The alarm watch is a timepiece that features an alarm trigger system – coupled with the hour wheel – that is designed to produce an audible acoustic sound to wake one up – or remind one of an important meeting or moment in time. A complex system inside the case, the alarm watch has undergone…
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Easily one of the top Swiss watch brands when it comes to artistic talent, Jaquet Droz is long known for its automatons and its hand-painted and hand-crafted dials. This brand regularly brings its dials to life with scenes that either move or are so elegantly carved or painted that they have multiple dimensions. Now, the…
Time Capsules: Product — Breitling for Bentley in British Racing Green
For years now Breitling had been building the Breitling for Bentley line of timepieces. The collection has ranged from tourbillons to custom-created pieces wherein Bentley owners can even match the burled wood in their cars, to technically complex chronographs and even in-dashboard instruments. Now, Breitling (http://www.breitling.com/) for Bentley turns a bit more British than usual…
Trend Report: Platinum Watches
Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Traditionnelle Calibre 2253 with perpetual calendar and equation of time that indicates the difference between real solar time and average solar time. It is a 457-part movement with 30 jewels and 14 days of power reserve. www.vacheron-constantin.com.Ok, well it may be difficult to say the rarest metal on earth is a trend…
A Moment in Time: Renaud & Papi’s Giulio Papi
It was in the quartz rage era – the crisis of the mechanical watch – that the young Giulio Papi announced to his father that he wanted to be a watchmaker. The year was 1980, and Giulio Papi was 15. He apprenticed in a class of one-on-one – and got the education of a lifetime.…
Time Capsules: Product — ArtyA’s Spider
As the creative and original Yvan Arpa, director of ArtyA, continues to draw on his own experiences and interests for his unusual watch designs, the world continues to receive high-end wonders such as this new Spider – just in time for the Halloween festivities. In this work of art and craftsmanship, Arpa blends conceptual art…
Time Capsules: News – A mansion unlike any other — Ralph Lauren Opens US Watch & Jewelry Salon in Stunning Madison Ave Mansion
When it comes to Ralph Lauren, the world expects style, sophistication and savoir faire. Last week when he held the grand opening of his spectacular first-ever US Watch & Jewelry Salon at 888 Madison Avenue – he stunned even those who were expecting grandeur. The mansion, which was two years in the building and decorating…
Weekend Sojourn: TF Cufflinks – Statements on Time
For men of taste – and let’s face it, watch collectors are all of sophistication and taste or you just wouldn’t be collecting watches – it’s time to re-think what you’re wearing on your wrist. Well, not the watch, but the cufflinks. (Maybe the watch, too?) These TF EST 1968 cufflinks are made in the…
Trend Report: Winter Whites for Women
This year, as fall gives way to winter, white hot is the word. Augmenting the great hues of purple, gray and gemstone palettes on the runway, white is a veritable staple – and one the watch brands are embracing with gusto. It’s an easy color to wear because it matches everything. It picks up every…
Time Capsules: News: Boston Tourneau Event
Calling all Bostonian Watch Collectors! A. Lange & Söhne and Tourneau, the World’s Largest Watch Store, are presenting Exclusive Viewings of the A. Lange & Söhne Collection. Highlights will include the LANGE 1 DAYMATIC, the self-winding version of the legendary LANGE 1 with a retrograde day-of-week display, and the SAXONIA ANNUAL CALENDAR, Lange’s first annual…
Time Capsules: Product: DeWitt’s Black on Track
Jon Omer, head of DeWitt USA told me the other day when we had drinks at the Waldorf Astoria, after visiting Cellini, that DeWitt is launching an all new ladies collection for 2011. While he wouldn’t reveal any secrets – in fact he was just flying over there this week to see the line for…