Friday 18 May 2012

The Prodigal Guide

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Dammit! I keep coming back to this… http://t.co/iXt7mNQS (5 hours ago)
Hello #Rolex fans and #watchnerds - and JC himself, @HODINKEE - how far back do I need to go to get a Daytona without polished centre links? (5 hours ago)
Honoured to have picked up new follower @PaxtonsCheese. Welcome to the party. (16 hours ago)
“@Louisamcc: @TheProdigalFool ha! You sound like my mother” Have you been a naughty girl? I could tell you off. (18 hours ago)
“@TheoryOfDriving: @TheProdigalFool Saw someone brushing their teeth once on the Northern line. Electric toothbrush too” That can't be true. (18 hours ago)
Ladies, please don't spend your tube ride slapping on your make-up. You don't see us gentlemen shaving, do you? A little decorum please. (22 hours ago)
Just reviewing @ProdigalSix's footage from the @RollsRoyceCars #PhantomSeriesII launch. What an epic car. More on The Guide very soon… (1 day ago)
Why the fuck doesn't Apple include an HDMI cable with Apple TV? How do they expect people to connect it? So frustrating... (1 day ago)
Going a little casual today with the @BremontWatchCom MBII. #WOMW http://t.co/Dj7Y4B6l (2 days ago)
New on The Prodigal Guide: The Sundance Kid takes London in style http://t.co/5Nklgzhj (2 days ago)
Yo! Sushi always rather sucks but I can tell you that it particularly sucks at Edinburgh airport. Now you know. (2 days ago)
“@jcrclarksonesq: May is on his way. I only have 17 bottles of wine. It's not enough” I feel much the same when @ProdigalSix comes over. (2 days ago)
Our friends at @bonhams1793 are to auction Houdini's pocket watch on 12 June in New York: http://t.co/uUJXFYdR (3 days ago)
Had a very odd dream last night: it turned out that my @BremontWatchCom MBII was made of rubber, painted in a metallic finish. #Watchnerd (3 days ago)
They're calling it the most amusing #TalkingHands ever. If you haven't yet checked it out...here's the link: http://t.co/BdowtskG (3 days ago)
“@audemars_piguet: aren't we all "standing on the shoulder of giants" @TheProdigalFool ? Where would we be without our history ?” Amen! (4 days ago)
New on The Prodigal Guide: #TalkingHands on the @FrederiqueConst Runabout http://t.co/YzQQCoh4 Thanks to @sloLondon for the sambuca! (4 days ago)
Love that @audemars_piguet is tweeting about #ChristiesWatchAuction. I wish more brands had the confidence to embrace the secondary market. (4 days ago)
“@Swithinbanking: This evening's final feckless observation is that Coke always tastes better on the Continent. Always.” Fact. (4 days ago)
Got season 1 of Sherlock on Blu-Ray. Just about to tuck into the first episode. So good... (4 days ago)
The debate about which @audemars_piguet Royal Oak is best rages on. Have your say: http://t.co/Fq9ad16W (4 days ago)
Coming your way tomorrow: new episode of #TalkingHands in which the booze finally gets the better of us. And the results aren't pretty… (4 days ago)
“@audemars_piguet: You'll have to travel to France @TheProdigalFool. London is not on the map this time.” I say, that's just not cricket. (5 days ago)
Browsing the @HawksmoorLondon At Home book for ideas for next weekend's Sunday lunch. It's superb, really superb. http://t.co/WrDI0Chz (5 days ago)
A little light bedtime reading, a gift from the good folk at Wempe... http://t.co/gD10juFz (5 days ago)
But the standout piece from the @bonhams1793 catalogue for me is this @IWC. What do you think? http://t.co/LJx2MGIN (5 days ago)
One day, when I'm old and grey... Cc @bonhams1793 http://t.co/6gXMdscQ (5 days ago)
I have a Sub already but these Froggies always catch my eye. Cc @bonhams1793 http://t.co/H0cecMqk (5 days ago)
Not sure how this @BaumeEtMercier would go down in the Hamptons but I like it. Another piece in the @bonhams1793 sale. http://t.co/zNwuXJPI (5 days ago)
Fascinating to see Vertu phones in @bonhams1793's auction. They always said they were made like watches! Cc @Louisamcc http://t.co/7gGOADFn (5 days ago)
Much as I try to fight it, the Daytona itch has started to bother me. Will have to scratch it at some point. http://t.co/rqRfmFwO (5 days ago)
The @IWC Portuguese Chrono looks lovely on brown strap with blue numerals. Estimate: HK$ 38,000 cc @bonhams1793 http://t.co/5mQrMD8F (5 days ago)
Interesting to see a @BremontWatchCom Supermarine as the first item in the catalogue. Estimated at up to HK$ 30,000 http://t.co/jpBRzmOY (5 days ago)
Sunday morning finds me drinking coffee and perusing the @bonhams1793 catalogue of its 26 May watch sale in Hong Kong. http://t.co/P8tFHCwp (5 days ago)
In case you missed it yesterday, @ProdigalSix's Twitter coverage of @rollsroycecars's #PhantomSeriesII launch was epic. Check the hashtag. (5 days ago)
“@ProdigalSix: Yes, the old fart owns it. Lucky bugger.. http://t.co/Lfk8Zgr2” He looks suitably concerned that you're photographing him. (5 days ago)
The lift doors opened as I entered the shop and a 3 year old pointed at me and shouted from across the crowded shop: "Captain America!" (5 days ago)
This is awkward. I've just arrived at Waitrose and realised that I'm still wearing my Captain America outfit from Master Fool's party. (5 days ago)
“@ProdigalSix: To frigging this....! #notphantomseriesII http://t.co/SuuKBEAe” Dear God. I pity you once more. (5 days ago)
“@aalphin: @TheProdigalFool @ProdigalSix that blows.” What he said. (5 days ago)
Sitting in front of a pile of 45 deflated children's balloons. Have been instructed to "blow." Meanwhile, @ProdigalSix at #PhantomSeriesII! (6 days ago)
A Prodigal Week is out! http://t.co/5Kif1YZb ▸ Top stories today via @mynokiaworld @drapersarms @bruce_palling @monochrome_nl @conduitcut (6 days ago)
“@Ew4n: BlackBerry's new advert... I like it! http://t.co/QhtokGqQ” Agreed. (6 days ago)
That nincompoop @TimTomato managed to choose the only restaurant in Knightsbridge without a license. So, very pleasant but very DRY brunch. (6 days ago)
Some interesting vintages pieces here at the Watches of Knightsbridge auction but my philistine eye is drawn to this... http://t.co/03lf6Vfo (6 days ago)
“@Sauttercigars: Laurence in the house sampling up a new Bolivar Britanica, come and try one out, one or two chairs free still.” Glorious. (6 days ago)
Does @FNEPR have the best job in the world? (6 days ago)
“@TheWatchSpy: Stunning new 'Worldtimer' from IWC........ http://t.co/dADExRYW” Stunning is a big word. (6 days ago)
“@ProdigalSix: Something exclusive just happened for The Prodigal Guide during #PhantomSeriesII.” Are we blacklisted!? Put the bottle down! (6 days ago)
These #phantomseriesII tweets are all very well but I need to get myself into Knightsbridge. Heading to a watch auction with @TimTomato... (6 days ago)

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Palm Pre: the full story from Engadget

By The Prodigal Fool, published on 10 March 2009

We’ve already told you how much we’re looking forward to Palm’s amazing new smartphone, the Palm Pre. Along with the Nokia N97, this is one of the most promising new ‘phones of 2009. While surfing Engadget today – something The Guide spends a truly unhealthy amount of time doing – we came across this excellent summary page that they’ve put together with everything you could possible want to know about Palm’s upcoming wonder child. Head on over to Engadget and enjoy.

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Palm Pre: the full story from Engadget

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The Prodigal Fool

Our editor-in-chief, the self-proclaimed "greatest wit, raconteur and bon vivant of our age", borders on delusional. Over the years, The Fool has squandered more money on fast cars, Swiss watches and electronic gadgetry of all kinds than he – or his bank manager – cares to remember. Come nightfall, he can invariably be found stumbling out of Dukes mumbling “just one more Martini; I could have handled just one mmmmm… [thud!]”

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