Watches, Stories, and Gear is a weekly roundup of some of our favorite watch content, great stories from around the web, and cool gear that we?ve got our eye on.
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Before Heritage Was Cool – An Overiew of Seiko?s Incredible Historical Collection from 2000

Catalog scans courtesy of Stefan Molin (mollewatch.com)

In this article from 2017, ZQ recounts the story of Seiko?s awesome historical collection from 2000, long before the heritage craze took the watch world by storm. This highly limited set included seven historically-important watches from Seiko?s huge catalog. 
Learn more about it here.

Watchmaker’s Bench: Are All Chronographs Created Equal" Integrated Versus Modular Chronographs
Have you ever wondered about the differences between integrated and modular chronographs" You?re not the only one. Seasoned watchmaker Ashton Tracy breaks it all down in this article.
Read it here.

The New York Times – A.I. Took a Test to Detect Lung Cancer. It Got an A.

Voisin/Science Source via the NYT.

Lay conversations around AI almost always end on a dystopian note, but the real-world applications are far more positive. A recent study by researchers showed that AI was as good ? or in some cases even better ? as doctors in spotting small lung cancers on CT scans, which is certainly much more hopeful than killer robots.
Read the full story here.

The Ringer – The Man ...