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• The Bulova A-15 Pilot Watch (a good Bulova)

  By Shaun on April 18, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The case dimensions of the Bulova A-15 Pilot are deceptive. By the numbers, this stainless steel case measures in at 42mm, but the extremely narrow bezel leads to an “all dial” appearance that reads visually more like a 44mm case…. Read More ›

• Apple support isn’t what it used to be

  By Shaun on April 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  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 1954 Dodge Firearrow II concept car

  By Shaun on April 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  This is the 1954 Dodge Firearrow II concept car, a design by Virgil Exner, the legendary design chief of the Chrysler Corporation. The 1950s were one of the most critical decades in the history of automobile design and many of… Read More ›

• The Nadir of Jaeger-LeCoultre and the Reverso

  By Shaun on April 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• Baselworld is done…

  By Shaun on April 16, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The decision by five leading watch brands to pull out of the Baselworld tradeshow, which had been rescheduled for January 2021 due to Covid-19, can be seen as a stark warning about the need for all stakeholders to work closely… Read More ›

• Apple accessories

  By Shaun on April 16, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Love it, hate it, but you can’t really ignore Apple! With the work from home situation taking a toll on our work setups now is the need, more than ever for multi-functional designs. Also what this hour needs are designs… Read More ›

• The iPhone SE is back

  By Shaun on April 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The show must go on. So iPhone SE lets you watch up to 13 hours of video on a single charge.2 When you do need to power up, just set it down on a wireless charger. Or connect to an… Read More ›

• The Buren MinStop

  By Shaun on April 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  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

  By Shaun on April 14, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  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 ›

• A Rare Prototype of the First Apple Watch

  By Shaun on April 14, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Giulio Zompetti, a 27-year-old from Northern Italy, told Motherboard that he purchased half a dozen early prototypes of Apple Watch recently, and is planning to fix them and sell them for thousands of dollars. Zompetti declined to say where exactly… Read More ›

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