Dubai (United Arab Emirates)

December 10, 2024

Unusual Rolexes Are the Focus of a New Dubai Boutique

Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons spent months searching for discontinued models to offer through the watch brand’s certified pre-owned program. Dubai’s horological scene has a new addition: […]
September 3, 2024

Tiny Love Stories: ‘A Drunk Dial Followed by Sporadic G-Chats ’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Brian Rea The Place He Swore He’d Left Behind It was 2007, and […]
July 26, 2024

The Arab Watch Guide Marks 10 Years of Influence

Experts say Hassan Akhras’s online publication and collectors’ club have changed perceptions of horology in the Middle East. A decade ago, watch collecting in the Middle […]
June 24, 2024

SailGP Draws Thousands of Spectators to the New York Harbor

At 11:30 a.m. Sunday morning, with New York City under a heat advisory, a gaggle of sailing enthusiasts, dressed in polo shirts and summer dresses, boarded […]
December 4, 2023

Cuff Links Gain Status in the Middle East

The traditional jewelry is seen as a way to add flair to men’s simple gown-like garments. Cuff links may be something of a rarity in Western […]
November 7, 2023

8 Fans of Dubai Watch Week on the Fair, the Fun and the Food

The event, scheduled for Nov. 16-20, expects to feature 68 brands and the introduction of about 20 new timepieces. When Dubai Watch Week debuted in 2015, […]
March 8, 2022

From Dubai to Warsaw, Women Are Forming Their Own Watch Clubs

“When I looked at watch clubs, it was men, men, men, men, men. And cigars.” In late 2019, Irina Ciobanu, the marketing manager for Elie Saab […]
February 28, 2021

Derek Khan, Onetime Stylist for Hip-Hop Stars, Dies at 63

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November 15, 2017

A Watch Collector Who Is ‘a Bit of a Metalhead’

Advertisement DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — “All these watches,” Yousuf Gargash said, waving his hand over his collection. “And I look at my phone” for the […]