Elizabeth Gage rejected finishing school for art school, turning her love of gold, gems and history into a decades-long career. While many of her peers are […]
The collector Roni Madhvani is as fascinated by vintage timepieces by lesser-known watchmakers as he is by those from famed designers. “The belle epoque of watch […]
Advertisement Step aside gold, and make way titanium and steel. Ceramic, the high-tech material first introduced to watchmaking by IWC Schaffhausen and Rado in the ’80s, […]
Advertisement LONDON — A detailed fountain that recalls the rococo abundance of 17th century Dutch flower paintings is on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum […]
Advertisement LONDON — Shaun Leane recently recalled how, in 2015, he stood alone in the “Cabinet of Curiosities,” the darkly dramatic, double-height gallery containing work that […]
Advertisement Carmen Busquets was an early believer in fashion e-commerce. A founding investor in Net-a-Porter, the Venezuelan entrepreneur, 52, has amassed a fortune from start-ups like […]
Advertisement ATHENS — Family lore has it that when the hospital discharged each of Ilias Lalaounis’s four daughters after their births, the first place their father […]
Advertisement LONDON — Cora Sheibani was raised with an appreciation for exquisite design. The daughter of the Zurich art dealer Bruno Bischofberger and his wife Christina […]
According to Antonio Calce, the chief executive of Kering’s fine watch group, which includes Girard-Perregaux, growing up in Switzerland presents a simple question to children thinking […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Amid the Spanish moss and manicured lawns of the Lake Nona Golf & Country Club, François-Henry Bennahmias was in his element during Audemars […]