A Fireside Chat With Crownarch Watches
Recently I had the chance to sit down with the owner of Crownarch Watches and discuss the state of the market for non-smartwatches, go inside their target audience and…
RIP Malls and Department Stores. Amazon Unveils Prime Wardrobe
Props to the owners of Trunk Club on the Nordstrom exit. Cause Amazon is coming. And malls? Yeah, you were already done, but Jeff Bezos is the gleefully vindictive…
Converse Gives Chuck Taylors a Friendly Neighborhood Update
Who doesn’t love a good pair of Chucks? Converse and Neighborhood have teamed up to give the Chuck ‘70 a motorcycle-inspired upgrade. It’s still the same silhouette, but it’s…
BetaBrand and Greg Tamargo’s Sitting-Pocket Sweatpants Are All Courage
BetaBrand, you’re an Alpha in my book. The clothing company is taking preorders on its sitting-pocket sweatpants collab with Greg Tamargo. We all experience one problem when lounging around…
Swatch Wants to Protect Your 10,000 Steps in Android Wear Snub
Get ready for another app. Watchmaker Swatch Group is electing to develop its own smartwatch OS over Google’s Android Wear. CEO Nick Hayek explained the move in an interview…
Quality or Affordability for a Watch? Parr & Co. Refuses To Choose
Watches are typically divided along price. The more you pay, the more conversations are started. Granted, there is a Bell Curve to expensive watches. Go too far into bling…
Skarp Wants You to Shave With Friggin Laser Beams
A clean shave without irritation, redness, cuts or mortgaging your house to pay Gillette? Ok, I’m interested… The claim from Skarp, Kickstarter’s newest darling, is that you can have…
Klokers KLOK-02 Watch Guarantees a Conversation
The basic function of a watch is to tell time. Wait… Don’t tell the smartwatches. I’m not singling you out Apple, but yeah… It should also start a conversation.…
Love Your Watch? Chronos Lets You Keep It
The watch your grandfather wore. A college graduation present. Maybe something your kids gave you. The reasons are endless on why you don’t want to give up your current…
Timex Metropolitan+ Smartwatch Takes the Road Less Travelled
The smartwatch battle. How can a company set itself apart with the rush of products hitting every single day? One way? Don’t change. Timex is launching its Metropolitan+ with…
MistR Takes Your Smell Good Everywhere
Cologne. Perfume. Take your pick. We all have a collection. The level that I might collect cologne qualifies me for an episode of Hoarders on TLC. An issue with…
OneBlade Wet Shave Razor Has My Stubble Running
Shaving purists, you just got put on notice. OneBlade has gone and made the safety razor sexy. Who needs five blades and a vibrating handle? Wet shaving has been…
Darwin Approved. Evolution Wear Solar Jacket Launches
Winter is coming. No, not the sixth season of Game of Thrones. Sorry, we have to wait until late Spring for that. Actual winter. Time to dust off the…
Limited and Luxury. Watch Collection By Filippo Loreti Hits Kickstarter
Watches have always been meant to be an extension of you. Sure, a lot of us have the permanent smartphone neck, but a nice watch? Always a conversation starter.…
Tag Heuer Wades Deeper into Smartwatch Production
Striking out on finding the Carrera Connected Smartwatch from Tag Heuer? The company feels your pain and is ramping production from 1,200 units per week to 2,000. Tag Heuer’s…
El Chapo Fashion. Dress Like a Moron for $128
Which is worse? Wearing the El Chapo shirt or listening to Sean Penn drone on and on? I’d take a squad of pissed off Mexican Marines any day over…
MyBarber Offers Haircuts Styled With Technology
Too much product is never a good thing. Especially when it comes to your hair. What if I told you there was a service that offered on demand haircuts?…
Lehft Watch Collection Pushes Minimalist Style Left of Center
Step counters. Sleep tracking. Food logging. The list goes on. Can I get a watch that tells me the time and not the fact I hit 10,000 steps? We…
LIV Watches Bring Swiss Automatics Home
A crowdfunded watch company with pedigree. LIV Watches is the proud owner of the most-backed Swiss watch project in Kickstarter history. What to do for an encore? How about…