I bought an old Seiko Chronograph watch from eBay last week for a few pounds and I’m not quite sure why I made the purchase. It was a spur of the moment thing and I am now glad I did… Read More ›
Articles
What would happen if Apple made a watch?
Yes I know that Apple makes the Apple Watch and it is already apparent that it is doing some damage to certain sectors of the traditional watch market. Sales in the middle and low range of the U.S. watch market… Read More ›
What would happen if Apple made a watch?
Yes I know that Apple makes the Apple Watch and it is already apparent that it is doing some damage to certain sectors of the traditional watch market. Sales in the middle and low range of the U.S. watch market… Read More ›
Why the Mondaine stop2go is so cool
Marketing summary: The fascinating execution of stop2go, like on the original clock, features the famous red second hand that turns full circle in 58 seconds and then waits at 12 o’clock for the black minute hand to move on, before… Read More ›
90% of the music I listen to was released in the past 2 years
I have been using Apple Music for some time now and, despite some initial reservations, it has reached the point where not using a streaming service feels alien to me. Almost every song I listen to has been created in… Read More ›
The Watch Chosen By The CIA
If you know something about aircraft, you probably recognize this one immediately – only you might think it’s the very closely related plane made for the Air Force, the famous SR-71 Blackbird. This, however, isn’t the SR-71, but the Lockheed… Read More ›
How the television transformed our homes
The postwar boom made TV ubiquitous: In 1950, 3,880,000 households in America had a TV—about 9 percent of the total population. By 1960, 90 percent of all households had at least one. This was the golden age of appliance marketing… Read More ›
The Man with the Golden Airline Ticket
For several years, the revenues department at American had been monitoring my father and other AAirpass holders to see how much their golden tickets were costing the airline in lost revenue. After 20 years it seems, they’d decided the pass… Read More ›
The Terrible Anxiety of Location Sharing Apps
The blip is in Google Maps, which offers the ability to share your location with others. My girlfriend and I had been living together for about a year when she granted me indefinite access to her whereabouts. It seemed harmless,… Read More ›
Think again about size
I have always worn watches of 40mm or more and at times have gone much higher. I’m not sure why, but I am not a small person and so I presumed that this was the way to go. I currently… Read More ›
