Organizations, Societies and Clubs

November 7, 2024

In England, Manchester Enhances Its Watch World Presence

More retail outlets and a new fair add a modern layer on the city’s historic connections to the industry. Manchester is renowned as the world’s first […]
May 20, 2024

At a New York Mahjong Tournament, a Younger Generation at the Table

On a drizzly Saturday afternoon, hundreds of mahjong enthusiasts gathered in Downtown Brooklyn to play the 19th-century Chinese game of strategy and luck. As attendees entered […]
April 13, 2024

British Watch Brands Have Their Day

On a bright morning in early March, about 100 people waited patiently outside a grand Edwardian building near Victoria Station, waiting to be the first to […]
March 21, 2024

The Dinner Party That Started the Harlem Renaissance

Arturo Schomberg Eugene O’Neill Gwendolyn Bennett James Weldon Johnson Eva D. Bowles W.E.B. Du Bois Mary White Ovington Regina Anderson Carl Van Doren Charles S. Johnson […]
October 19, 2023

Watches, Fans and a Giant Blue Whale. It’s RollieFest 2023.

Geoffrey Hess invited what he described as ‘the crème de la crème of the collectors’ community’ to a weekend in Manhattan. On a rainy Saturday evening […]
September 24, 2023

How to Make Friends and Influence People: Join a Watch Club

Enthusiasts say their shared interest has widened their social circle as they bond over all things horological. Two years ago, Johnathan Chan, Helbert Tsang and Carlos […]
June 17, 2023

South Asian Students Hold Fake Weddings at North American Colleges

Across North American schools, South Asian students are holding elaborately planned pretend weddings with the pomp and circumstance of real ones. Bilal Nasir rode into his […]
December 22, 2022

How This ‘Book Club’ Takes Erotica to Unexpected Locations

Almost everything was as usual at the Sbarro in Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan on Saturday night — the rumble of the 1 train could be heard […]
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 1, 2021

Walking on Fire, and by Faith, in Northern Greece

Burning coal is scattered on the floor in preparation for a fire-walking ceremony. The World Through a Lens Walking on Fire, and by Faith, in Northern […]