“Watches, Tales, and Gear” is a roundup of our favourite content material, watch or in any other case, from across the web. Right here, we help different creators, discover fascinating content material that evokes us, and put a highlight on causes we consider in. Oh, and any gear we occur to be digging on this week. We love gear.
Retro Gaming Impressed EDC
Whether or not you’re matching a couple of items or constructing out a whole carry, selecting a theme could make these choices only a tiny bit simpler. Our good associates over at Tactile Flip and Tactile Knife, fueled by 90’s nostalgia, have crafted up two new items on your retro impressed EDC. As a part of their “Seasonal Launch” collection, Tactile Flip created the “16-Bit” pen and pencil, a worthy successor to their 2023 8-bit launch. Constructed from their titanium fashions, each the pen and pencil function a gray cerakoted physique with purple cerakoted accents, paying homage to the SNES console, a customized engraved “scope” pocket clip, and “Eject” engraved close to the pen launch / lead development button. Complementing these fashions is a restricted launch Bexar slipjoint from Tactile Knife that contains a comparable colorway (gray scales, purple accents), with the “scope” sample engraved on the scales, magnacut blade and a titanium lanyard bead. Whereas orders for the pen and pencil will probably be open till June thirtieth, Tactile Knife has said that just one run of the 16-bit Bexars will probably be made, and that they’re “one and performed”. Extra info for the pen/pencil will be discovered right here, and the knife right here.
A Squawking Good time
Have you ever ever gone to the seaside and squawked again on the seagulls as they fly over head, plotting tips on how to steal your meals? Nicely, in that case, there’s a contest for it that you just would possibly wish to enter. Hosted in Belgium, the EC Gull Screeching competitors goals to create a optimistic picture of the enduring coastal chicken. Judged by a panel of 5 gull consultants and marine biologists, individuals earn factors for vocal efficiency and impersonation, whereas usually dressing up as a gull earlier than taking the stage. Whereas it would simply be little bit of enjoyable for some, one 10 12 months outdated soared to the highest and made historical past by turning into the primary juvenile to earn again to again first place awards within the occasion’s 5 12 months historical past. Whether or not you need a break out of your regular content material or must analysis the competitors earlier than subsequent years occasion, you will discover recap movies and full particulars right here.
Grand Theft Auto VI – Delayed till 2026
In a (not so) suprising announcement, Rockstar Video games has launched that Grand Theft Auto VI is formally delayed till Might twenty sixth, 2026. Initially estimated to have a late 2025 launch date, a current press launch from Rockstar states,” With each sport we have now launched, the objective has all the time been to try to exceed your expectations, and Grand Theft Auto VI is not any exception. We hope you perceive that we’d like this additional time to ship on the stage of high quality you count on and deserve.” Whereas followers are having their day creating fan theories and attempting to “join the dots”, a current article from ScreenRant summarizes the scenario the most effective, “Contemplating how a lot hype there may be for GTA 6, there’s no must rush this”
A New Member of the Safari Household – The Leica M11-P Safari
Whereas Leica is celebrating an necessary milestone, the a centesimal anniversary of the Leica 1 launch, they’ve determined to proceed on the custom of the Iconic Safari collection with a brand new M11-P. Whereas this new launch is internally equivalent to the M11-P launched in 2023, the normal “shiny black” has been changed with a matte olive inexperienced coating, silver accents, and an identical olive leatherette. These with a eager eye would possibly discover the “lacking” pink Leica Emblem on the entrance, a logo that many photographers can acknowledge from throughout the room, a design selection carried over from the usual M11-P. That includes a full body “M”, 60MP sensor, in-built “content material credentials”, 256GB of inside storage, and Leica’s M lens mount. For these unaware, Leica has persistently used the M mount for over 70 years, permitting customers to mix fashionable and classic lens’ or our bodies as they need. The Safari M11-P is obtainable now by way of Leica and approved retailers, with a US retail value of $10,495.
