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Mark your calendars for September 24th and 25th because Dubai Watch Week’s Horology Forum is making its way to the Big Apple. The 8th edition of their Horology Forum entitled ‘Moves New York’ will host a wide range of activities including a set of panel discussions, debates and various masterclass courses.
Actor Aldis Hodge and renowned vintage watch expert, as well as friend of W&W, Eric Wind will be in the building and joining the panel that will cover the history, appeal, and future of American watchmaking. Mark Cho, co-founder of menswear brand The Armoury and Rebecca Ross, Head of Sale, Watches at Christie’s New York will discuss the culture surrounding luxury products during another. During this specific Horology Forum, Dubai Watch Week will launch an all new debate platform that will take place amongst selected speakers and tackle some of the hot topics within the watch space, collecting and the luxury industry as a whole. Masterclasses are also a part of the program and available to all attendees. One in particular that should attract a large crowd is the ‘Watch Photography’ masterclass taught by none other than Atom Moore.
The Dubai Watch Week Horology Forum: ‘Moves New York’ will take place within Manhattan’s Meatpacking District and is open to the entire public. All you need to do is register before the event and you can do so right here.
Alfred Hitchcock’s cinematic legacy is unparalleled. Over the course of his distinguished career, he made over 50 feature films, with many of those now considered an essential part of filmmaking history. His innovations in cinematic grammar, like the “zoom dolly” in Vertigo, where the camera zooms in and dollies out simultaneously, or his ability to make the film Rope seem like it was shot in one take, it’s not a stretch to say that he has changed cinema forever.
Apparently Hitchcock has also changed the way villains are portrayed. Gone are the days where the bad guy looks ill-favored and held up in a stone fortress. Instead, they’re now oddly charming and charismatic, and strangely, live in a sleek modern home. In a recent article from Vanity Fair, they dive deep into how the Vandamm House in Hitchcock’s film North By Northwest moved villains into stylish spaces of modern architecture. It’s an interesting read that intersects the world of cinema, architecture and how we perceive the “villain”. Who said that bad guys can’t have nice things?
This past week, Sony announced the next generation of robotic cinema cameras with the FR7. The FR7 creates the world’s first full-frame interchangeable lens by combining Sony’s current high-tech imaging technology and remote-controlled robotics, opening up a whole new world of remote shooting. The FR7 features an accurate and smooth action pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ), a full-frame 10.3-megapixel sensor and can now be controlled through a Web App via a PC or tablet, offering a totally new way to maneuver the camera. With a price tag of $9,699 for just the camera body, or a cool $12,199 for a full kit that includes a 28-135 f/4 PTZ lens, the FR7 is a professional grade camera that will most likely be seen on the sets of reality tv shows, episodic dramas and music videos. But hey, if you’re someone who dabbles in more non-professional traditional shooting and in the market for a cinema grade camera, AND could spare the 12 stacks, the FR7 should be at the top of the list. The Sony FR7 is slated to release in November of this year.
Nowadays, it doesn’t matter what the title is or if you know the premise of the documentary, if it has Jimmy Chin’s name on it, it’s a must-watch. Following their hit documentaries, Free Solo, Meru and The Rescue, Jimmy Chin and E. Chai Vasarhelyi are back with a new 10-part series entitled “Edge Of The Unknown.” The series takes a closer look at the lives of the world’s top adventure athletes and uncovers exactly what it takes to do the incredible things they’re capable of doing. In a recent interview with Adventure Journal, Chin explains the genesis of his new series and goes into detail about his own personal experiences and close calls in the mountains. If “Edge Of The Unknown” is anything like Chin’s previous work, we can expect an exceptionally shot series paired with an incredible story. “Edge Of The Unknown” is currently available for streaming on National Geographic and Disney+.
In the world of timekeeping, accuracy is important. And time doesn’t get more accurate than when you’re using an atomic clock. We’re not physicists, nor do we play one on the internet, but the reason why atomic clocks are more accurate than conventional clocks (and watches) is because their natural atomic oscillations, which is akin to a pendulum in a grandfather clock (or a balance wheel in a watch), have a much higher frequency and are more stable. But in recent news, physicists have found a way to quantum entangle two atomic clocks, allowing them to be synchronized more accurately, and potentially have the ability to study gravity and dark matter more accurately. Once again, we’re not physicists, so we’ll let the article do the explaining on quantum computing, quantum entanglement and how all this plays a role in studying subjects beyond time.
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