In Watches, a Purple Craze

Lucien Steinmann, co-chief executive of Positive Coating, said A.L.D., as the process is commonly called, involved applying a transparent coating of oxidized metals onto a surface, atomic layer by atomic layer, in a vacuum chamber. “Due to the thickness of the coating used for decoration on dials, cases and movement parts, the human eye will…

Which Watches Do Jewelry Designers Wear?

When you design jewelry for a living, how do you choose your wristwatch? Does the design take priority? Does your watch match your jewelry aesthetics? We asked six female jewelry designers to share what makes them tick. (Their comments have been edited and condensed.) Carolina Bucci Ms. Bucci is a fourth-generation jeweler from Florence, Italy,…

The Case for Being Touched

“Can I come over?” It was a simple text. One I probably shouldn’t have been feeling so anxious about having sent as I drove to Matt’s house on the west side of Los Angeles after a late night at the office. But for a Muslim woman in her late 20s who had lived her entire…

His Better Banter Won Her Over

Blair Bryant Dawson would be chatted up by many patrons when she worked as a bartender at Catfish in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. But her banter with Daniel Sean Ogorzalek was always a cut above the rest. “You have to have an impeccable repartee to stand out to a bartender who’s chatting with funny patrons regularly,”…