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• IWC’s Da Vinci through the Europa Star Archive

  By Shaun on June 6, 2020 • ( 1 )

  In each decade, the focus of Europa Star shifts subtly, from facilitating international trade in the 1950s and 1960s to promoting the entire watch industry in recent decades. It was not traditionally written for “people like me,” the customers of… Read More ›

• Colorised footage from 1929 of construction workers

  By Shaun on June 5, 2020 • ( 0 )

  What an amazingly scary thing this is and for some reason it is doubly frightening in colour.

• HUBLOT BIG BANG e

  By Shaun on June 5, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Full of sophistication and advanced technology, this piece fits in perfectly with Hublot’s watchmaking tradition. All the codes that have helped build the brand’s reputation thus far can be recognised instantly, by enthusiasts and the public alike. A good pedigree… Read More ›

• Long May They Reign

  By Shaun on June 4, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Most female monarchs disperse their eggs as widely as possible, but for unknowable reasons, Ovaltine laid almost 600 in Beyer’s yard. Under normal conditions, fewer than 5 percent of monarch eggs survive to adulthood. Beyer wanted the marvel she had… Read More ›

• Louis Vuitton casts doubt over $16bn Tiffany takeover

  By Shaun on June 4, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The world’s biggest luxury goods firm, LVMH, has cast doubt over its planned $16bn (£12.5bn) takeover of US-based jeweller Tiffany. LVMH agreed to acquire Tiffany last November, but coronavirus-induced turmoil on financial markets has overshadowed the deal. After days of… Read More ›

• The Timex Metropolitan R

  By Shaun on June 2, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Timex hasn’t used Google’s WearOS on the Metropolitan series, and instead states the watch operating system and app are proprietary. The app has Timex branding and there is a long list of Timex watch faces too, but everything has a… Read More ›

• AirPods Pro vs Jaybird Vista

  By Shaun on June 2, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  I am on my second stint with the AirPods Pro and the experience is a little better this time. A little better… I was advised by a friend recently that the issue with dizziness may have been reduced, presumably quietly,… Read More ›

• John F. Kennedy’s Watch

  By Shaun on June 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Today’s JFK’s Omega Ultra Thin sits in Omega’s museum in Bienne, Switzerland—the brand purchased the watch at auction for $350,000 in 2005. And as far as presidential watches go, it remains an artifact of a different time. With the exception… Read More ›

• Marchi Mobile INNOTRUCK BY LUIGI COLANI

  By Shaun on June 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The Innotruck is a milestone in automotive history. With this invention, Colani was 100 years ahead of his time. The futuristic extreme design was developed to reduce fuel consumption by up to 50 %. The model offered here was built… Read More ›

• Atget’s Paris, 100 Years Later

  By Shaun on May 31, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Freed of people, the urban landscape has evoked an older Paris. In particular, it has called up the singular Paris of Eugène Atget, an early 20th-century father of modern photography in his unsentimental focus on detail… More here. These photos… Read More ›

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