an industry that perennially looks backward? It’s a serious question for watchmakers, most of whom are traditionalists at heart. (Compare the dominant aesthetic in modern wristwatches with pocket watches created 500 years ago; other… Read More ›

• The Button on the IPhone was FAR better than the Swipe!

  By Shaun on October 26, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Late Friday afternoon, the renowned technical expert and president of the United States decided that his buddy, the CEO of Apple, needed a little design advice. Specifically, Trump had some thoughts about the phasing out of the iPhone home button…. Read More ›

• The Hamilton Khaki King. Silence…

  By Shaun on October 26, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  I have been on a journey, one that will be familiar to many of you. It started off with watches that were too big for me and which were far too flashy. This moved on to looking at more expensive… Read More ›

• The real David Attenborough

  By Shaun on October 25, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  As a young producer, it was drilled into Attenborough that private convictions must not be aired in public. He has always upheld the values of the liberal establishment – avowedly internationalist and anti-populist in his veneration of expertise – and… Read More ›

• The Hublot Big Bang MP-11 SAXEM

  By Shaun on October 25, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Hublot used last week’s SIAR show in Mexico City earlier this month as a platform to debut its newest experimental timepiece, the Big Bang MP-11 SAXEM, which owes its vivid green hue to a material called SAXEM, shorthand for sapphire… Read More ›

• Johnson’s Fake News Machine & The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

  By Shaun on October 24, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  There’s been a lot of this sort of thing over the past two months. Dodgy stories and commentary linked to Downing Street or government sources started to appear in the press and media after Johnson installed his own media team,… Read More ›

• The Oris Art Blakey

  By Shaun on October 24, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  This watch celebrates American jazz drummer and band leader Art Blakey, who won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. The watch is based on the Oris Artelier and features a dial decorated with the eight claws of Art’s bass… Read More ›

• Zodiac x Andy Mann Super Sea Wolf 68

  By Shaun on October 24, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The most interesting feature of the watch, without a doubt, is the dial. It’s a gradient dial, going from a pale blue at 12:00 to an inky black at 6:00. We’ve seen dials like this before, notably on the Rolex… Read More ›