Once upon a time, a man named Fred Rogers decided that he wanted to live in heaven. Heaven is the place where good people go when they die, but this man, Fred Rogers, didn’t want to go to heaven; he… Read More ›
Articles
Time for some reading
Europa Star has recently published a superb selection of articles and I would recommend checking them all out. You may also want to subscribe because the volume of content available is insane. Here is a small selection of the latest… Read More ›
We Have the Power to Destroy Ourselves
We’ve survived 200,000 years so far—2000 centuries. There’ve been risks during that time, most famously of asteroids hitting the Earth, as seems to have happened 65 million years ago when the dinosaurs were wiped out. That’s one type of risk… Read More ›
Rolex and the Date Window
Before the Datejust came along, the elements and technology to make it possible were already in place and in use by various watch companies. Calendar watches would often display the date around the dial’s periphery with a centrally mounted hand… Read More ›
My Digital Generation 2.0
After finishing writing My Digital Generation in 2007 it took until the lockdown for me to find the time to update it. The final version is now available here and I hope you enjoy it. Shaun
My Digital Generation
I wrote a small book in 2007 and have never had time to update it. Now that 2020 has arrived along with a lockdown that time has come. It is not watch related, but I hope you enjoy it anyway…. Read More ›
Apple support isn’t what it used to be
All of a sudden yesterday I started to see the above message when playing any song in Apple Music and when accessing Settings I had the ‘Join Apple Music’ option available. I tapped it and the above message just came… Read More ›
The Nadir of Jaeger-LeCoultre and the Reverso
Although today’s Jaeger-LeCoultre marketing would have you believe that the Reverso model has been the signature of the brand for nearly 90 years, nothing could be further from the truth. Sure, the Reverso was quite popular in the 1930s, but… Read More ›
The Buren MinStop
Speaking both to my longstanding love of quirky charm and my problematic and ever-worsening proclivity for gold watches, this gorgeous little Buren really hit a bullseye when I got it in January of last year. At 37mm wide, 42mm lug… Read More ›
The early days of home computing
There were no design conventions for the earliest home computers, no rules for how they’d look,” says Alex Wiltshire, author of Home Computers, a new book that explores the rapidly changing face of the household machine between its birth in… Read More ›
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