{"id":12814,"date":"2014-12-04T13:34:41","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T18:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=12814"},"modified":"2014-12-04T17:22:11","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T22:22:11","slug":"tickety-tock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/tickety-tock\/","title":{"rendered":"Tickety tock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch4-515x640.jpg\" alt=\"Expensive people\" width=\"515\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch4-515x640.jpg 515w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch4-824x1024.jpg 824w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 85vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A footnote to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/393648\/who-boycotts-wal-mart-kevin-d-williamson\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Williamson&#8217;s recent piece<\/a> on Wal-Mart and watches:<\/p>\n<p>For reasons that no one can explain, my office is on the <strong><em>Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/strong>&#8216;s mailing list, which recently published an edition all about celebrity watches. Here are a few of the highlights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/portman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/portman-640x464.jpg\" alt=\"$1.5 million\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/portman-640x464.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/portman-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/portman.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch2-640x404.jpg\" alt=\"Six figures\" width=\"640\" height=\"404\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch2-640x404.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch2-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch3-468x640.jpg\" alt=\"$55 million\" width=\"468\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch3-468x640.jpg 468w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch3-748x1024.jpg 748w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 85vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What does this mean: &#8220;A concentrated blend of horological innovations, the Classique Chronom\u00e9trie 7727 with its balance fitted on magnetic pivot and operating at a frequency of 10Hz achieves an average rate of -1 to +3 seconds per day&#8221;? If that is to say that it might lose a second or gain up to three every day, then my cheapo Timex watch is a better timekeeper than one costing $40,000.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch5-519x640.jpg\" alt=\"$40,000\" width=\"519\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch5-519x640.jpg 519w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch5-831x1024.jpg 831w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/watch5.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 85vw, 519px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A footnote to Kevin Williamson&#8217;s recent piece on Wal-Mart and watches: For reasons that no one can explain, my office is on the Hollywood Reporter&#8216;s mailing list, which recently published an edition all about celebrity watches. Here are a few of the highlights. What does this mean: &#8220;A concentrated blend of horological innovations, the Classique &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/tickety-tock\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tickety tock&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-and-anti-culture","category-decline-and-fall"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-3kG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12814"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12827,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12814\/revisions\/12827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}