There is something almost sacred in the quiet pause before a watch box opens. It is theatre without an audience, ritual without a priest, yet no less ceremonial for its intimacy. Whether the lid is hinged like a stage curtain or peeled back with the delicacy of wrapping paper, there is always a moment of suspended time before the watch itself is revealed. That pause is important; it is charged with expectation, with the thrill of culmination. The object you have dreamed of, researched to the ...
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There is something almost sacred in the quiet pause before a watch box opens. It is theatre without an audience, ritual without a priest, yet no less ceremonial for its intimacy. Whether the lid is hinged like a stage curtain or peeled back with the delicacy of wrapping paper, there is always a moment of suspended time before the watch itself is revealed. That pause is important; it is charged with expectation, with the thrill of culmination. The object you have dreamed of, researched to the ...
Beyond the Bezel: Are Smartwatches Really Watches?
Just About Watches Podcast
13 minutes
2 months ago
Beyond the Bezel: Are Smartwatches Really Watches?
Is a smartwatch really a watch? At first, the answer seems almost insultingly obvious. It straps onto the wrist, it shows the time, and the word “watch” is baked right into the name. But the simplicity of that logic quickly unravels when we begin to consider what the word has historically meant, and what it still means to those of us who approach horology as more than mere function. A watch has always been more than a gadget; it is a cultural symbol, a vessel of continuity, and an artefact of...
Just About Watches Podcast
There is something almost sacred in the quiet pause before a watch box opens. It is theatre without an audience, ritual without a priest, yet no less ceremonial for its intimacy. Whether the lid is hinged like a stage curtain or peeled back with the delicacy of wrapping paper, there is always a moment of suspended time before the watch itself is revealed. That pause is important; it is charged with expectation, with the thrill of culmination. The object you have dreamed of, researched to the ...
