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On February first, in honor of Black History Month, Apple will release the Apple Black Unity Watch. It’s inspired by the Pan-African flag, constructed in shades of black, green and red. Apple’s Chinese suppliers laser engraved the words “Truth, Power and Solidarity” onto the interior of the stainless steel fastening pin (a.k.a., caseback). Apple will donate an unspecified percentage of the proceeds from Apple Black Unity Watch sales to . . .
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As he calls for ‘Made in America,’ Joe Biden prefers Swiss-made Rolex hindustantimes.com’s headline proclaims. This the day after the President signed an executive order directing Uncle Sam to buy American, “Ensuring [The] Future of America is Made in America by All of America’s Workers.” A bit of horological dissonance that the rest of the mainstream media somehow missed . . .
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Yesterday, I debunked Chrono24.com‘s email Top 3 Watch Trends of 2021 (Rolex Explorer II, bold colors, in-house movements). Today, I’m putting myself out on a proverbial limb with my three choices for watch trends 2021. As someone who started daily watch blogging a year ago last August (2019), by now I should have a highly developed sense of what the Germans call Fingerspitzengefühl (finger on the pulse). I’ll let you be the judge of that . . .
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Y’all know Apple Watches save life, right? Not just because you read it here. Common sense tells you any device that gives you a heads-up when your heart starts doing the clave (rather than a solid disco beat) will save your proverbial bacon. The same device that detects falls and calls the cavalry. The same device that can detect COVID-19 infection before symptoms appear. As smart watches evolve . . .
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timeandtide.com’s article Chronomentrophobia is the fear of clocks and watches. My son might have it. So what’s it all about? is a hoot. Unless you have the condition, of course. As a hypnotist, I can tell you that a watch phobia is nothing more or less than an inappropriate survival response (blood flow changes, adrenalin rush, etc.). It’s easily cured; people who have phobias are, by their nature, hypnotic. Check out this video . . .
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