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Henry Okafor

Watches & Audio

Henry covers wristwatches and listening equipment with a preference for the unfashionable middle of the market, where, he argues, most of the great twentieth-century design actually lives.

By Henry Okafor 2 posts

  1. № 014.05 Gear The Headphone That Was Always Going to Win Thirty years on the same chassis is not a marketing problem. It is the entire point. Why the Sennheiser HD 600 remains, against a market that did everything it could to replace it, the reference. May 25, 2026
  2. № 014.03 Style The Seiko That Will Outlive Your Other Watches The SKX-shaped hole in your collection is not, contrary to internet consensus, a problem to solve quickly. It is a problem to solve correctly, and the correct answer has been quietly in production this entire time. May 22, 2026
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