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• What next for Apple News+?

  By Shaun on September 30, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Apple Launched Apple News+ during its March event, and to say that it has been underwhelming is beyond an understatement. Despite Apple’s promise of 100s of magazines for a low monthly price, rumors suggest that publishers aren’t happy and I’ve… Read More ›

• The Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Date

  By Shaun on September 30, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The new Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Date watch is ready to adorn the wrists of urban adventurers. In blue and stainless steel, its design ensures the perfect readability of its functions – hours, minutes, seconds, and a date aperture at 3 o’clock…. Read More ›

• Ultra-short attention spans

  By Shaun on September 29, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Every episode of BBC Two’s darkly humorous State of the Union begins in the same way. A crumbling relationship between Louise and Tom plays out inside a London pub. The two examine their marriage, trade witty barbs about their gnarly… Read More ›

• Is a one watch collection possible?

  By Shaun on September 29, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  It probably isn’t if you have gone down the rabbit hole of understanding and enjoying watches. To truly enjoy just one watch one of two things needs to have happened- either it was handed down to you and as such… Read More ›

• Why is the Galaxy Fold even on sale?

  By Shaun on September 28, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  We can’t say the company didn’t warn us. As I noted the other day, Samsung issued a video prior to launch, advising users to “Just use a light touch,” B/W the footnote, “Do not apply excessive pressure to it.” The… Read More ›

• Vintage Electric’s Roadster Bike

  By Shaun on September 28, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Introducing the all new Roadster from Vintage Electric. The next evolution in our electric transportation arsenal. The Roadster takes the premium craftsmanship and performance of the Tracker and raises the bar to further amplify your ride experience… More here. You… Read More ›

• Citizen PRT AW7031-54A review

  By Shaun on September 28, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  Now and again I see a watch that stands out to me in a shop window and I’m not quite sure why. I saw the PRT in a local jewellers a couple of months ago and saw it again yesterday… Read More ›

• The GREATE$T Trick of Boris, Brexit & Trump

  By Shaun on September 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  How the greatest illusion of our time quietly transfers your money to the super rich. The truth is hidden by Boris, Brexit, Trump, and the trade war. Well worth a look.

• Decimal: a vintage watch font

  By Shaun on September 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Instead of trying to reproduce the anarchic (and sometimes impractical) letters from actual watches, Decimal dissects the style into discrete themes, reassembling them in a different but more useful order. In the Breitling watch above, each model of letter G… Read More ›

• It just works, and works and works

  By Shaun on September 26, 2019 • ( 4 )

  

  I bought my iMac in 2009 and used it heavily for all of my writing and many other things for 7 years. In all of that time it rarely put a foot wrong and I felt that it was well… Read More ›