Oliver Cooke, the museum’s horology curator, talks about the 8,000 items in his care — and the smartwatch debate.LONDON — Visitors to the Rosetta Stone or the Parthenon sculptures at the British Museum may not realize that just beyond the main entrance and up an intimidatingly long stretch ...
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It took new management only six months to introduce a watch at HYT, a quirky brand that uses fluorescent liquid to indicate time.When it was announced in March 2021 that the independent watch company HYT had closed, few industry observers expressed much surprise. Many had thought the quirky ...
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The Mini Malle echoes details of a trunklike handbag from 2014, but with 617 diamonds.During the high jewelry presentations in Paris in January, Louis Vuitton quietly introduced a new development: the first jeweled watch by Francesca Amfitheatrof, who became the brand’s creative director of jewelry and watches in ...
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When an interior designer and a software engineer set about renovating their new house, they had no idea what it would ultimately involve.Like many new homeowners, Kevin Sawyers and Peter Steinauer knew they wanted to make some changes when they bought a house in the Dolores Heights neighborhood ...
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The diamond-studded watch brooch from the late 18th century doesn’t keep time, but its new owner says that doesn’t bother her.Judith Price checks out jewelry auctions all the time, looking for the beautiful, the bargains, the surprises.She found all three in a Christie’s online auction in December. “The ...
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In the show of the season, the brand takes on the war in Ukraine. Valentino embraces love. And Givenchy buckles down.PARIS — In a cold, dark airplane hangar on the edge of Paris, as reports broke of more than 1.5 million refugees fleeing through Europe from Ukraine, Demna, ...
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Like many high school athletes, Bobby, 16, a junior from Long Island, has spent years whipping his body into shape through protein diets and workouts.Between rounds of Fortnite and homework, Bobby goes online to study bodybuilders like Greg Doucette, a 46-year-old fitness personality who has more than 1.3 ...
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A new HBO drama chronicles the 1980s Lakers, whose fluid style and Hollywood flair changed the game and the culture. An N.B.A. writer takes account.When asked to describe the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, the actor DeVaughn Nixon, 38, paused for a moment. “Stylized,” he said. Then he rattled ...
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Spike Lee, Cornel West, and Alicia Keys turn out to celebrate an entertainer who put his career on the line for the cause.“He put his money where his mouth is, and he put his career on the line,” said Laurence Fishburne at a gala Tuesday night celebrating the ...
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Spike Lee, Cornel West, and Alicia Keys turn out to celebrate an entertainer who put his career on the line for the cause.“He put his money where his mouth is, and he put his career on the line,” said Laurence Fishburne at a gala Tuesday night celebrating the ...
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Malcolm Kenyatta, a politician in Pennsylvania, worried Matthew Miller was too good to be true after they connected on social media. He proved even better than expected.It wasn’t long after Malcolm Kenyatta began messaging Matthew Jordan Miller on Instagram in April 2016 that Mr. Kenyatta started to wonder ...
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Margaret Eginton and Gregory Carmichael both liked to eat dinner alone at the bar of their favorite restaurant, until they decided they were better off together.[Click here to binge read this week’s featured couples.]In August 2015, shortly after Margaret Lu Eginton moved into a new house in Iowa ...
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For Caressa Gonzalez, who is Catholic, and Mordechai Miltz, who was raised Orthodox Jewish, things got serious when he crashed her family’s holiday celebration.[Click here to binge read this week’s featured couples.]By the time Caressa Gonzalez and Mordechai Miltz met in December 2016, 10 months had passed since ...
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In my mother’s absence, I’m learning how to construct a sense of self — and femininity — from fragments, friends, music and memories.My mother told me not to start shaving my legs without telling her. I disobeyed. One late November evening when I was 11, I noticed a ...
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