These are good, I swear

It's super lightweight, too

A Christopher Ward Ember titanium watch on my wrist

I walked into the Christopher Ward showroom in Virginia this past weekend, and walked out with this Twelve Ember, a titanium piece limited to 300 copies that uses a COSC-certified Sellita SW300. Mine is #49.

"GM sells a ton of EVs in China"

Myopia and blinders to the rest of the world is a pretty good summation of everything wrong with America.

Show me where they're putting this money into other EV development in other segments. I'll wait.

I am pretty sure we will end up leasing another Cadillac EV. But I'm with you in that I wouldn't feel confident enough to buy it outright at this point, like I did with the Hyundai.

Now that the leader of that program was fired, who's actually running and championing it?

At a time when even Toyota is investing in developing a second-generation EV platform for future products, GM, Ford and FCA limiting their investment in tomorrow's tech and hoping for protectionist measures against China is just corporate suicide.

The US auto sector has decided to follow Great Britain, which once was the world's second-largest industrial producer of homegrown cars and is now a statistical zero.

It will be impossible for me to be sympathetic when, in a decade's time, the Big 3 ask for another Congressional bailout.

This is cool and all, but the Weird Car BlueSky superstar is obvious.

Also, why does the partner need to be on the same level in solving unsolvable puzzles? Perhaps the partner compliments Holmes in other ways?

The ironic part of this is that the two biggest purveyors of sedans currently -- Toyota and Hyundai -- wouldn't need them for this change, since their small SUV/crossover lineups will be almost entirely hybrids within the next two or three years.

The best thing about EVs is that you can pack an Elantra-sized wheelbase -- and all the room that brings -- into a car that's only 9" longer than a Miata.

I think it's also reflective that watchmakers are concerned about a potential economic downturn in the market.

The funny thing is it is based on the same platform as multiple Jeep products sold in the US, so Stellantis could have designed it to be Federalized, since, you know, pickups are kind of a thing. It's not like that little VW thing.

That moment you learn Stellantis sells a truck with the exact same footprint as the wildly successful Ford Maverick everywhere but the biggest pickup truck market in the world.

What in the AI generated image hell is that "Ram 1500 Rampage?"

An AMC Hornet in rust brown, so you can't tell where the paint stops and the rust starts. Also the best Bond car, amirite?

The name is Bond. James Bond.

I yelled at my cat to stop eating the plant that he just immediately throws back up, and he said, no, I didn't understand -- it was fine because he was pivoting to AI.

An actual vintage Oris Star can be had for $300. And a Timex Draper is under $300. That leaves a lot of cash leftover.

As @angryblacklady.blacksky.app pointed out on the podcast a few weeks ago, if Democrats don't make court reform the #1 priority, then any priority they have is essentially doomed from the start.

Yeah, I could definitely see it next year or the year after. Once it does, I'll buy. Till then, thinking either that Pelagos 39 -- unless the CW Lumiere I try on this weekend really grabs me.

Look, even I am going to give Iran credit for slipping in a joke about Justin Bieber's Coachella set.

A mockup of the new Tudor Monarch with a black dial

I like it, but I wish it was offered in more colors than bronze. Someone on Reddit mocked up black with bronze indices, and that's the one I want.

SLGB023 | Grand Seiko

Where did you see that price? US price is $12.4K, which feels reasonable considering it's +/-20 seconds *per year*:

Great reference to the best show too few watched

When you learn Singer also makes watches.

Gas prices are too low

Two years into ownership, and we're still very happy with ours. Only question is if we get another, or downsize to the Optiq.