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When your grail is not the best, it’s still your grail
When I first became very interested in watches, there was one particular model that I always aspired to own. It was the Tudor Black Bay Red and this feeling never really left me. Aspirational is the word because after running… Read More ›
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Tokyo Street Art Pieces
While the graffiti scene in Asia has been a relatively new import from the west, it’s been a well established subculture in Tokyo ever since it made its way to Japan in the late-1980s. Growing to include more than just… Read More ›
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AirPower abandoned
In a highly unusual step for the firm, Apple has given up on a product because it could not make it work adequately. AirPower, announced in 2017, was a mat meant to charge multiple devices without needing to plug them… Read More ›
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Extra floors, extra steps…
After much negotiation I obtained a new fitbit device and unfortunately it is exactly the same as the first one. Continues to count floors which I have not climbed. This is a hardware problem and therefore cannot be fixed by… Read More ›
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Generation Snowflake (is older than you may think)
The two most important things to know about the snowflakes of popular journalism are that they are a) easily offended and b) young. They are po-faced undergraduates at Sussex and SOAS, the new Red Guards who live to tear down… Read More ›
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The obscene moral spectacle of Theresa May’s resignation
What an abominable circus. It’s hard to know where the greater blame should be put. On the prime minister who has made her own eradication a bribe to force through the product of her failure? Or the great defenders of… Read More ›
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Jabra Elite 65t In-Ear True Wireless Headphones review
AirPods AirPods AirPods! Sometimes it feels as though there are AirPods and a tiny selection of competitors that make up a slither of the market. When I go to the gym I see AirPods, on the train there are AirPods… Read More ›
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Citizen Brycen (AW1590-55E) review
So, I finally got my grail watch, a Tudor Black Bay, and was happy. I wasn’t 100% happy because it was the GMT rather than the Black Bay Black, but because the waiting lists are so long to get the… Read More ›
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The Apple TV 4K is bad, really bad
I purchased an Apple TV 4K last week as I needed one for a freelance article and was expecting an experience that was better than the previous Apple TV or my smart TV, because after all I spent £179 on… Read More ›
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The Bulova Computron
It was a real surprise to see Bulova bring back the Computron in a form that is not dissimilar to the original from the 1970’s. If you want a timepiece that is unique, this would be a good way to… Read More ›
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The Fidget Spinner Watch
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