3-Watch Thursday #43
So much watch content
Morning team,
Firstly, I’d like to say thank you for the warm reception on the watch spotting article I posted over at Wind Vintage from Henley Royal Regatta. Your comments and thoughts mean a lot. It is certainly one of my favourite pieces of work to date.
It’s been a busy week in watches since I last wrote to you which started with the release of that Hodinkee Hublot.
Is it the most recent incarnation of the Hodinkee Travel Clock?
Who knows or cares, I’m not the target audience for the watch, but I will say it’s a cool take on the iconic service Hublot.
This said, lets get into the juicy stuff.
CIA Officers And Apple Watches
I don’t think I’ve shared much from Watches of Espionage previously, however he’s got his niche nailed down.
As an avid Apple Watch user myself (*shock*), this piece of work is seriously interesting and insightful. I love the analogy of an Apple Watch as a modern Casio calculator watch along with the time taken to share and explain the important terms and details needed to understand the significance of the article.
Traditionally, Apple is the big tech company that you trust with data and privacy, yet it’s the popular 3rd party fitness tracking app, Strava, that offers a breach of privacy for intelligence workers.
The conclusion, for people who truly need to be covert and off grid, don’t wear a smart watch.
Go check out the full article here.
ACM Photography
A couple of weeks ago I highlighted the brilliant work of @andre.watches and I wanted to do the same here with the new photography direction over at ACM.
Last year they published an article showing how they took photos using natural light and they certainly had a distinctive style.
Since that article, I heard on the grapevine they’d moved office and it followed the photography direction changed too.
This hasn’t been for worse though as I feel they’ve gone from strength to strength developing their own unique style with a delightful simplicity involved.
Take this photo above. The watch is on a piece of sheet metal and a translucent acrylic sheet wrapped around. The acrylic softens the light but also provides visual interest into the foreground.
Additionally, this image below with the light shining through behind the skeletonisation is not something I’ve seen anywhere else and I’m really here for it.
This might be me fanboying, but I’ve really enjoyed analysing others’ photos more recently and thinking how images are made.
The 12 Most Significant Watches Of All Time
This article by Chris Hall over at Mr Porter was super interesting, surprising and refreshing to see such a potentially divisive opinion piece on mainstream watch blog.
I won’t ruin it for you, but Chris goes into detail on each and justifies every watch.
Some you expect while a couple are a bit more left field, but the on the whole I can agree.
Another worthy mention is the illustrations by Jaume Vilardell.
They’re brilliant.
Go check out the article here before Chris plugs it in his newsletter tomorrow 🙃.
Βοnus: Vintage Advertising
I spotted this over on Subdial’s Instagram story this week as a tongue in cheek piece of advertising and it made me chuckle quite hard.
It’s giving vintage advertising brought up to date for a startup.
Thanks for the laugh and I hope there’s more in the works.
Maybe we’ll see Adpatina go digital in 30 years with ads like these?
Thanks again for making it this far team.
I’m really loving all things watches at the moment with the time to relax, enjoy, write and photograph and it’s partly from your continued support.
See you again next week,
Owen