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iPod Nano Gets Blinged Out - Proves Watches Never Went Out
A friend of mine did a funny thing. He bought himself a new iPod Nano – the 6th generation one that everyone has been wearing like a watch – and started to bling it out. Kenneth Tong is the type of guy who does this sort of thing. A fan of diamonds and other shiny precious things, he would never have just worn the iPod Nano like a watch the “normal” way on a NATO strap on in one of those cheap silicone things you can buy. No, he needed it to have diamonds, which the bracelet he had custom made for it does.But it got me thinking. Not about diamond decoration – people have been decorating things they like with diamonds for eons. More about the allure of the iPod Nano as a watch. People have been remarking on how “watches are dying.” Referring to the fact that some people are choosing their mobile phones over watches. I say that these people probably didn’t have very nice watches to begin with, but that is beside the point. The point is why
Mooren New Vintage Watches: By A Teenager
As legendary watchmakers of yesterday slowly pass away we must welcome the new era of budding watch makers and brand people who will ensure that mechanical watches not only thrive for the next 50 years, but also that they remain true to their origins as hand-made objects. Not quite at the point where he is producing the latter, but new brand Mooren was started by Mick Mooren, a 19 year old Dutch teenager.For several years, Mick has been spending a healthy amount of his time messing around with watch movements. There’s an interesting story involving Zenith, that gave him some free NOS (new old stock) parts to help him complete a vintage El Primero restoration project. How does that involve Mooren’s new brand? It doesn’t really, but shows that Mooren is a bona fide watch nut and not some marketing guy.