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• AirPods Are a Tragedy

  By Shaun on October 30, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  They’re plastic, made of some combination of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, chlorine, and sulfur. They’re tungsten, tin, tantalum, lithium, and cobalt…. …For roughly 18 months, AirPods play music, or podcasts, or make phone calls. Then the lithium-ion batteries will stop… Read More ›

• An Understated Omega Watch from 1947

  By Shaun on October 30, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Omega’s tourbillon movements were built to high standards and did well in the trials, but such competitions were essentially meant for R&D purposes as well as overall brand prestige — they were mostly never even put in watch cases. There… Read More ›

• AirPods Pro

  By Shaun on October 29, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  I don’t use AirPods because the sound quality is not as good as much of the competition, the Jaybird Tarah for example, but these tempt me. OK, bought them yesterday!

• This is how a GMT should be done

  By Shaun on October 29, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  With the GMT, the independent Glashütte manufactory Moritz Grossmann presents its first watch model with two time zones. This function is in great demand among watch connoisseurs who travel a lot. A glance at the GMT provides orientation in different… Read More ›

• Retro TV phone stand

  By Shaun on October 28, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The shape of the retro TV in the 1990s reminds you of your childhood memories, which makes your mobile phone no longer monotonous and full of fun. More here. I love the design of this. Yes it is just a… Read More ›

• Five hours turning back clocks…

  By Shaun on October 28, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  A pensioner who really loves clocks is set to spend five hours turning back the dials on his 5,000 timepieces. Roy West, 75, has been collecting clocks for almost 40 years and has covered practically every inch of wall space… Read More ›

• TCL’s foldable prototype: running before you can walk?

  By Shaun on October 28, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  TCL’s prototype design doesn’t have a name, a price or a target window for production. It doesn’t even have a working screen. All that will come. For now, I’m mesmerized as I work the hinges with my hands, and imagine… Read More ›

• Is this watch perfect?

  By Shaun on October 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  But this small watch, with its dauphine hands, applied markers, and engine-turned bezel, held up fine, even through some harrowing moments. In one photo, we see Chichester, drill in hand, Rolex on wrist, making repairs to the damaged gunwale of… Read More ›

• It’s not a phone camera anymore

  By Shaun on October 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Phone cameras across the board have made exponential strides in recent years — Google’s Pixel 4 and the OnePlus 7 Pro come to mind — with quality surpassing what the average phone user even needs. But there’s been lots of… Read More ›

• 10 Watches That Changed What’s on Your Wrist

  By Shaun on October 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  What does “contemporary design” mean in an industry that perennially looks backward? It’s a serious question for watchmakers, most of whom are traditionalists at heart. (Compare the dominant aesthetic in modern wristwatches with pocket watches created 500 years ago; other… Read More ›

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