Right around when MC Hammer entered the ministry and Kurt Cobain scratched an itch on the roof of his mouth with a well-aimed shotgun, tape cassettes became truly obsolete. The CD had hit its stride, and the those lovable plastic things that used to self-disembowel that shiny black ribbon on the regular began it’s long descent into obscurity. Luckily, EOS has immortalized their form, sans ribbon entrails, into a very cool retro watch. No, they don’t play Run DMC. They keep time. It’s a watch, guys.
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