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• The Timex Navi XL Automatic

  By Shaun on October 24, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Sharing the same Miyota movement found in the also-recently released Waterbury, the Navi XL Automatic is the product of a brand that’s been paying attention to the “non-negotiables” of buyers in this price range. This price range is packed with… Read More ›

• The Women Who Helped Shape Disney Animation

  By Shaun on October 23, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Bianca Majolie was the first woman hired into the studio’s all-male story department in 1935. Her tenure would be marked with both triumph and prejudice. Majolie translated Le Avventure di Pinocchio from its original Italian, and then considered how to… Read More ›

• Two photos

  By Shaun on October 23, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Sometimes I catch a photo of a watch and just stop and stare at it. This does not happen often, but when it does I realise why I have such a fascination for these tiny marvels. The GMT Master Ref… Read More ›

• The vívosmart® 4 kind of grabbed me

  By Shaun on October 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  I saw the Garmin vívosmart® 4 in a store over the weekend and was surprised at just how small and slim it is. Even more surprising is the feature list which is impressive to say the least. With almost every… Read More ›

• Spotted the Fears Redcliff “Streamline”

  By Shaun on October 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  I spotted a Fears Redcliff “Streamline” on the wrist of someone in the coffee shop yesterday and had to mention it to him. I must say that having had a good look at it the end result is a surprisingly… Read More ›

• WatchObsession Seatbelt NATO Nylon Watch Strap review

  By Shaun on October 21, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  A NATO strap is a NATO strap right? That is what I thought and I was very impressed by the Bark & Jack offering that I reviewed recently. It offers decent value for money and I could find few downsides… Read More ›

• Jeff Bezos’s Master Plan

  By Shaun on October 20, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Today, Bezos controls nearly 40 percent of all e-commerce in the United States. More product searches are conducted on Amazon than on Google, which has allowed Bezos to build an advertising business as valuable as the entirety of IBM. One… Read More ›

• The (Apple) Watch

  By Shaun on October 20, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  For all of the nods to traditional watchmaking that Apple tries to add to the Apple Watch, it doesn’t really matter because those nods mean nothing to most people. The crown feels odd to those who are used to doing… Read More ›

• Air Force finally retires 8-inch floppies

  By Shaun on October 19, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Those floppy disks have now been retired. Despite the contention by the Air Force at the time of the 60 Minutes report that the archaic hardware offered a cybersecurity advantage, the service has completed an upgrade to what is now… Read More ›

• Photographing watches: light matters

  By Shaun on October 19, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  I was recently advised that light is all important when trying to photograph small intricate objects such as watches and so I decided to spend a massive £13.99 on the POLAMD Portable Photo Studio. It comes with as a simple… Read More ›