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.
Off-road partnership
Land Rover and Zenith are announcing a partnership to launch the Zenith Land Rover watch collection, commemorating their shared legacy as makers of high-performance luxury products.
Watchmaking or the temptation of art - V
Watchmaking, which counts time, is jealous of art, which has broken free of time. And is prey to doubts: is watchmaking also an art? Sometimes, yes. But is reproducing an existing pictorial work on a dial really the best way to achieve this coveted status? In which case the classics are a temptation that is hard to resist.
Ruggedness: the new trend for young travellers
As recently stated in the Economist, we are entering a new ‘golden age of discovery’, and while Apple may tell us that there’s an app for pretty much everything, the classic mechanical watch is still in many ways the more iconic tool for extreme travelling.
Jason Statham, Hollywood's toughest watch nut
He spends most of his screen time handing out slices of knuckle pie to anyone fool enough to diss him. King of atemi, virtuoso of the high-speed chase, master of the broadside skid in Transporter or Fast and Furious, Jason Statham isn't a 30 mph kind of guy, as he once again demonstrates in Mechanic: Resurrection.
The truth about the Piaget Polo S
You'd be surprised what you can find at an Italian deli in Geneva: Chianti, olive oil, the new Piaget Polo S and Joël Dicker.
"If a fabulous watch catches your eye, why hold back"
Known for her stilettos, rollercoaster relationships and bitchy gossip, Sarah Jessica Parker, alias Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City, became the favourite fiancée of New York's in crowd. Who could forget the successful writer with a passion for fashion, and fabulous watches?
