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Mexico’s Lopez Obrador raffles his watch in colourful final press conference

Mexico City, Mexico Reuters In his last morning press conference as Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador raffled off his watch on Monday to attending journalists in the kind of popular stunt that came to define his presidency. Lopez Obrador’s successor and protege Claudia Sheinbaum, who will be sworn into office on Tuesday, has promised […]

Origins: The wristwatch

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This year is the final year of the centenary of World War I commemorations, so we thought it fitting to take a look at an item that was popularised during that war. DAVID ADAMS looks at how it came about…