For us here in America, the thought of a rat is mostly affiliated with big cities, garbage dumps and all things ugly. We conjour sayings like “you dirty rat” or movies like Ben with rats trained to kill. However, in other cultures, the rat is a revered animal. In China, for instance, the rat is…
By Alex Lam Yesterday, we waxed poetic about our passion for watches and the drive to collect and curate them. That article was all about the emotion involved in buying a watch and the relationship one forms with it. Today, we bring a more practical view to the concept of watch collecting. After considering the…
By Alexander Lam There are many ways to view an object. At the end of the day an object is inanimate, it does not breathe, it does not feel, it is not alive. However, the objects we touch from day to day, that our five senses observe, we attribute qualities to these objects that a…
Ever sinceJean-Claude Biver took over the helm of Hublot — we’ve seen all sorts of bold delights from the brand — ranging from Tutti Frutti gems, to denim straps, Big Bang complications and even the complex La Ferrari. Now, the brand unveils the Classic Fusion Tourbillon Night Out – a crisp clean pitch-black watch sporting…
Just about a month ago, A. Lange & Sohne invited journalists from around the world to the unveiling of its Grand Lange 1 Moon Phase watch that tracks the lunar cycles in — well – grand style. The official unveiling of this watch to the world will occur in just about two weeks at the…
We’ve seen this watch make jaws drop. The sheer three-dimensional beauty of the Greubel Forsey GMT has had many a watch collector lusting after it since it was first unveiled to the world in 2011. Now, the brand has upped the ante – unveiling it in platinum – the world’s rarest metal. The watch still…
Those who love a precision instrument will be thrilled with the new Zenith Calibre 410 that recalls the original powerhouse introduced in 1969. That same year that men walked on the moon, Zenith unveiled a revolutionary new movement that had been seven years in the R&D stages. The watch – code named the El Primero…
Those of you who follow me know that I spent some time on the Galapagos Archipelago – complete with a stop at the Charles Darwin Foundation and some island snorkeling — a few years back with IWC – as the brand pledged its support to the Charles Darwin Foundation and to the preservation of this…
We get so used to looking at time on our watch in the typical way — with hour hands, minute hands and seconds – that sometimes we forget there are other options out there. One of our favorite “different” timepieces is the jump hour watch. We love this because of the super elegant and intriguingly…
Why is it that everyone rings in the New Year with a bunch of resolutions about what they are going to be sure to change? We here at ATimelyPerspective are not resolving to make changes, we are making them.While last year was a wonderful year for us, we like to remember our roots and move…
With the countdown to 2014 coming near, and watching 2013 come to a close, we thought it would be fun to ring in the new year with a countdown of our own. Here we list five top watches from 2013– selected from some of our more popular articles of the year. 5) William Shatner by…
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