“Watches, Stories, and Gear” is a roundup of some of our favorite watch content on Worn & Wound, great stories from around the web, and cool gear that we’ve got our eye on.
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Worn & Wound

For Your Eyes Only: The Secret Microphone Wristwatch Worn by Cold War Spies

This week, the top watch story was no doubt the introduction of the new Bond watch, a $9,200 limited edition Seamaster that will be worn by 007 in the upcoming No Time to Die. With that in mind, we thought we?d lead off this week?s ?Watches, Stories, and Gear? with a story from our archives about some real spy watches. These ?watches? can?t actually tell you the time, but they look the part, and feature recording capabilities that were at the heart of mid-century spycraft. Read the full story here

New York Times

My 27 Hour Vacation in Singapore’s Changi Airport

If you?re a frequent traveler, you might not think of an airport as a vacation destination in and of itself. But in this piece for the New York Times, Stephanie Rosenbloom makes a compelling case for Singapore?s expansive Changi Airport, which includes not only high end dining and shopping (which are common enough at major airports these days), but a simulated tropical forest with ?hiking? trails, free entertainment in the form of impressive sound and light shows, and a ?Sky Net,? that lets you walk 82 feet a...