ALEX WILLIAMS

May 3, 2017

On Time: Glenn Beck, the Conservative Firebrand, Has a Soft Spot for Watches

On Time By ALEX WILLIAMS At this point, the only thing surprising about Glenn Beck would be if he failed to surprise. The firebrand conservative radio […]
April 12, 2017

On Time: A German Timepiece Fashioned for College Grads

On Time By ALEX WILLIAMS Techy smartwatches. Cheap fashion watches. Snowboarder-friendly sport watches. The watch industry has been laboring to get millennials in the habit of […]
March 29, 2017

At Baselworld, Luxury Timepieces Detect a Slowdown

BASEL, Switzerland — Strapped into a cockpit-style seat, eyes peering through heavy black goggles, you can almost feel the G-force as you hurtle down the bobsled […]
March 27, 2017

On Time: Bulgari Sets a Watch Record for Thinnest Self-Winding Watch

On Time By ALEX WILLIAMS BASEL, Switzerland — You can’t be too rich or too thin, and Bulgari clearly has the rich part down, as evidenced […]
March 27, 2017

On Time: New Hermès Timepiece Is a Stopwatch for the Soul

On Time By ALEX WILLIAMS BASEL, Switzerland — It is a watchmaker’s job to mark the passage of time; musing on its passage typically falls to […]
March 24, 2017

On Time: With Classic Watch, TAG Heuer Turns Back Time at Baselworld Fair

On Time By ALEX WILLIAMS Two years ago, TAG Heuer grabbed headlines at the giant Baselworld watch fair with a glimpse of the future: a Google-enabled […]
March 1, 2017

On Time: Cartier Courts Young Men With Luxe Watches

On Time By ALEX WILLIAMS It is “everything you want and nothing that you don’t,” read a review in Hodinkee about the new Drive de Cartier […]