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  • Trying to buy a Nintendo Switch

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    I expect to see silly prices on eBay when a product is hard to get, but even Amazon is allowing all sorts of price gouging on the Switch at the moment. We have been pondering one for a while, we… Read More ›

  • Too Smart for Their Time

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    In the late ‘90s, Microsoft’s research division started work developing the SPOT platform, which it planned to integrate into everything from GPS navigation units to coffee makers. To expedite its arrival, instead of working with big telecommunication companies to implement… Read More ›

  • The ’80s watch is back

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    Instead it was a time of simpler pleasures. As it was, 1984 bequeathed us some memorable milestones in popular culture. It was the year in which colour television finally got the show it was waiting for, Miami Vice: all pastel… Read More ›

  • The Astronaut Wives

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    Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are veteran astronauts, like their wives. This week, the two men will fly on a new astronaut-transportation system designed and built by SpaceX, the company founded by Elon Musk. They will be the first NASA… Read More ›

  • 30 mm Chronometer by Erich Lexer

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    Before we take a closer look at Erich Lexer’s 30 mm Chronometer, let’s have a look at its “protagonist”. Omega produced the 30 mm caliber from 1939 until 1963. The book deals with this movement’s chronometer-certified version, which had a… Read More ›

  • The realme Watch

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    3.5cm (1.4″) Large Color Touchscreen with a high resolution of 320 x 320 pixels can display vivid and lifelike visuals which are so captivating that you’ll never want to look away. Its responsive touch lets you effortlessly control the watch…… Read More ›

  • The Dietrich Perception Watch

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    When Emmanuel Dietrich designed the Perception, his goal was not only to explore his interest in “biomorphic” industrial design, but also to more specifically play with how time is displayed. It is worth noting that one of the highest callings… Read More ›

  • Elvis Presley’s Rolex

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    My favourite Elvis watch comes from his debauched Vegas years: the Rolex King Midas designed by none other than Gérald Genta of Nautilus and Royal Oak fame. Genta often took inspiration from unlikely sources and integrated them into the design… Read More ›

  • People Who Wear Watches Really Are Superior Humans

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    Briefly, the initial study found that, “participants who identified themselves as regular watch wearers rated themselves as significantly more conscientious when compared with controls. We also observed that watch wearers scored lower in extraversion, agreeableness and openness, but higher on… Read More ›

  • One week with the Oris Divers 65

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    My second Divers 65 from Oris has proved to be a much more positive experience than my first, and my first was pretty damn positive. For whatever reason I am finding myself appreciating it more and more each day, and… Read More ›