By Ryan Walsh Once in a while it’s nice to see a designer style knife, beautifully decorated to catch your eyes. Though most outdoorsmen won’t gravitate to them as a “functional” knife, they are much like a piece of working art: they can just as easily hang on a wall, as accompany someone out into…

Explore the Vallee de Joux with photographer Dan Holdsworth and Audemars Piguet (Video)
Audemars Piguet – well known for its long history and the fact that it is the oldest luxury watch firm still privately owned by the founding family – takes a great interest in the environment – as we mentioned in a post here recently. Much of the brand’s inspiration for saving the forests and reconstituting…
Independent, Family Run Companies Offer Mega Advantages: Introducing our Collector’s Corner
When we first created ATimelyPerspective just about three years ago, we knew we wanted to put our 30-plus years of experience in the watch industry to good use (For about this see our “About” column here.). We wanted to keep the site focused on original content that offers watch education, reviews, and insightful moments…
The Power of the Press: Meet the Rolex Pepsi (original pics, prices)
It happened before the BaselWorld Fair even opened to the public. Just a couple of days before, a few members of the watch press got the first lo at the new Rolex Oyster Perpetual GMT Master II watch. A world’s first, this timepiece features a Cerachrom bezel created in blue and red. Suddenly, the timepiece…
3 World Records Set at BaselWorld 2014 by Bulgari, Graff, TAG Heuer
A few months ago, after SIHH, we brought the three top world records set for timepieces during that Fair. Now, post-Basel, we bring you the three record-setting watches from this year’s BaselWorld 2014. From ultra thins to ultra shimmer, it was a strong year for world premieres and records. We know you are chomping at…
We’re Officially Back: BaselWorld 2014, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
This was a particularly long trip f or me. It always is. Basel is an eight-day marathon test of endurance of strength and memory. This year, however, I also went a week early to Europe to celebrate the 130th anniversary of Bulgari (we’ll bring you about that here soon). So, two and a half…