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• I am so glad I didn’t buy a Speedmaster

  By Shaun on June 19, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Just before lockdown I was incredibly close to buying an Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch at retail. It grabbed me for a moment, but I walked out of the store and 3 months later I am ‘so’ glad I avoided temptation. Here… Read More ›

• One Webcam at a Time

  By Shaun on June 19, 2020 • ( 1 )

  The Spanish Steps webcam is affixed to the dental clinic of Dottore Mazzocco at 66 Piazza di Spagna. From this vantage point, the travertine-and-marble staircase rises majestically to the right. Built in the 1720s and recently refurbished by jeweller Bulgari… Read More ›

• I’ve never seen such beautiful 3D maps

  By Shaun on June 18, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Four of these maps were tweeted by David Perell. Apparently they were created by @geo_spatialist and I must say that they are amazing to look at.

• A potential fitness solution for watch owners?

  By Shaun on June 18, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The new film developed at UCLA is similar to a sweat-sensing wristband from UC Berkeley we looked at back in 2016, but is a significantly streamlined version. It also measures glucose and lactate, but is thin enough to slip beneath… Read More ›

• Quarantine has changed us

  By Shaun on June 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  For some, going back isn’t even an option. Those who are grieving the loss of loved ones, for example, have suffered a tragic and irrevocable loss. Millions who’ve lost their jobs don’t have any work to go back to, and… Read More ›

• Double-signed watches / CEH and the Beta 21

  By Shaun on June 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Got some time free? If so, you will want to check out these two articles. Yes, you will- As one of the more storied brands on our list, it only seemed right that we start with Tiffany & Co. Founded… Read More ›

• A lighter lockdown feels like delaying the inevitable

  By Shaun on June 16, 2020 • ( 0 )

  I wrote the following for Lost In Mobile, but it does fit here as well. On the one hand luxury good like watches will always be bought in person, but on the other the experience feels extremely impersonal when you… Read More ›

• A lighter lockdown feels like delaying the inevitable

  By Shaun on June 16, 2020 • ( 5 )

  We decided to pop out yesterday to see what the world is like following the recent lifting of the full lockdown, and I must say that it was not what I expected at all. I came away from the experience… Read More ›

• Motorola AURA (2008)

  By Shaun on June 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  A first-of-its-kind circular display. A stainless steel casing that took two weeks to etch. And a Swiss-inspired mechanism that means it opens just as smoothly in 2020 as it did twelve years ago. Motorola didn’t get much wrong with its… Read More ›

• ORIS HÖLSTEIN EDITION 2020

  By Shaun on June 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The first in a new series of watches celebrating Oris’s roots in the Swiss village of Hölstein is an all-bronze version of the Divers Sixty-Five Chronograph. The watch’s warm tone is matched by the smiling Oris Bear on the case… Read More ›

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