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• MVMT Watches are BETTER Than ROLEX (if you are paid to say that)

  By Shaun on December 23, 2019 • ( 0 )

  In 2013, we started MVMT to disrupt the overpriced and outdated models of the fashion industry. Empowered by the people through crowdfunding, our original watch line set us apart by bringing you quality, minimalist designs at radically fair prices. Through… Read More ›

• Over a Decade, The Smartphone Changed Us

  By Shaun on December 22, 2019 • ( 1 )

  Traveling back to the beginning of the decade isn’t only possible, it’s easy. All you need are a few accessories—all available, in a fresh coat of dust, in a basement near you… More here (subscription needed). In 2010 I was… Read More ›

• The Jet Set

  By Shaun on December 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  This was the first test flight of the prototype for what would become the Boeing 707, an aircraft that would change the world. Four years later, it was put into service by Pan American World Airways, more commonly known as… Read More ›

• Avoiding the big boys

  By Shaun on December 14, 2019 • ( 0 )

  The main reason being I can buy more of them. Rather than save up for one standout timepiece, I can buy more affordable watches instead. This means I can have models of different sizes, colours, and materials so I can… Read More ›

• Casio G-Shock X Herschel G-Lide

  By Shaun on December 13, 2019 • ( 0 )

  To sum up the timepiece, it imagines itself as what a G-Shock would look like if these products existed at the time when United States veterans were returning from the Vietnam War (and bringing their timepieces back with them). The… Read More ›

• Apple News editors…

  By Shaun on December 13, 2019 • ( 0 )

  The service has around 11 million users a month in the UK, according to Comscore data, and the number of people receiving its notifications is even larger, offering a level of direct access that even the BBC struggles to compete… Read More ›

• The new Bulova Quadra

  By Shaun on December 12, 2019 • ( 0 )

  I don’t think that Bulova has realised that the 90’s was not a great period for watch design.

• Mind the Gap

  By Shaun on December 12, 2019 • ( 1 )

  Just before Christmas 2012, staff at Embankment Tube station were approached by a woman who was very upset. She kept asking them where the voice had gone. They weren’t sure what she meant. The Voice? The voice, she said. The… Read More ›

• A new iPhone Pro concept

  By Shaun on December 11, 2019 • ( 0 )

  To facilitate folding, the iPhone Pro ditches the glass back for the padded fabric used in the iPad’s smart cases. I’d guess that the fabric still retains the iPhone Pro’s ability to wirelessly charge. The iPhone Pro’s biggest sell (apart… Read More ›

• When $1.22 Million is a bargain

  By Shaun on December 11, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Amongst watch people, the idea of a “one watch guy” or “one watch girl” is almost mythology. There’s something so alluring about the idea of having one totemic watch to those of us who are timepiece-obsessed. Nicklaus was very much… Read More ›

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