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Watches4 min read
Swatch and the Quartz Crisis: How Plastic Saved the Swiss Watch
Between 1970 and 1984 the Swiss watch industry lost about 60,000 jobs. The fix was a 51-part plastic watch launched in Zurich in 1983.
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Grooming4 min read
The Straight Razor Is Back, and It Still Bites
Sheffield invented it, Gillette nearly killed it, and a Bond film brought it back. The cutthroat razor rewards men with patience.
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Culture3 min read
Fear of God and Jerry Lorenzo, the Long T-Shirt That Built a Label
A ballplayer's son with an MBA and no fashion training made extra-long tees, caught Kanye West's eye and taught American luxury to relax.
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Tech4 min read
Technics SL-1200: The Turntable That Built DJ Culture
Matsushita built a sturdy direct-drive turntable for home listeners. DJs took it into clubs, wore it out for decades and could not kill it.
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Design4 min read
Tadao Ando, the Boxer Who Taught Concrete to Be Quiet
No architecture degree, a short career in the ring and a lifetime of poured concrete. How Tadao Ando went from a tiny Osaka house to Paris, Malibu and Naoshima.
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Travel4 min read
London's Soho and Dover Street Market: A Streetwear Guide
From John Stephen's His Clothes in 1957 to Rei Kawakubo's beautiful chaos on Haymarket. A walk through London's best square mile for clothes.
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