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• The Prompt. aka the anti-watch

  By Shaun on March 9, 2020 • ( 0 )

  For a watch that was designed to be used without looking at it, Prompt is quite a looker. With a beautiful minimal aesthetic, Prompt comes with a familiar watch silhouette, but has absolutely no hands, face, or crown. The center… Read More ›

• Trump’s mismanagement…

  By Shaun on March 9, 2020 • ( 0 )

  For six weeks behind the scenes, and now increasingly in public, Trump has undermined his administration’s own efforts to fight the coronavirus outbreak — resisting attempts to plan for worst-case scenarios, overturning a public-health plan upon request from political allies… Read More ›

• Hyundai’s Prophecy concept EV

  By Shaun on March 8, 2020 • ( 1 )

  Hyundai’s new concept car, the all-electric, mostly-autonomous Prophecy, resembles a high-gloss pebble that’s been smoothed by hundreds of years on a riverbed. It also looks a lot like a Tesla’s face and a Porsche’s rear-end got welded together and someone… Read More ›

• The Bulova Chronograph A ‘Surfboard’

  By Shaun on March 8, 2020 • ( 0 )

  At the top of the roster is a mechanical limited edition, which comes in a stainless steel, 38.5mm x 16.7mm case and which is powered by a Sellita caliber SW-510BHb automatic chronograph movement; this is a two-register chronograph movement with… Read More ›

• The Seiko SNR047 & SRQ033

  By Shaun on March 7, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Seiko expands its Presage collection with two new limited editions inspired by the Japanese animated film Porco Rosso. With handmade enamel dials and references to Porco Rosso’s vintage red seaplane, the white dial Presage model (SNR047) is driven by hyper-precision… Read More ›

• Scientists were close to a coronavirus vaccine years ago… and then money

  By Shaun on March 7, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Dr. Peter Hotez says he made the pitch to anyone who would listen. After years of research, his team of scientists in Texas had helped develop a vaccine to protect against a deadly strain of coronavirus. Now they needed money… Read More ›

• Apple warns coronavirus has caused shortages

  By Shaun on March 6, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The iPhone maker is one of the America’s biggest tech giants – but Apple’s gadgets and parts come via China. China currently has the highest rate of COVID-19 infection globally, with more than 80,000 cases to date. Factories in China… Read More ›

• QP magazine closes for good

  By Shaun on March 6, 2020 • ( 0 )

  A statement from Hearst sent to WatchPro says: “After careful consideration, we’re proposing to close QP which would mean the final issue would go on sale on March 19. We have reached this proposal because we believe we have reached… Read More ›

• BMW’s new flat logo

  By Shaun on March 5, 2020 • ( 2 )

  BMW has a new logo, marking the biggest change to the company’s branding since the iconic emblem was introduced in 1917. As with many modern redesigns of logos made to chase today’s trendy aesthetic of a super flat ultra-minimalist style,… Read More ›

• Man throws £10,000 Rolex onto Subway roof…

  By Shaun on March 5, 2020 • ( 0 )

  A man threw his Rolex watch onto the roof of a fast food restaurant to stop it being taken by a knifeman. The dramatic moment Mark Ewart flung his watch on top of Subway rather than hand it over was… Read More ›

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