September 4, 2017

A Shopping Spree in Hong Kong: The Past and the Future

At a shopping mall here that caters to mainland Chinese tourists, Jayce Zhao veered into a Hublot boutique to inquire about a $24,275 watch that he […]
September 4, 2017

At Omega, a New Factory for Orders from China

August frustrates Raynald Aeschlimann, president and chief executive at Omega. When he welcomed a guest to his office for a tour of the company’s new production […]
September 4, 2017

Custom Timepieces Seize the Moment

In 2003, when George Bamford founded Bamford Watch Department — a company that specialized in customizing Rolex sports watches by applying industrial case coatings, special finishes […]
September 4, 2017

Vintage Rolex Is What This Collector Craves

“Vintage Rolex is my focus,” Timothy Yong said. “I track every auction.” Mr. Yong, 33, has five rows of timepieces in a glass display case spanning […]
September 4, 2017

A Remote Desert, an Adventurer and British Watchmaking

It’s probably safe to bet that few people can immediately pinpoint the Saryesik-Atyrau Desert, in eastern Kazakhstan, on a map. But on Monday, Jamie Maddison was […]
September 4, 2017

Diverse Voices to Start Telling Time in Birmingham, England

Birmingham, the English city often identified as Britain’s most diverse, is going to use time to celebrate its variety of voices. An aural clock, a sound […]
September 2, 2017

EJ Johnson Is ‘Not Just Some Other Rich Girl’

“Today we are talking about breaking boundaries,” EJ Johnson declared from the stage of Beautycon, a two-day cosmetics festival held in August at the Los Angeles […]
September 2, 2017

Want to Have a Good Day? Try Making the Bed First

When Adm. William H. McRaven, retired, was stationed in Afghanistan, his days were filled with chaos and unpredictability. “We could have soldiers dying and the horror […]
September 2, 2017

Celine Dion Loves You. And You. And You.

Annick Chenard, 38, has seen Celine Dion in concert 21 times and also has a large tattoo of Ms. Dion’s face and flowing hair on her […]
September 1, 2017

Encounters: Amanda Seales of ‘Insecure’ Revisits Her Harlem Haunts

Encounters By ALEXIS SOLOSKI As Amanda Seales strode into Ginny’s Supper Club, the nightspot under the Red Rooster in Harlem on a recent Thursday, a young […]