To anyone who’s been remotely following the world of Swiss watches, you’ll be somewhat aware of recent predicaments surrounding the industry. To cut things short, the largest topic of interest (at least viewed by some) follows recent changes to Swiss law that make it so that any product labeled “Swiss Made” should have at least […]
CODE41 is a startup initiative that aims to shake up the watch industry with brute transparency As of current, the Swiss watch industry is all over the place. What we have is a heavily saturated market that’s having to cope with fluctuating currency, weakened overseas demand, criticisms over lack of innovation and trying […]
Near the end of October, the online horology world was in uproar over a bit of news that seemingly came out of nowhere: Kari Voutilainen is apparently making mobile phones for luxury company 8848. As a natural response to this, the timepiece wizards over at the major journalism sites began frantically typing away at their […]
Intro Over a week ago, a historic decision was made by the people of Britain. By a narrow majority, a referendum took place, with the outcome leading to Britain declaring it was going to leave the EU. This isn’t a political commentary page, so I won’t be commenting my views on the decision. But […]
Intro Time is an incredibly fascinating subject. We are the only known species in the world to have conceptualised it, built a numerical system around it, and even fought wars over it. Keeping track of time is an element that has allowed mankind to flourish. For the past millennia, civilisation has endeavoured to capture the […]
It’s said that technology has caused the magic of our daily lives to be taken away, in trade for efficiency. And true, the progress of technology and “innovation” has served mankind well, allowing us to flourish in way’s our predecessors would’ve deemed unimaginable. It’s hard to think then, that there’s any space for something to […]