Member Colin posted a link to a really great piece from npr in one of the iWatch threads and I thought it was too good to just leave there where people might not see it.
Here, then, is a thread to keep random bits of horological writing from the wider Web that are worthy of sharing with the community.
Here's the piece Colin posted, which manages to combine a semi-review of the iWatch with a potted history of the modern watch industry and a nicely personal account of the magic of mechanicals.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechcons...tested-by-time