Reply With QuoteHis book might be worth reading too...
Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed With Time.
Might be of interest;
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...ve-digital-age
His book might be worth reading too...
Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed With Time.
Saved for the three times a week someone asks why I don't just look at my iPhone when I need to know the time.
Thank you!
Interesting article. Thank you.
Thank you, an interesting read.
Funny to see an article about luxury watches in The Guardian of all places, with only the bare minimum of references to ostentation and 'symphonies of the unnecessary' - I rather like that one. Presumably Seamus Milne was unavailable for comment...
Nice to hear that Calatravas and Aquanauts start at 'about £5000' though - I will be taking article straight to the boutique as proof.
An enjoyable read. The reader comments at the end of the article were quite amusing too...
Just read it on the app.Fairly interesting article .
Thanks for posting that, an enjoyable read that I wouldn't have found myself.
A very enjoyable read - thank you.
I really enjoyed reading this. Thanks.
nice one
I started to read it but but got bored (short attention span) - if its worthwhile, I may give it another go!
Good read.
Thank you.
scooter
What a great read, more balanced but insightful than many similar articles, and very well written IMHO.
I wonder what happened to all those jellyfish? Jellyfish skin strap anyone?
Yes I wondered about the fate of the jellyfish too.
Bit long and flowery, but interesting none the less
interesting read, Thank you.
The comments section below is also a good read too...
Prevaricating but interesting.
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Interesting article - thanks for the link.
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Thanks. Nothing new, but very interesting indeed.
"and some brands were selling watches covered in jewels:*symphonies of the unnecessary, such as the Harry Winston Premier Moon Phase 36mm, with mother of pearl and 104 brilliant-cut diamonds."
Amusing excerpt.
It's an interesting article that seems to both bemoan and accept the excess and the appeal of watches. I, myself, am both seduced and dismayed by watch collecting so it probably sums up my own conflicts about the hobby.
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Nice. Thanks
Here we may find the revered Swiss company’s entire current Patek collection.
Doubt it, not a Nautilus to be seen.
I've had a few coffee's down in the viewing room, also in the service center down in the basement, I was offered a tour of the workshop but I declined.
He does proffer up a visual masterpiece, but my speciality is tone lowering, dressed in tee shirt shorts and deck shoes with my trusty Lidl bag.
Quite enjoyable even with some mild spluttering over the megalomaniacs wearing some very expensive watches that doesn't fit with the usual approach by the Guardian.....
One picky point .....
I thought Rolex was also independent though being owned by the family trust - much larger than PP of course but I'm fairly sure still not a conglomerate...
Nobody owns Rolex. They are just held in trust for the next generation.
Originally Posted by lordloz
Must be nice for all you Daily Mail readers to read some proper journalism for a change.
Enjoyed that! Thanks for sharing.
'... so the answers to these questions lie within our propensity for extreme fantasy, our consumption of dazzling marketing, our unbridled and shameless capacity for ostentation, and our renewed reverence for craftsmanship in a digital world'
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
Human beings like objects; men like complex , mechanical objects. And they will pay for them.
I see it as centuries of design and engineering, all on my wrist. What's wrong with that. And, added bonus, it tells the time rather well.
The Guardian can be quite an entertaining read.
"These days, no one requires a Swiss watch to tell the time – or a watch from any country. The time displayed on our mobile phones and other digital devices will always be more accurate..."
The idea that the time displayed on our phones, tablets, etc. renders wristwatches redundant is all-pervasive - yet it's just not true.
At work, I and all my colleagues are constantly checking the time (we operate pleasure boats on Windermere, to a tight timetable).
All the young seasonal workers who start with us every summer are from the post-watch generation. None have wristwatches, all use their phones to check the time - to start with.
Inevitably, by the end of the season every single one of them will have got themselves a watch (usually an F-91w).
The fact is, a quick glance at your wrist is always much more convenient than constantly getting your phone out. The added drama of a dropped phone ending up at the lake bottom means a wristwatch makes even more sense.
The superior utility of a watch means there will always be a market for them, from a purely practical viewpoint - nothing to do with art, bling, status or whatever.
It defeats me why this aspect of watch ownership is so routinely missed.
A very enjoyable read, thanks for posting this Passenger. It prompted me to buy the author's book too.
Spot on. A watch is just more convenient, far quicker.
Even more importantly, it's cooler.... ;-)
Interesting stuff. I've never subscribed to the ostentatious/ego argument. Most of my watches are unrecognized as good pieces by almost everyone I know. I occasionally get someone say something on a train who turns out to be another enthusiast. I enjoy that, but I enjoy the shared experience, not some ridiculous idea that we are two fancy gentlemen in a world of philistines. So I'm not doing it for any egotistical reasons other than arguably how I feel in myself when I'm wearing one I really like. But that could easily be a beater that I happen to rate or got for £80 when I know it's worth £500. Doesn't have to be one of my fancy ones.
Yes, I could use my phone but equally I could use a stainless steel clothes rack rather than a wardrobe. Life would be pretty dull if the utility of objects was their only worthy consideration.
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