Seven Friday V Series: Finally a Watch You Can’t Read for a Price You can Afford
Left to right: MB&F HM3 Megawind, Urwerk 103, Nord QuickIndicator Jokes aside, some of the best (defined as “horologically distinctive and cool) watches are ironically, the ones which make you work...
View ArticleThe Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands: Put on the Ritz with these High Jewellery...
Boucheron Plume de Paon High Jewellery timepiece Defining virtuosity, Boucheron’s latest Plume de Paon timepiece simulates the silhouette of the Maison’s iconic ‘Question Mark’ necklace whilst playing...
View ArticleChopard: The Face of True Equity
Petra Nemcova: supermodel, entrepreneur, humanitarian and face of Chopard haute joaillerie Thanks to preponderance of Wall Street coverage, many of us have forgotten that the word “equity” refers not...
View ArticleOn Mars, the Name You can Trust is Hamilton
Written by Andy Weir, The Martian was a Cast Away in Space novella, describing the woes of American astronaut Mark Watney after tragedy leads mission control to assume that he’s been killed, marooning...
View ArticleThe Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands: Tourbillons of Feral Glitz and Arresting Crafts
Jaeger leCoultre: Rendez-Vous Ivy Tourbillon Following the success of the Rendez-Vous Ivy Minute Repeater which underlined the potent amalgam of high jewellery and fine watchmaking, Jaeger leCoultre...
View ArticleThe Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands: Masculine Timepieces for Her
Boy Meets Girl: Timepieces that manage the coveted equipoise of masculine angularity and balletic beauty Chanel Boy.Friend Watch Optioned in a size large measuring 34.6 mm by 26.7 mm and an extra large...
View ArticleBoucheron’s Bleu de Jodhpur Collection, where blue is the warmest colour
Uncontainable was the magnificence of India’s jewelled arts that in 1909, oft-retold tales of its gemmological wealth spanned as far afield as Paris and caught the attention of a certain jeweller by...
View ArticleEmbrace the Azure Depths of September’s Shimmering Birthstone: Sapphire
Petra Nemcova with Chopard Precious Temptations Earrings A symbol of faith, intuition and purity, sapphires are imbued with a sui generis beauty that yields an almost eerie timelessness, spanning from...
View ArticleThe Origin of Species: President Walter Von Kanel on the Past, Present and...
Longines President Walter Von Kanel Longines has been based at St. Imier, Switzerland since 1832 when Auguste Agassiz first arrived to manage a watch trading office. No watchmaker himself, Aggassiz’s...
View ArticlePre Watches & Wonders 2015: The Radiomir 1940 comes armed with a new P.1000...
As we will see at Watches & Wonders, Panerai’s codified 1940s line is now home to two marvelous contemporaries demonstrating fusion between the house’s traditional military heritage and modern...
View ArticleWatches & Wonders 2015: Piaget Emperador Coussin XL Lune Astronomique
With its beginnings around 206BC, European and Central Asian demand for Chinese silk from the Han dynasty contributed significantly to growth of trade and cross-cultural exchange from Armenians to the...
View ArticleWatches & Wonders 2015: Vacheron Constantin Heure Discrète
An imaginative and dreamy timepiece that eloquently fleshes out the aesthetic ties between the between early jazz and Art Deco visual styles, Vacheron Constantin Heure Discrète is one of the three...
View ArticleWatches & Wonders 2015: Baume & Mercier Clifton 1830 Five-Minute Repeater...
At the moment of its 185th anniversary, the world’s 7th oldest watchmaker unveiled the sublime Clifton 1830 five-minute repeater pocket-watch. The heavy set 18K red gold 50mm timepiece was, according...
View ArticleWatches & Wonders 2015: Van Cleef Arpels Cadrans Extraordinaires Oiseaux...
The interplay of youthful creativity smouldering within the age-old framework of ancient crafts is perhaps best demonstrated by Van Cleef & Arpels’ Cadrans Extraordinaires Oiseaux Enchantés, a 3-...
View ArticleThe Way of the Garden: Bulgari Giardini Italiani Collection
Bulgari’s Giardini Italiani collection draws the gold of inspiration from the heavens on earth, where art and nature intertwine. As fashion pushes glamour levels beyond the brim, this is typically a...
View ArticleWatches & Wonders 2015: A. Lange & Söhne
Celebrating the 200th birthday of Ferdinand Adolph Lange, one of watchmaking’s most adored manufactures has seen fit to release a blue on silver 1815 Chronograph as a special boutique only edition....
View ArticleTAG Heuer Smart Watch with an even Smarter Premise
Back in 2014, I once opined that TAG Heuer had already made a Swiss smartwatch. Designed in 2002 by Jorg Hysek, I had considered the TAG Heuer Kirium Formula 1, worn ably by Colin Farrell as a...
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