10 watches to end the year
Santa isn’t the only one with a sackful of goodies! The final crop of new watches for 2021 is a sure way to end the year on a festive note.
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Second-hand mania
Philippe Dufour is setting salerooms alight; WatchBox has invested in De Bethune; Chrono24 has secured LVMH-backed funding; Watchfinder is presenting all the James Bond watches in its Paris showroom; Richard Mille has launched a certified network for its pre-owned watches… for watch fans, the moving and shaking is on the pre-owned market.
Hugh Laurie - What time is it, doc?
For eight seasons, the charming British actor played House M.D., television's wittiest, most neurotic medic. All we can ask is to keep on taking the pills.
Vintage for Dummies (I)
For anyone considering taking their first steps in the vintage watch jungle, this two-part article sets out the right reflexes and gives advice on how to avoid the many pitfalls of this tempting yet very particular world.
The name’s Bond and the Watch is Omega
Whether he’s dressed to impress in a tailored-suit, or dressed to kill in a polo neck top, there’s one thing this British spy is never without (okay, that is unless he’s walking out of the ocean in his suggestive swim trunks)…His watch. His name’s Bond, James Bond. And he wears a Seamaster, an Omega Seamaster.
Space: When reality is stranger than (science) fiction
Some time ago in a galaxy not so far, far away, a new generation of watchmakers was born. Raised on mangas and space heroes, they would give rise to watches inspired by intergalactic vessels and the dark side of the force. Space calling Earth, what time is it?
Movies: Watchmaking’s eight headline acts on the film scene
Adorning stars gliding up festival steps is no longer enough. Watchmakers now expect to see their name in lights. A look at the winners’ list in this game of active support for cinema: and the prizes go to…
The Cold War technology that seduced Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple
Danny Boyle's "Steve Jobs" biopic, released end 2015, cast Michael Fassbender as the technology guru who died in 2011, Kate Winslet as his marketing chief, and Seth Rogen in the role of Steve Wozniak, the not so public figure who changed the face of the world as co-founder of Apple in 1976. This "other Steve" talks us through a rather unusual Watch.
