When a friend tagged me onto a photo of what appeared to be a new Apple Watch x Hermès watch it took me aback. Was it real? Well it turns out that it is. Collaborations are the thing now, after… Read More ›
Smartwatch/ wearable tech
NEWS : Smart watches banned from exams
When is a watch not a watch? Perhaps when it is seen as a tool for cheating and not for time telling. According to a Sydney Morning Herald report, students undertaking their HSC (Higher School Certificate) this year will be banned… Read More ›
WRISTSPOTTING : Chechen-style
(Photo from RBC) In case you haven’t had enough of Russians and expensive watches, the folks at Russian website RBC have helpfully put together a gallery that they have called ‘Switzerland vs Russia’, with photos of officials/ politicians/ heads of state-owned… Read More ›
NEWS : Mondaine Helvetica 1 Smart Watch pre-orders open
Earlier this year Mondaine, keeper of the Swiss train times and occasional Apple nemesis, launched their version of a ‘smart watch’, called the Mondaine Helvetica 1. Available in a limited edition of 1,957, those who are interested can now place… Read More ›
TAG Heuer-Google-Intel smartwatch to cost around EUR 1,400
Although there was nothing to show at the time, Jean-Claude Biver’s announcement at Baselworld 2015 about a collaboration between TAG Heuer, Google and Intel still may have been the most widely covered announcement of the fair. It was and is,… Read More ›
NEWS : Wearable tech x Horology
Within any group there will be its own language, its own slang, patois, words that become signifiers of belonging to it. Sometimes, terms are appropriated from other groups and joined, re-imagined or re-invented to mean something else. There is always… Read More ›
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