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G Witch Onscreen Text: Episode 4

This is part FIVE in an ongoing series where i transcribe and discuss the text on monitors and screens in G Witch ! Because I just LOVE words ! We are on episode 4, "Unseen Trap"

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(You reading this post rn) Join me....Under....The Cut....

This seems like a good a time as any to mention that in the Shukufuku opening, Suletta and Miorine are calling each other on the phone.

This gives us a good look at how the current Holder has a Golden Asticassia emblem on their notebook compared to the standard dark blue (compare Suletta's phone to Miorine's) and looking at Miorine's phone shows us that the Holder's first name is rendered in gold as well.

The interface of the online meeting program Vim is using to talk to his investors. We see this same program without changes used 21 years ago in the prologue. It seems that even in the future we never escape the twisted machinations of Zoom meetings....truly this too, is hell.

TEXT: (Left Image, Top Left) THREAT DETECTION EXERCISE EXERCISE PLAN: SEARCH SUPPORT IN MINE AREA

(Right Image, AREA MAP) SIMULATED MINE NO DETECTION MINE DETECTION MODE

The interface of the Threat Detection Exercise as well as the area map, used by the Spotter in the exercise.

TEXT: (Top Left) WEAPONS EXCHANGE AND UPGRADE CONTROL CONNECTIVITY TEST DEMI TRAINER MSJ-121 (Center) WEAPONS EXCHANGE MODE LINK CONNECTION: 72% CONNECTIVITY TEST

This is the screen seen by the Mechanic in the exercise, when the Demi Trainer swaps out its hand for the test gun to use in the second half of the exercise

TEXT: (Top Left) PASSIVE RADAR: UNAVAILABLE ACTIVE RADAR: UNAVAILABLE INTEGRATED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM: AVAILABLE

(Center) EXERCISE MODE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM

The screen inside the Demi Trainer, showing the mode its set to. A neat detail is that, in the top left, we can see that the passive and active radars are unavailable, which makes sense as that's the point of the exercise.

Not text, but did you notice that Chuchu is allowed to use her own custom Demi Trainer in the exercise? That's neat !

TEXT: Goat Noise

Analysis: This is a goat, I think

TEXT: GAY PEOPLE

Analysis: hehehe....eehehehehuhuhuuu....teehee! Teeheheeeehheee...uwaaaaa..!

TEXT: (Top Image, From top to bottom) THREAT DETECTION EXERCISE EXERCISE PLAN

PARTICIPANT TEAMS: Student teams made up of Pilots, Mechanics, and Spotters [data analyst]

EXERCISE ELEMENTS: DETECTION: Investigate MS threat using simulated mines. SNIPING: Respond to MS threat by shooting targets.

TEAM OBJECTIVES: Harmonize MS threat response capabilities with task requirements Enhance cooperation between Pilot, Mechanic, and Spotter with a strengthened inter-team approach. Continue to assess cross-functional MS threat response in hostile environments, operating under new concepts.

EXERCISE ELEMENTS FOR STUDENTS:

Pilot: Manual operation via direct visual recognition. Traverse mine area. Exchange weapons. Target sniping in shooting area.

Mechanic: Preliminary Maintenance. Support weapon exchange. Mid exercise repairs and adjustments.

Spotter: Search support in mine area. Search support in shooting area.

For details, please see >>HERE

EXERCISE SUPERVISION MS Threat Response Center

EXERCISE PLANNING TEAM MS Threat Response Center : 4th planning team

(Bottom Image) Reading Completed. You will receive a confirmation message once you have read this EXERCISE PLAN.

So, there's a lot here...lot of words. But there are 2 main takeaways I think, one more important than the other.

The first is that if you look under the Mechanic's responsibilities, you can actually see that "Preliminary Maintenance" is one of their duties, so while the teacher for the exercise was definitely being harsh when he wouldn't let Miorine suspend the exam to clean the spray off their Demi Trainer, he wasn't lying when he said that it WAS a part of the assignment.

The second is that this is a BIG manual, and Miorine somehow had it completely memorized (and able to put it into practice) by only reading through it one time. This is meant to demonstrate that she's very smart, obviously, but I think it's also implying that she has a photographic memory. (Which is how she had the entire genome sequence of her mother's tomatoes just at the tip of her fingers)

TEXT: (NOTE: For the sake of legibility, Suletta's correct answers will have an OK, and her incorrect answers will have an X) (Top to bottom) PILOTING DEPARTMENT ID No: LP041 NAME: SULETTA MERCURY

TEST: MOBILE HEAVY MACHINERY ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW >> 50 MIN.

QUESTION: 1. WHAT ARE THE FIRST FOUR STEPS IN THE MOBILE SUIT AND MOBILE CRAFT DESIGN PROCESS?

OK: PLAN. TEST. EVALUATE. IMPROVE.

2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD NOT BE A CONSIDERATION IN MS DESIGN?

X: LEGAL RESTRICTIONS FOR CIVILIAN MOBILE CRAFT.

3. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MS AND MC?

X: MS ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO OPERATE.

4. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF PERMET-LINKED MS AND MC?

OK: SIMPLIFIED CONTROL MANAGEMENT. IMPROVED USABILITY.

5. WHO CREATES THE PROCESSES TO MASS PRODUCE NEW MS AND MC FOR CONSUMERS

X: FACTORY PERSONEL .

6. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO WORK TO A DETAILED SPECIFICATION WHEN ASSEMBLING MS FOR USE?

X: FOR WORK SAFETY.

Number 7 can't be made out. It has the word "LINK" in it though.

So, as we can see here, Suletta is not doing very well in her class. Out of the 6 questions we can see, she only got 2 right. You can't really blame her too much though, she's never been to a school before...

I think my favorite of her incorrect answers is Number 5. You can just see her reading that question, tapping her tablet pen on her lip before going, Oh! The people in the factories make the mobile suits, it has to be them!

Do your best Suletta...!

(The Asticassia emblem is also golden on her tests too. They REALLY will not let you forget that ur holding.)

TEXT: (From left to right) JUSTICE AND PEACE FOR EARTHIANS WE ARE SUFFERING! EARTHIAN RIGHTS WORK OR RESIST! DOWN WITH SPACIAN OPPRESSION SPACIAN CAPITALISM KILLS!

TEXT: BREAKING NEWS: DEMONSTRATORS TURN VIOLENT INSIDE EARTH FACILITY! EARTHIAN EXTREMISM RISING

If you aren't paying attention to the news report, the utter dissonance of the actual incident we just saw of Mobile Suits and gas canisters big enough to leave dents in the street being used against unarmed civilians running for their lives being reported on as the demonstrators themselves being violent extremists could be lost on you.

The actual words the news anchor uses here, "Business administrative laws" being enforced on "an illegal occupation" also serves to remove agency from spacian corporations and push blame onto the earthians. (You can also see this in the prologue)

It's like Martin says, the major media companies (like INN) rely on Spacian Capital, and their reporting on these topics will always be inherently biased towards the people keeping their lights on.

Not text, but Chuchu's family at home seem to primarily be mobile craft operators. (This is probably why in the epilogue, she appears to be working AS a mobile craft operator with Rouji)

Not much here, but I figure it important to mention that in the bottom left, you can see that the Demi Trainer ALSO has a Cockpit Voice Recorder. I had assumed it was strange for Aerial to have one, but perhaps it's standard for all MS units?

Regardless, I wouldn't put it past Prospera to use such a thing for her own ambition...

And that's all four episode 4 !! Not as much text this time, but there was still a lot to talk about!

And of course, as thanks for once again reaching the end, I have a gift for you...come closer....

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More Quantum Physics

If you enjoyed Monday’s story on quantum physics, here are a few more from our back issues that you might also like!

“Product Review: Chronochill” by Franko Stephens (the problems of a multi-dimensional refrigerator) (available in MSJ Winter 2019)

“The Salvaged Soul” by Tom Lund (portals between worlds) (available in MSJ Summer 2018)

“The Window Cleaner” by Kaitlin Moore (a different sort of portal between worlds) (available in MSJ Summer 2017)

“An Introduction to Emotional Scarcity in an Induced Multiperson Organism” by A. Hollins (the problems of cloning technology) (available in MSJ Spring 2016)

“A Thread Finer than Hope” by Jack N. Waddell (quantum events) (available in MSJ Summer 2012)

More Quantum Physics was originally published on Mad Scientist Journal

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16 Charles And lewis 🙌

I saw spiderman kiss and just had to make this an AU msjs Sorry if thats not what you wanted! So Charles is spiderman in this hehe

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"Shit shit SHIT!" Charles cursed, running down the streets of New York and flinging himself against one of the large skyscrapers. He slung back and forth between the buildings, shooting web after web from his hands to keep high in the air.

The villain was standing on the top of the empire state building, doing god knows what and Charles knew he was running out of time.

Charles shot out another web, but misjudged the distance to the nearby office building. The webbing could not reach so far, and so Charles fell, cursing some more as he tumbled down a good 10 metres. He landed on some parasols, which broke his fall a little, but the breath was still pushed from his lungs as he fall on one of the benches on the little terrace below, straight on someone's lap.

"Misjudged a jump, little superhero?" A posh British voice spoke. Charles huffed, making sure his mask was still on his face as he looked into a pair of pretty dark eyes.

"Something like that." He mumbled, momentarily rooted to his spot. The man helped him up, giving him a wink.

"Better go save the world, little superhero." He muttered. Charles nodded dumbly, turned, and ran off.

He only realised much later that the man had been one of the only ones still brave enough to even be outside with the threat looming over them, and definitely the only person calmly sitting on a terrace and drinking coffee.

He was intrigued.

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It was already dark outside when peace and quiet had once more returned to New York.

Charles was limping, his whole body sore as he tried to make his way home. The suit was torn on a few places, but the mask was still in one piece, which at least saved Charles's identity from being exposed.

A few people gave him weird looks as Charles headed to the metro stop, but hey, not every superhero was as rich as Iron Man.

Charles sighed and stood in front of the ticket machine, suddenly cursing the design of his suit, for it definitely left no room for him to leave change somewhere.

"Need help, little superhero?" A posh voice spoke up. Charles turned to find the same dark eyed man from before.

"I don't have change." Charles murmured. The stranger winked.

"Let me buy you your ticket." He said with a smile, walking over and dropping some coins into the slot of the machine.

"I can pay you back..." Charles muttered as the stranger handed him the ticket. The man smiled and handed him a business card as well.

"Give me a call later this week. I'm sure there is something to arrange."

And then he was gone again.

~~~~~

The man's name turned out to be Lewis Hamilton, and Charles spend the next few weeks keeping an eye on him. Charles thanked his spider sense for making his stalking job much easier.

Lewis was a lawyer, and Charles spent many days on top of the court building, looking out for Lewis. He was intrigued by the man, by his kind and calm nature, but he didn't know how to approach him.

Until one night, 4 weeks after their initial meeting. Lewis was out for an evening with his bulldog, and Charles moved along with him over the roofs of the nearby buildings, just keeping him safe in case it was needed.

Lewis walked into a narrow alley, whistling softly under his breath before coming to a sudden halt.

"I know you're there, little superhero." He spoke suddenly. Charles huffed, not understanding how Lewis had seen him.

"I came to pay you back." Charles called out. Lewis chuckled.

"I don't need money, darling." He chuckled. Charles cautiously moved closer.

"But I need to pay you back. Superhero oath and stuff." He lied. He made sure his mask was secure, before sliding off the building, hanging upside down from his webbing until his head was on the same height as Lewis's.

Even when looking at him upside down, Lewis was gorgeous, with tattoos covering his skin and a mop of messy curls on his head. Lewis smiled at him.

"Well, if it's part of your superhero oath, there is one thing you can do for me." Lewis whispered, bringing his hands up and slowly pulled the edge of the mask down, just enough to bare Charles's chin and lips.

"What is it?" Charles murmured, nervously exhaling. Lewis chuckled, a deep, rumbling sound that made Charles shiver lightly.

"A kiss." He whispered, before leaning in to lightly press his lips over Charles. The angle was weird, Charles not having a clue how to kiss upside down, but Lewis's lips were soft and warm against his.

Lewis pulled away way too soon, pushing Charles's mask back up before smiling and turning, calling his dog and heading out of the alley.

"Bye, little superhero." He called. Charles smiled.

"Charles. My name is Charles." He said. Lewis turned and grinned at him.

"See you later, Charles."

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You guys, I wanna say a thing and it’s completely irrelevant to anything at all but it has been bothering me for just the longest time and I need to say it. 

 So you know that trope of superheroes working to keep their secret identity secret from everyone all the time always? It’s dumb and makes no sense after a moment’s thought. Hear me out. 

 I get keeping it secret from villains and society at large, but why wouldn’t you tell your closest friends and family? Sure there’s the chance somebody close to you will betray you, but you know what happens even more than that in superhero stories? The villain learns the hero’s identity anyway. I mean, if Doctor Evil McBad is going to inevitably capture your sweet, precious Mary Sue Jane, she ought to know what’s going on, right? If she doesn’t know who you are, then this random supervillain randomly blowing up her house and demanding information on Captain Spiderbat is gonna be hella confusing and traumatising. At least if she knows the truth, she is more knowledgeable about the situation, and more capable of fighting back. Plus, she’ll know not to say things that accidentally implicate you. Also, when you have the inevitable subplot where you have to miss out on her big Photoart gallery date opening EventTM because you gotta save the world, she’ll know why and presumably understand. I mean, it’s kinda wild how many superhero narratives frame this situation, you know? Captain Spiderbat misses MSJ’s Big Event so big it needs capital letters, and the story always pivots to be about, “Oh woe is Mild Mannered Alter Ego, doesn’t she know he was only doing what’s right?” Like, no....no, she doesn’t. That’s my point. 

 Anyway, you know what superhero had his shit together? Danny Phantom. No really. 

 Slight spoilers but also the show wrapped up in 2007, wyd?

 For the uninitiated, here’s what you need to know: Danny Fenton was just 14 when his parents, a couple of ghost-hating ghost hunters, built a very strange machine. He stepped inside, became half-ghost, and along with it found himself with a set of superpowers. He had snow white hair and glowing green eyes, he could walk through walls, disappear and fly he was much more unique than the other guys. After a month of fumbling with these powers, too scared to tell his ghost-hating ghost hunting parents what had happened, he decides to become the titular Danny Phantom, and save his hometown, and sometimes the world, from evil ghosts. 

 Many of these ghosts either know or come to learn his secret identity regardless. He tries to keep it secret, but word gets ‘round in the ghost zone, you know? But alongside his ghost enemies, Danny has a serious publicity issue. Half the town ends up hating him, and again, he lives with ghost-hating ghost hunters. He does keep his identity a secret as best as he can, revealing it to the world at large in the final episode (and once a while prior, but that was macguffin Thanos Snapped away. No really, there was a reality-altering glove with gems and everything. There was also another time, but some Time Lord fixed that all up.)

 But you know who he never keeps his powers from? His best friends, Tucker and Sam. Admittedly they were there when he got his powers, but he never hid anything from them after that. They knew who Danny Phantom was, who his enemies were, and fought by his side - honestly, saving his butt as much as he saved theirs. As Danny went from being an awkward teen to a kickbutt superhero, Tucker and Sam trained to become the best ghost hunters in the world. (Again, really. There’s an episodes where “The BEst Ghost Hunters In Teh World!!1!” show up, and Tucker and Sam were more efficient than all of them combined.) Being closer to Danny than everyone else they are frequently put in danger, but they have the knowledge and skillset to defend not only themselves, but the whole town. And sometimes, their superhero.

 Oh, I am leaving out one person, too: Jazz. Danny’s older sister who starts off the series totally unaware of what’s happening with her brother, but finds out by accident later on. Their parents are good people, but usually so caught up in their ghost hating and ghost catching, they don’t see what’s going on with their kids. Jazz recognises something’s up, and spends a lot of her time trying to help Danny, despite not knowing what he’s going through. When Jazz figures it out, she decides not to tell Danny she knows, and instead, supports him from the sidelines and lets him come out when he’s ready. (Man, there’s so much queer coding in this show, good grief. Anyway.) 

 Behind his back, Jazz begins training, paying as much attention to her physical skills now as her intellectual ones. She defends Danny and covers for him at home, making his life much easier. Even telling her ghost-hating parents to their faces that Danny Phantom is a good guy and keeping a scrapbook of his achievements. And when the truth finally comes out, Danny doesn’t wholly reject her input. There are some serious teething problems for an episode as Jazz becomes overbearing at first, but eventually they settle into a comfortable place where she can help whenever needed, and defend herself when she’s attacked. Unlike the beginning of the series when she didn’t even believe ghosts existed, Jazz has developed into someone who is not only formidable in her own right, but is also invaluable to Danny. 

 Tl;dr: if you’re looking into the business of leaping over buildings in a single bound or punching meteors out of the sky, maybe tell your loved ones where you’re going. It’s just polite.

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Dietrich TC Pure Timepieces Launches As Collaboration Between Swiss Watchmaker & aBlogtoWatch

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Today on aBlogtoWatch, we debut the Dietrich TC Pure wristwatch collection. The Dietrich TC Pure is produced by Swiss watchmaker Dietrich and represents a new flavor of the popular existing Dietrich TC-1 (“Time Companion 1”) product family. The watch is sold and produced entirely by Dietrich but was designed and conceived in direct collaboration with aBlogtoWatch, namely our Art Director Matt Smith-Johnson. The TC Pure would not have happened without a direct and personal relationship between Mr. Emmanuel Dietrich and Matt Smith-Johnson.

The pair met in person around 2017 at a small watch industry event where Dietrich was displaying timepieces. Smith-Johnson happened to be there and, as the story goes, he accidentally knocked over a “wobbly” watch display stand that Dietrich watches were secured on. No damage ensued, but it resulted in Matt Smith-Johnson later designing a brand new display concept for Dietrich — demonstrating to Mr. Dietrich that they shared a passion for design. The TC Pure project took well over a year, with the duo going back and forth on numerous designs. From a design perspective, Dietrich wanted a dial for the TC-1 that he himself could not come up with. He gave design direction and feedback to Smith-Johnson, who created the TC Pure dials for Dietrich’s direct approval. The result is a new “sterile” (no branding) watch face experience for the Dietrich TC product family.

aBlogtoWatch’s Ariel Adams was the first timepiece writer to showcase the world of Emmanuel Dietrich online over a decade ago. Dietrich is an accomplished designer who, in the context of watches, brings a unique mixture of industrial design sensibility with a biomorphic aesthetic. He takes established principles of timepiece legibility, proportions, and ergonomic comfort and renders unique shapes and forms around them. Dietrich’s current most “mainstream” watches are within the TC-1 collection, which is designed to be an original take on the popular “integrated bracelet steel sports watch.”

This classification of watches that includes the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak and Patek Philippe Nautilus has proven to be exceptionally popular with timepieces consumers and collectors alike. This is due to their mix of fashionable versatility, unmistakably masculine looks, and a distinctive aesthetic. The TC-1 watch features a unique look on a popular theme, something Dietrich excels at. With the TC Pure, aBlogtoWatch wanted to create a new dial variation that even further refines the face of the TC collection down to its core properties using sophisticated tenets of minimalism. Hence the name Dietrich “TC Pure.”

Dietrich and aBlogtoWatch have designed two versions of the TC Pure featuring the product in a natural steel case and bracelet or with a black-colored PVD coating. The watch is 42mm-wide, 9.3mm-thick, and wears smaller than the width might suggest given the narrow lug structure. The 50-meter water-resistant case has Dietrich’s signature hexagonal shape, which is mirrored in the design of the bracelet’s links. Inside the watch is a Swiss-made ETA 2824-2 automatic movement, of which only the time is displayed on the dial of the TC Pure. For a full look at the standard Dietrich TC-1 watch, you can read the aBlogtoWatch review here.

Now let’s hear from Emmanuel Dietrich and Matt Smith-Johnson about the TC Pure watches, as well as the design process that led to them.

Ariel Adams (AA): Emmanuel, you are known to be both meticulous and protective of your unique design sensibility. What did it take to convince you to work with a third-party designer such as Matt to publicly offer a new variation on a watch design platform (the Time Companion) that took you years to develop and perfect?

Emmanuel Dietrich (ED): I am 100 percent a product designer and in this domain, for sure, I am quite protective. Or better said, I wouldn’t easily give up to the pleasure of designing an object. But saying that also indicates that I am primarily thinking in three dimensions. This is my strength. Imagining a form in space is as easier for me than for most other people to calculate or analyze. Each human has special capacities and can only be champion in the domains where we perform naturally. But in a complex context, if you want to make a top job, it is very important to know your limits and seek the help of people who have the same level of ability in the sub-domains you are lower-performing in.

For me, this limit is graphic design. Thinking in two dimensions is a different approach or mindset, even if it belongs to design. My passion for three dimensions led to designs like Organic Time, where the dial is freely composed like a small universe, not drawn on a flat surface as with a classic watch.

Knowing this, I sought first for the help of a typographer — the great Raymond Larabie from Typodermic Fonts, and had him design a beautifully balanced figures alphabet especially for my watch dials. (Standard fonts usually have figures that are not “stable” when used alone on a dial, with the result that the entire industry  — even Rolex — uses almost the same classic Eurostile font. And this is one of the reasons for the success of vintage dials; their numbers were designed by hand and carefully balanced in a pre-computer era.)

A second logical step was to ask for a pure graphic designer like Matt to play with these figures and create a very strong graphic design that prolongs the DNA of the brand but explores territories I wouldn’t penetrate myself.

AA: Matt, over a number of conversations, you and Emmanuel learned that you had a lot in common. Tell me about some of the shared interests you two have and perhaps how some of your overlapping passions ended up in the TC Pure watches from a design or detailing perspective?

Matt Smith-Johnson (MSJ): When it comes to design, I think it’s fair to say we both enjoy the process itself. Working within a predetermined set of constraints and managing to make something different or unexpected brings great satisfaction to us both. For the brand and products of Dietrich, Emmanuel has built a visual language from the original Organic Time onward. In a way, he set up the constraints I ended up working within to design the TC Pure dial.

I’ve always been a fan of Dietrich watches, I even bought the first edition of the TC-1 as soon as it launched. This influenced me in a way I was initially unaware of. When designing the first few concepts, I was trying to predict or emulate what I felt Emmanuel would do. Almost as if I were following a strict design brief, ya know?

After presenting the first few concepts, Emmanuel brought up some of the logo work I have done. We had a call, and he said something like, “With these logos, you see how you do things so efficiently and minimal? That’s your style. That’s what you do naturally when working on your own — do something like that for me. That is what you can bring to Dietrich: something I wouldn’t think of.”

This really gave me the permission and confidence to just be myself. It changed the process for me, which led to the “TC Pure” you see here.

AA: Emmanuel, explain how the TC watch collection actually represents a very time-tested and approved timepiece concept, even though its shape and form feel distinctive.

ED: First, the combination of stainless steel case and bracelet, combined with a three hand-date automatic movement, is the most successful combo out there. Simply because it is the best “form-follows-function” package available for daily use. And design is a lot about form following function!

Second, the case construction of the TC uses the same idea of a flat surface sharply bent to go into the bracelet that Gerald Genta used with so much talent and success. This “Genta bend” allows us to have a perfectly integrated metal bracelet compared to watches where the metal bracelet needs a complex first link to go from flat to the curved form of the case. If you look at Rolex, which is the only brand to perfectly master this exercise, it needed 50 years to improve from an approximative flimsy piece of metal to the beautiful solutions it achieves now. But in terms of design, I would consider the Genta bend much more modern and consequential.

Then, on this basis, it’s up to you to develop your own language. And here, as ever, it is about finding a strong formal expression that stays approachable and likable. It is about being yourself and being recognizable in the overcrowded watch world. It is about generating passion. And this is an alchemy none can really explain that just happens or not.

AA: Matt, how do you explain to watch lover novices what is special about Dietrich? You and I agree that it takes some experience and exposure to understand what particular designers such as Emmanuel Dietrich bring to the table. To newbies, his work might just seem different for the sake of being different. How might you describe it?

MSJ: Dietrich has a conceptually driven design language that I typically only see at the “haute horology” level of watchmaking. Every Dietrich collection uses organic shapes and forms, resulting in a unique biomechanical looking watch. It sort of reminds me of H.R. Giger, without being frighteningly dystopian.

For me, Dietrich watches are a celebration of the relationship we have with things more precise and imperishable than ourselves. People are imperfect, we’re organic, we make mistakes — and yet we build machines that complete tasks with astonishing accuracy. We’re capable of measuring time with great precision yet, nevertheless, our perception of carefully measured time remains inconsistent. What a fascinating paradox!

If you look closely, you’ll notice that each collection plays with this concept. I just don’t think you’ll find another brand out there with a philosophy quite like this.

AA: Emmanuel, tell us about your design work outside of the Dietrich brand. What are some other watches or products you designed? How did you get your formative training and experience as an industrial designer and then as a wristwatch specialist designer?

ED: My passion for design goes back to my sixth year, when my mother told me, “If you want weapons to play with, you will have to fabricate them yourself!” Starting from that instant, I consequently ordered tools for all my following birthdays and Christmases and started producing not only the wooden swords and guns I was dreaming about but all possible items. Bicycles and watches were especially in my focus, and one friend of the family who was my mentor in the DIY world was, indeed, working on watch prototypes at the LIP factory in Besançon (I grew up in the French watch region, close to Switzerland). I learned a lot from him and inherited his passion for precision work

This led me to study cabinet making and then interior design — in Paris, at the Boulle school. I went immediately freelance afterward and started proposing my ideas to potential clients. Since watches were in my blood, I tried and succeeded with two first designs, one made entirely of plastic for a theme park in France (a concept I also presented to Hayek Senior for Swatch, who loved it but eventually turned it down) and another one made of leather that I to sold to Hermès, thanks to the exceptionally open-minded Jean-Louis Dumas, who was leading the company in this time. The watch was called “Harnais.” These two projects opened a lot of doors for me in the industry, and I designed over the following 20 years for many brands, especially the creative ones like the Calvin Klein license of the Swatch Group, in its bright years.

Apart from watches, I was so curious I designed almost everything. From disposable plastic spoons for Häagen-Dazs to office furniture for Haworth, from home furniture to technical items like garage tools or even medical devices. I learned a lot about various techniques, and a lot about watchmaking, visiting all my client workshops and factories and working with them on product development.

That led me to create my own universe in the watchmaking world, a logical step, even if I remain primarily a designer.

AA: Emmanuel, tell me a little bit about what type of wearing experience you intended for the TC collection when you originally conceived it. What type of watch lover did you see wearing it? In what types of contexts? In other words, what problem or style were you designing the TC as a solution for? Answer that for the TC Pure, and explain what new solution is being solved with the addition of a more minimalist dial for the Time Companion product collection.

ED: The TC should also be a perfect match for the independent-minded watch lover who seeks an alternative to the classics. He wants to show he has made a choice centered on his taste and not on social ranking. He wants to have a talking piece that opens a discussion with like-minded watch aficionados.

My first intention was to transport the wearing comfort I was able to achieve in the Organic Time to an integrated stainless steel watch. I think men are approaching fashion and accessories with strong functional criteria, and I like this, too. A suit must be as comfortable as it is good-looking. A watch, too. So, this was the start, a smooth metal bracelet (that doesn’t pinch hairs), a well-sized and formed case that lays comfortably on the wrist.

On this basis, I started to interpret the formal language I had developed with Organic Time in this context and decided to go for extensive work on the rounded six edges that I love so much. You can find this shape everywhere in the watch, and that gives the design a very strong, coherent identity.

I am still very happy with the result, but as a designer, maybe I had the feeling I went a bit too far toward classicism with the dial, and always dreamed to have some more daring and pure, where the visual link with the case and bracelet would be stronger. Being able to do this with Matt was the perfect occasion, and being a team gave us the strength to make the dial sterile, which I personally adore.

AA: Matt, you’ve designed watches before (together with me, for instance, on such products as the Laco RAD-AUX and Undone Aqua BLK + YLW) in a collaborative environment. What was it like collaborating on design with Emmanuel Dietrich?

MSJ: Since we are both design nerds, it was easy to communicate with Emmanuel. Quite simply, it was a very enjoyable and relatively relaxed process. Once I had Emmanuel’s blessing to be myself, I went off and developed some more concepts. One design became the “seedling” for the TC Pure.

We both kept pushing to explore different paths from that seedling concept. At one point, we thought of making a dial that clearly contrasted with the case. I played around with materials and colors for some time, but it just felt off. After that, we thought it would be cooler to just make it look like the whole head of the watch was milled out of a single chunk of metal. Like the whole of the watch was just some singular, unified thing. I’m glad we went that route.

At another point, Emmanuel had the idea we shouldn’t use dial feet, but rather two simple screws that would be visible on the surface of the dial. It was a real no-nonsense sort of utilitarian look that we both liked.  However, it took away from the dial’s simplicity and symmetry, so it didn’t make the cut.

Gaining the courage to drop the logo took us both a while. We agreed that the sterile dial worked best with the concept direction, so after conferring with trusted colleagues, we got the guts to go ahead. We know that, typically, you want to see the branding on a product, but we both felt keeping the dial pure was the overriding factor. The dial is intended to echo the other forms already present in the design. It’s the pure, boiled-down essence of the greater thing. It couldn’t be interrupted by branding and work to the same effect.

AA: Matt and Emmanuel, what are just a few things you want timepiece lovers and the larger aBlogtoWatch audience to know or think about when viewing a Dietrich TC Pure watch on their wrist? What does this overall design and product mean to you, and what do you want people to know about this project years from now when TC Pure watches might be discovered by a new crop of enthusiasts eager to understand where they came from and what artistic and utilitarian purposes the line is meant to serve.

ED: I hope the watch community realizes this is a project fueled with passion and the love of sharing. Surely, the outcome should be business, and a reward that allows for further developments for all of us. But when I think back to the way this came to life, I am quite amazed and pleased that none of us three spoke of money for his involvement in the process at any time. There was always the idea to share the results, but we invested our talents and energies from scratch, without hesitation, for the sheer pleasure of doing it. This is something rare and the kind of moment I am living for. And then, as Matt is saying, each object we create is a bit of ourselves and our seeds of -hopefully good- taste in this world. We did our best here and tried hard to give an excellent product and a lot of pleasure at a fair price. I really cannot wait to see one on an unknown wrist one day. This is always my best reward.

MSJ: I really enjoy seeing how the light catches the dial when I’m wearing the TC Pure. The vertical brushing just pops at times, and I quite enjoy it. I’m not sure how to answer the rest without sounding grandiose, overblown, or slightly mad. I’d love for this watch to simply be remembered by the time future generations of watch enthusiasts crop up. Echoing an earlier point, the TC Pure is an imperishable extension of our creative selves. I’m just happy to be a small part of Dietrich’s legacy and make something cool with a designer I thoroughly respect. Price for each model is $2,000 USD. Purchase the stainless steel version here and the Black PVD version here.

aBlogtoWatch and Dietrich have a commercial relationship regarding the sale of TC Pure watches. Sales of Dietrich TC Pure watches will lead to some revenue-sharing for aBlogtoWatch, an important piece of information transparency the audience is entitled to.

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More Demons and Creepy Critters

If this week’s story about demons has you wishing for more demons and other creepy critters, we’ve got you covered!

“Excerpts from the Audio Notes” by Jonathan Ficke (scientists working with demons) (available in MSJ Spring 2019)

“5 Ways to Prevent Dimensional Pests” by E. R. Zhang (help with extra-dimensional entities) (available in MSJ Summer 2017)

“A Study of the THING from Cobb’s Barn” by Ira Krik (studying an extra-dimensional entity) (available in MSJ Spring 2016)

“The Front Line” by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley (fighting otherworldly creatures) (available in MSJ Summer 2014)

“Dying is Easy” by Franco Raud (deals with demons) (available in MSJ Autumn 2013)

  More Demons and Creepy Critters was originally published on Mad Scientist Journal

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Other Evolution Stories

If you enjoyed Monday’s story about a species evolving, check out these other stories!

“Reproductive Strategy in a New Giant Carnivorous Ostracod” by Rebecca Siân Pyne (genetic adaptations of a species in which there are no males) (available in MSJ Winter 2018)

“A Taste of Empty” by Dorian Graves (human evolution into something more) (available in MSJ Winter 2015)

“Sweet Sand Fleas” by Steve Zisson (communication with whales through evolution) (available in MSJ Spring 2014)

“Its Terrible White Horn” by Ian Rose (bringing unicorns back into the world) (available in MSJ Spring 2014)

“The Natural History of Carnivorism in Unicorns” by Torrey Podmajersky (a study of prehistoric unicorns) (available in MSJ Spring 2012)

    Other Evolution Stories was originally published on Mad Scientist Journal

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More Magical Tales

If you enjoyed Monday’s story about magic and roller derby, check out a few other stories we’ve published related to magic in the context of mad science!

“Mrs. Hobgobble’s Grade 5 Troll Homework: Tooth Fairy Experiments” by Sarina Dorie (experimentation on a magical creature) (available in MSJ Spring 2017)

“Weaselbearer v. Del Toro” by K. G. Jewell (rivalries between magicians) (available in MSJ Spring 2015)

“The Beginning Botanist’s Guide to Lair Defense” by John A. McColley (magical plants to keep a lair safe) (available in MSJ Autumn 2013)

  More Magical Tales was originally published on Mad Scientist Journal

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More Mad Anthropology

If you enjoyed Monday’s story, here are some more stories about mad anthropology!

“The Origin of Stenches” by Isaac Teile (goblin anthropology) (available in MSJ Autumn 2017)

“A Brief History of the Human Colonization of Mars” by H. E. Bergeron (human society on Mars) (available in MSJ Summer 2017)

“Jack the Giant-Killer: A Species Traitor?” by Dave D’Alessio (giant anthropology) (available in MSJ Autumn 2015)

“The Assembly of Equals” by David Taub Bancroft (primate anthropology) (available in MSJ Winter 2013)

More Mad Anthropology was originally published on Mad Scientist Journal

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Stories for Winter Nights!

We’re in the midst of winter in the northern hemisphere, so here are a few winter tales to keep you company during these dark nights!

“On a Winter’s Night” by Paul Crenshaw (a dark Gothic-inspired tale)

“Ice Words, Fire Fonts, and Other Scripts Unwritten by Human Hands” by Tais Teng (words written in frost and other such natural things)

“The Observer’s Paradox” by Judith Field (a melancholy tale set near the holidays) (available in MSJ Autumn 2017)

Stories for Winter Nights! was originally published on Mad Scientist Journal

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More Metaphysics

If you enjoyed Monday’s metaphysics story, here are some others you might like!

“The Improbable Case of the Were-Hydra” by Deborah L. Davitt (philosophical concepts as living beings)

“Do You Remember How to Fly?” by Paul Stansbury (are we unable to fly because we’ve forgotten how?)

“Handling the Contents of Consciousness” by Soramimi Hanarejima (memories and forgetting) (available in MSJ Winter 2019)

“An Atheist’s Guide to the Afterlife” by J. R. Hampton (where does a non-believer go if the afterlife is real?) (available in MSJ Autumn 2016)

More Metaphysics was originally published on Mad Scientist Journal

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More Ornithology and Some Cryptozoology

If you enjoyed this week’s story about unusual birds, you might also enjoy these stories!

“Cryptoid Sonics: An Investigation into the Use of Cryptozoological Sounds” by Andy Brown (considerations of cryptids for military and other applications) (available in MSJ Spring 2018)

“The Wing Collector” by H. Pueyo (an unusual species of bird and the person who collects them) (available in MSJ Winter 2018)

“Excerpts from the Diary of Theodore Miro” by Zach Bartlett (hunting and cooking the chicken-legged hut of Baba Yaga) (available in MSJ Winter 2018)

“The Observer’s Paradox” by Judith Field (an unusual species of bird and the woman he protects) (available in MSJ Autumn 2017)

More Ornithology and Some Cryptozoology was originally published on Mad Scientist Journal

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More Stories about Pathogens and Viruses

If you enjoyed yesterday’s story about pathogens, here are a few stories from the MSJ archives you might also enjoy!

“Disinhibited” by Myna Chang (a bounty hunter trying to help stop an outbreak)

“Love Bites” by James A. Conan (alien infections) (available in MSJ Summer 2016)

“Futility” by D. J. Tyrer (analyzing the cause of zombies) (available in MSJ Spring 2015)

“Hemingway at Work” by T.J. Tranchell (a rogue employee fights back against a virus-releasing employer (available in MSJ Winter 2014)

“A Bad Case of Rabies” by Jason Bougger (rabies zombies) (available in MSJ Winter 2014)

More Stories about Pathogens and Viruses was originally published on Mad Scientist Journal

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More Tales of Xenobiology

If you enjoyed this week’s story, you might also like some of our previous xenobiology stories!

“Jehovah’s Feathers” by K. Kitts (relationships between human and non-human species)

“Noise” by John A. McColley (investigations by a non-human species into humanity)

“Marked” by M A Smith (life as an unusual species)

“Space Cthulhu and the Cosmic Sneeze” by Catherine L. Brooke (a non-human species studies the past) (available in MSJ Winter 2018)

“Belcher’s Sailor: A Remarkable Adaptation to Life on Gas Giants” by E. B. Fischadler (a scientific article on a non-human species) (available in MSJ Winter 2016)

More Tales of Xenobiology was originally published on Mad Scientist Journal

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Other Cryptozoology Stories

If you enjoyed yesterday’s story about an unusual creature, here are some other stories you might like!

“The Skitterer: An Impression of an Imaginary Companion” by G. D. Watry (a strange cryptid that might or might not be real)

“Old Mother Shudders” by Tom McGee (advice on fighting cryptozoological monstrosities) (available in MSJ Winter 2019)

“From Matchsticks to Flamethrowers: On the Evolution of Dragons” by Isaac Teile (tracing the evolution of one of the most mythical creatures) (available in MSJ Summer 2017)

“Stheno” by Marnie Azzarelli (one cryptid makes her way in the modern world) (available in MSJ Spring 2017)

“Containment of the Last Queen” by Alby Darling (on the hunt for a legendary cryptid) (available in MSJ Autumn 2015)

Other Cryptozoology Stories was originally published on Mad Scientist Journal