September 9, 2012

Grandfather Clock Keeps Ticking

Now pretty much everyone has heard the expression the clock keeps ticking away, or tick tick tick, or even tick toc tic tock, but how often […]
September 8, 2012

Links We Love: What we’re reading this week

  1. Architizer looks at Richard Meier’s first completed project in China, the Shenzhen Clubhouse. 2. Michael Graves muses on the lost art of drawing in architecture in The New York Times.3. CasaSugar picks 13 chic desk lamps for fall. ...
September 7, 2012

Moving on Up

Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough, the Manhattan-based duo behind the über-hip fashion house Proenza Schouler, may have surprised everyone by planting their first-ever retail flag on tony Madison Avenue, but they brought with them more than just a ...
September 4, 2012

Vuitton Lifts Profile in the Watch World

Louis Vuitton has in the last two years taken giant steps to turn itself into a significant player in the watchmaking world, both by raising its visibility and by strengthening its technical capabilities.
September 4, 2012

The British Are Back on the Watchmaking Scene

English clock and chronometer makers dominated for about 200 years from the mid-17th century onward. Now a small band of English watchmakers is staging a comeback.
September 4, 2012

Histories Lost as Timepieces Are Stripped for Gold

With gold prices soaring, many pocket watch cases are now destined for the smelter's furnace.
September 4, 2012

Fragile, but Full of Protection

The appeal of jade, especially in Asia, overrides difficulties of using the precious stone in watch designs.
September 4, 2012

Computerized Machines Aid Human Watchmakers

Mechanical watches may be a throwback to an obsolete Renaissance technology, but many of the world's finest examples are built in factories resembling NASA test labs.
September 4, 2012

A Master Emerges From Humble Means

Xu Jiabao, the son of Chinese farmers, found his calling early and has spent a lifetime fulfilling his dream of creating timepieces.
September 4, 2012

The Complex Challenge of Chinese Time

With the growing importance of the Chinese market, Blancpain is now offering a watch that displays both Gregorian and traditional Chinese time and dates.
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