Timothy Barber

United Kingdom

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Features writer, editor, content this and that: watches/culture/luxury etc (especially “etc”). Gloucestershire arriviste.

Articles

Opsydia: esta startup descubrió que esconder códigos en los diamantes servirá a la computación cuántica

Nov 27, 2023 | es.wired.com | Timothy Barber

Si alguna vez compraste un anillo de compromiso, o cualquier otra joya con diamantes, es probable que conozcas las “cuatro C”: quilates (carat), corte, color y claridad, que entre sí determinan la calidad de una gema. La quinta C no oficial es la certificación: un documento de una autoridad independiente que valida las cualidades y la autenticidad de una piedra. Ahora, sin embargo, una startup británica se propone aportar otra C a la mezcla: el código.
How Do You Hide Secret Codes in Diamonds? Space Lasers!

Nov 27, 2023 | wired.co.uk | Timothy Barber

If you’ve ever bought an engagement ring, or any other diamond jewelry, you likely know about the “Four Cs”: carat, cut, color, and clarity, which between them determine the quality of a gem. The unofficial fifth C is certification—paperwork from an independent authority validating the qualities and authenticity of a stone. Now, however, a UK startup is aiming to bring yet another C into the mix: code.
How Do You Hide Secret Codes In Diamonds? Space Lasers!

Nov 27, 2023 | technewstube.com | Timothy Barber

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Subdial quiere que negocies con tu Patek o tu Rolex como si fueran acciones

Oct 8, 2023 | es.wired.com | Timothy Barber

La sede en Hoxton de Subdial cumple con todos los requisitos que cabría esperar de una startup tecnológica del este de Londres: es un amplio espacio en un conjunto de uso mixto, neveras llenas de cervezas artesanales, mesas de pie para reuniones y un perro merodeando por el espacio. Menos familiar, sin embargo, es el gran cubículo acristalado que ocupa el centro del edificio.
Swatch x Blancpain Scuba Fifty Fathom: price, availability, specs

Sep 6, 2023 | wired.com | Jeremy White |Timothy Barber

Looking to follow up on the staggering success of its Omega MoonSwatch collaboration, Swatch Group has announced its next in-house mashup, the Swatch x Blancpain Scuba Fifty Fathoms, or "Scuba Fifty", and it drops this weekend. Named after Swatch’s 90s Scuba divers and Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms dive-watch range, the new collection takes inspiration from the luxury brand’s timepiece that set the blueprint for analog dive watches as we know them.
Swatch x Blancpain Scuba Fifty Fathom: price, availability, specs

Sep 6, 2023 | technewstube.com | Jeremy White |Timothy Barber

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Subdial Wants You to Trade Your Patek or Rolex Just Like Stocks

Aug 9, 2023 | wired.com | Timothy Barber

The Hoxton headquarters of Subdial, a business founded in 2018, ticks plenty of the boxes you’d expect for an East London tech startup: an airy open-plan space in a mixed-use block, fridges stocked with craft beers, expansive standing tables for team get-togethers, a pet dog padding around. Less familiar, though, is the large, glass-fronted cubicle that sits at the heart of the building.
Subdial Wants You to Trade Your Patek or Rolex Just Like Stocks

Aug 9, 2023 | technewstube.com | Timothy Barber

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Subdial Wants You to Trade Your Patek or Rolex Just Like Stocks

Aug 8, 2023 | wired.co.uk | Timothy Barber

Unlike a peer-to-peer marketplace, all fulfillment thereafter—payment, authentication, servicing, insurance, shipping—is carried out by Subdial, enabling clients to trade anonymously but securely. And for those who trade frequently (Davis and Crane say that many of their customers buy or sell a watch at least once a month), an incentive scheme allows them to move up through membership tiers, with reduced transaction fees the higher you go.
The independent watchmakers you need to know about

Jul 28, 2023 | spearswms.com | Timothy Barber

Like all major watch auctions, Phillips' May sale in Geneva was headlined by a familiar cavalcade of 'rare and important' Patek Philippe and Rolex references with six- and seven-figure estimates.