Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

@squirrel he really is a lovely man

@typhlosion chomps came across some twitter blocklist thing that said they'd add anyone with "counterfeit pronouns" in their bio to the blocklist

https://glitch.social/@soft_chomps/99355885622632308

@squirrel sunflower seeds are exceedingly good to nom on

Mastodon 2018: Say something stupid and we will meme the shit out of it

@cathal @vantablack Mine has a 9600 baud modem!

They'll roll out 4G eventually... I hope...

You walk into a pub, the sketchy bloke in the corner pipes up "ere mate, you need any pronouns?"

DON'T FALL FOR IT, THOSE ARE COUNTERFEIT PRONOUNS!

A person comes up to you in a dark alley and opens their trenchcoat to reveal their wares

"Hey buddy, you want any COUNTERFEIT PRONOUNS?"

@squirrel ooh, awesome!

Let's talk about the Triple Split for a second, other brands make a rattrapante chronograph, that's split seconds

Back in 2004 ALS released the Double Split, the world's first double rattrapante, that's split seconds and minutes

No other brand has ever made a double rattrapante, ALS could have just sat on their hands and still had the world's most complicated chronograph but they one upped themselves with the triple

The Saxonia now comes in a new case size and a rather fetching dial they call Copper Blue, very sparkly https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/a-lange-and-sohne-saxonia-copper-blue-introducing

Now to the properly new stuff

The Saxonia Outsize Date adds a big date complication to the Saxonia line which hasn't been available for a while https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/a-lange-and-sohne-saxonia-outsize-date-introducing

And the most interesting, the world's first triple ratrrapante chronograph, the Triple Split https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/a-lange-and-sohne-triple-split-introducing

Skipping over a few brands I don't really care about to get to my favourite watch brand that I'll never be able to afford, A. Lange & Söhne

A few new versions of their current line first

The 1815 Chronograph is now available in rose gold https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/a-lange-and-sohne-1815-chronograph-rose-gold-introducing

The Saxonia Moon Phase can now be found with black dials https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/a-lange-sohne-saxonia-moon-phase-new-black-dials-introducing

And the Little Lange 1 now has 3 beautiful guilloché dials available https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/a-lange-and-sohne-little-lange-1-guilloche-dials-introducing

@squirrel it's a very nice webglorg

Vacheron Constantin have a new version of the Overseas Ultra-Thin Perpetual Calendar in pink gold which is a lovely addition to the line https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/vacheron-constantin-overseas-ultra-thin-perpetual-calendar-pink-gold-introducing

The biggest news from them is the new Fifty Six line, a new entry level (by VC standards), it includes a date, a day-date, and a complete calendar

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/vacheron-constantin-fiftysix-self-winding-introducing
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/vacheron-constantin-fiftysix-day-date-introducing
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/vacheron-constantin-fifty-six-complete-calendar-introducing

Vacheron Constantin are out in force this year

Starting with the most unusual, the Métiers d’ArtLes Aérostiers, a collection of 5 watches celebrating hot air balloons of all things, extremely nice bas-relief engraving and enamelling on these ones https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/vacheron-constantin-metiers-dartles-aerostiers-introducing

They have now also released their first automatic tourbillon in the Traditionelle Toubillon, very nicely executed https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/vacheron-constantin-traditionelle-tourbillon-introducing

Not to be outdone in the sci-fi as hell category, MB&F have the Moon Machine 2, projects the time and moonphase display to the side of the case, MB&F know how to make funky watches https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/mbandf-moonmachine-2-stepan-sarpaneva-introducing