“Can I watch a movie on your little TV?” My daughter asked one night at mealtime. Hey, if it gets her to eat her vegetables, I’m down. She was referring to the Sony Dash that the company generously lent Luxist to try out, and it’s much more than a mere video playback device. Small LCD screens are non-news at this point, so what does the Dash do that warrants attention? Well, how’s this? I fulfilled my little cherub’s request by deftly tapping at the interactive touchscreen for less than a… Read more
The new classy contender for 2010 from Seiko (at least in the US) is the Seiko Ananta Spring Drive Moonphase watch (ref. SNR023). Ananta, the highest-end world model for Seiko has split in two to personalities – sport models and suit models. The new “suit” model (suggesting they are more classy watches meant to be worn with more formal attire) is the pretty new Spring Drive Moon Phase. The powerfully sophisticated Spring Drive movement now comes with a moon phase complication in the Ananta… Read more
Not too long ago Urwerk came out with a watch that they nicknamed the Hammerhead. Given this name because of its widening dial that makes room for the minute scale near the front of the face. In the tradition of Urwerk, time it told via an ingenious system of rotating hands that display the hour and follow a linear minute scale. The spinning central system has three such hands, each with four hour indicators on them. Urwerk calls these “satellites.” The proper hour pivots into position to face… Read more
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