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• Stabbed for a £115,000 watch

  By Shaun on February 7, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  “They tried to cut through the tendon in my arm to disable me and stop me fighting back. They knew what they were doing. I chased after them because it was so out of order. All I can think about… Read More ›

• Apple now sells more watches than the entire Swiss watch industry

  By Shaun on February 6, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The Apple Watch wasn’t just the best-selling smartwatch last year, but also put the Swiss watch industry to shame, according to new sales estimates compiled by Strategy Analytics. The report estimates Apple shipped nearly 31 million units in 2019, a… Read More ›

• Apple now sells more watches than the entire Swiss watch industry

  By Shaun on February 6, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The Apple Watch wasn’t just the best-selling smartwatch last year, but also put the Swiss watch industry to shame, according to new sales estimates compiled by Strategy Analytics. The report estimates Apple shipped nearly 31 million units in 2019, a… Read More ›

• App subscription fatigue

  By Shaun on February 5, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Unfortunately, that seems to no longer be a sustainable business model, much to my disdain. From the user’s view, paying once for an app and getting free updates for life (or at least a few years), is the ideal situation…. Read More ›

• The Speedmaster Racing Co‑Axial Chronograph 40 mm

  By Shaun on February 5, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  This model features an opaline silver dial covered by a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal and graced by a date window, a small seconds sub-dial, 30-minute recorder and 12-hour recorder; each of the silvery sub-dials has a textured “Clous de Paris” pattern…. Read More ›

• Create your own Google Maps traffic jam

  By Shaun on February 4, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  With its Geo Tools, Google has created a platform that allows users and businesses to interact with maps in a novel way. This means that questions relating to power in the discourse of cartography have to be reformulated. But what… Read More ›

• The incredible time-bending power of your brain

  By Shaun on February 4, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Ever wondered where the last year of your life went? Neuroscientist David Eagleman sheds some light on the time-bending power of your brain… More here. Fascinating.

• Who wears a watch like this?

  By Shaun on February 4, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  When you look at a watch it is not difficult to imagine who would be the likely customer. You can guess age ranges, financial position and so much more just by looking at a watch, but here we have something… Read More ›

• Oppo: oops

  By Shaun on February 3, 2020 • ( 3 )

  

  We can’t take too much else from the design for now – it appears there’s a microphone recess on the right hand side and two buttons for interacting with the user interface, but that’s about it. Whether the Oppo smartwatch… Read More ›

• No more dive watches

  By Shaun on February 3, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  I bought an Orient Mako the other day and it concluded some thoughts I had been having for some time. It wasn’t only the size of the watch which is admittedly too big for most people (45mm) or the orange… Read More ›

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