Link About It: This Week’s Picks

The sounds of icebergs, "seeing" a black hole, Elon Musk's new endeavor and more in our look around the web

1. Keeping Up With the Machines, Elon Musk’s New Program It’s been a week now since serial entrepreneur (and futurist) Elon Musk announced the launch of Neuralink Corp, and to be honest, it’s still on our minds. With this new venture, Musk proposes developing a technology (known as “neural lace”) that would potentially implant electrodes into human brains, allowing us to keep up with the …

Ressence Type 1H Limited Edition Wristwatch for Hodinkee

A skeletonized German silver dial exposes the inner-workings of a piece bearing uncommon innovation

One of the most respected voices within the horological community, the team at Hodinkee‘s expertise continues to extend beyond editorial taste. Their latest limited edition collaboration, the Type 1H, sees a partnership with one of Switzerland’s most transfixing brands, Ressence. We at CH have fawned over mastermind Benoît Mintiens’ pieces for years, particularly admiring his use of a distinct domed crystal and refractive liquid in …

From ’70s Digital Watches to Today’s Wearable Tech

The first portable, accurate clock was invented back in 1510 but it would be more than 450 years later that things got digital, with the introduction of Hamilton’s Pulsar Time Computer (complete with numeric keypad). From there, it’s been a race to showcase the most technologically advanced features. Familiar names like Casio and tech giants including IBM have all spearheaded electronic updates to watches, but …