I watched a small part of George Floyd’s funeral yesterday and had to turn it off quite quickly. As they spoke of him ‘looking down’ on them and effectively being in heaven I was reminded of the following- George Floyd… Read More ›
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The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy
On 23 December 1924, a group of leading international businessmen gathered in Geneva for a meeting that would alter the world for decades to come. Present were top representatives from all the major lightbulb manufacturers, including Germany’s Osram, the Netherlands’… Read More ›
The Complete Guide to Patek Philippe Vintage Chronographs
Whether you want to call it a miracle, or a genetic alignment of cosmic fortitude so inspiring that it provides irrefutable evidence of a greater Creator, there are certain women that are so beautiful that they transcend description. And it… Read More ›
When design is a matter of life or death
The task to make textile items has inevitably been led by established fashion houses with access to existing workshops and supply chains. Burberry has churned out 100,000 non-surgical gowns at its trench coat factory in Yorkshire and Barbour’s factory in… Read More ›
Luxury brands aren’t giving up on smartwatches
The latest to enter the fray is Hublot, with the launch this week of the Big Bang E. With other players including Louis Vuitton and Frederique Constant also well established, it is clear that, despite the Apple Watch outselling the… Read More ›
Luxury brands aren’t giving up on smartwatches
The latest to enter the fray is Hublot, with the launch this week of the Big Bang E. With other players including Louis Vuitton and Frederique Constant also well established, it is clear that, despite the Apple Watch outselling the… Read More ›
IWC’s Da Vinci through the Europa Star Archive
In each decade, the focus of Europa Star shifts subtly, from facilitating international trade in the 1950s and 1960s to promoting the entire watch industry in recent decades. It was not traditionally written for “people like me,” the customers of… Read More ›
Long May They Reign
Most female monarchs disperse their eggs as widely as possible, but for unknowable reasons, Ovaltine laid almost 600 in Beyer’s yard. Under normal conditions, fewer than 5 percent of monarch eggs survive to adulthood. Beyer wanted the marvel she had… Read More ›
John F. Kennedy’s Watch
Today’s JFK’s Omega Ultra Thin sits in Omega’s museum in Bienne, Switzerland—the brand purchased the watch at auction for $350,000 in 2005. And as far as presidential watches go, it remains an artifact of a different time. With the exception… Read More ›
Inside Twitter’s Decision to Fact-Check Trump’s Tweets
Within 48 hours of the fact-check, Trump was preparing to issue an executive order that would ban federal spending on social platforms that exercise certain editorial powers and encourage the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general to launch investigations… Read More ›
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