Just a few days ago, a special team of shark researchers and scientists left the waters off of Cape Cod, MA, and headed out to the greater Atlantic Ocean on a two-week expedition to study sharks in their own environment. The expedition, led by Ocearch and supported by Swiss watch brand, Ulysse Nardin, aims to…
Carl F. Bucherer is one of those quiet giants. The privately owned business, based in Lucerne, Switzerland, regularly turns out timepieces that deftly blend elegance and technical prowess. More than 125 years old, this brand has been investing significant time and effort into building its timepiece production – focusing on new movements and the refinement of top-quality innovative lines for…
Over the past four days we’ve brought you some in-depth coverage of the Annual Monterey Classic Car Week. After such a monumental period in car racing, with Rolex involved in four events, we want to take a look at the brand’s timepieces that draw inspiration from the automotive world. Presenting a portion of this week’s…
You may have noticed that since last Friday, we have been covering the Monterey Classic Car Week — a vintage car haven — on a daily basis. Today we bring you the short and sweet results of the superlative events of the week — of which Rolex sponsored four prestigious parlays, including sponsoring the RolexMonterey Motorsports…
Today marks the Concours d’Elegance in Pebble Beach and the conclusion of the Rolex Monterey Motor Sports Reunion, ending Monterey Classic Car Week — one of the most exciting weeks in vintage automotive circles. Pebble Beach Golf Links has witnessed many memorable triumphs in its history, including U.S. Open wins for Rolex ambassadors Jack Nicklaus and Tiger…
This is the much-anticipated action-packed automotive weekend of the year – taking place in Monterey, California, since Thursday and culminating in the Pebble Beach Concours d’ Elegance tomorrow. On Thursday, The Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance presented by Rolex took place, as did the practice sessions for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. You can read more…
Car lovers are a lot like watch fanatics. In fact, most don’t reserve themselves to just one or the other. Linked by a love for mechanical motions and historic styles, the preservation of these pieces remains important in passing along such traditions to future generations. Here to lend hand in doing so is California’s Monterey…
Not too long ago, on the night of June 30th (stretching into July 1), a “leap second” was added to time. It is the 26th such “second” added to the “clock” since 1972, and it was added — according to scientists at the International Earth Rotation Service in France — to compensate for the slowing of Earth’s rotation, which…
Recently, on our “Perfect Timing” column on Forbes.com, Roberta Naas wrote about her encounter during the Indy 500 with actor-turned-racer Patrick Dempsey. Here, we bring you an excerpt from that story, which you can read in its entirety here. Dempsey, a brand ambassador for TAG Heuer, was on site with the brand at the Indy 500,…
We’ve written about Louis Moinet here before. This is a brand that celebrates individuality with watches so unique and epic in their technical and aesthetic presentation that you can’t stop yourself from falling in love. The brand’s second iteration of the Derrick watch, the first of which we wrote about here last year, is now…
James Bond (actor Daniel Craig) has a lot of equipment that suits his style, including Omega watches and Aston Martin cars. Now, the character has updated his sun specs – donning a pair of vintage Vuarnet sunglasses in the new movie Spectre. His shades are a good choice for 007: the lenses are made of…
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