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• 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 ›

• The BBC by subscription

  By Shaun on October 18, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  The BBC could be made to scrap the TV licence and charge a Netflix-style fee, the culture secretary has suggested. Nicky Morgan has opened the door to the BBC becoming a subscription service, saying she was “open-minded” about a change… Read More ›

• Is the Citizen Excaliber (BN0100-51E) the best budget diver available today?

  By Shaun on October 18, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Yes it is, in my humble opinion. The thing with this watch is that it ticks so many boxes at such a low price point that it makes me wonder why the rest cannot do this? Seiko, Bulova, Hamilton, Tissot,… Read More ›

• 5G doesn’t really exist… yet

  By Shaun on October 17, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  What a facile, bullshit article from Bloomberg. Where is the proof that the lack of 5G is “stinging” Apple in any way? By all reports, iPhone 11 sales are up over last year, not down. 5G is a niche technology… Read More ›

• The Rise and Fall of Timex Dundee

  By Shaun on October 17, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  1993 – Scotland’s last full-blooded strike. Thousands of protestors, police and press outside the Timex Camperdown Factory. The furious death throes of an industry that had employed generations of Dundonians – the vast majority women. For most, working for Timex… Read More ›