Fashion designers have spent the last few weeks presenting their new collections, focused on styles for fall. But many also have been introducing new looks for some of the most recognizable names in watchmaking. On Feb. 2, a week before the start of New York Fashion Week, Victoria Beckham gathered the likes of Helena Christensen,…
It was an evening in late January, and Raquel Cecilia Mendieta was dining at the Parador, the 12th-century monastery-turned-hotel where she was staying while she installed artwork for a new survey of Ana Mendieta, the famous Cuban-born performance artist — and Ms. Mendieta’s maternal aunt — at a nearby museum. It had been a long…
Iris Apfel, the O.G. geriatric fashion inspiration and influencer who died on Friday at age 102, was not an advocate of minimalism. She did not have much truck with stealth wealth or quiet luxury or the old axiom that elegance is refusal. She was not terribly interested in the tyranny of good taste. Where’s the…
The list of items essential for surfing can be counted on one hand: surfboard, swimsuit, board shorts or wet suit. Maybe a leash. Likely a watch. “It’s a staple piece,” said Coco Ho, a professional surfer from Hawaii and for 14 years a Proteam athlete, one of Swatch’s groups of ambassadors. “A watch is a…
“I think Frieze is fantastic,” James Corden said. “I went to the one in London before anyone in L.A. even knew what it was.” It was Tuesday in Los Angeles, and Mr. Corden, the former late-night host who now lives in London, was standing inside the Holmby Hills home of Jimmy Iovine, the co-founder of…
El Día de Acción de Gracias pasado estaba sentado a la cabeza de la mesa del comedor con mi familia alrededor mientras disfrutábamos nuestro banquete tradicional: pavo, papas, salsa de arándano, salsa de carne y una mezcla de puré de camote con minimalvaviscos que de cariño llamamos “engrudo”. Mis hijos, de 18 y 20 años,…
It might be a bit of a stretch, but not much, to say that if it weren’t for the watch company Breguet, there might be no Air France. And commercial air travel might be a bit different, too. The route between the founding of Breguet watches in 1775 on the Quai de l’Horloge in Paris…
“I always knew that I was going to do something different from the 9 to 5,” Robert Kwok said with a laugh, aware of the irony that, as the founder of Beaufort Watches, all he does is work with time. Mr. Kwok, 25 and an Auckland native, blames that perspective for the fact he barely…
A century ago, the Illinois Watch Company employed more than 1,300 people at its factory in the Illinois state capital of Springfield, daily turning out hundreds of high-quality mechanical timepieces, mostly pocket watches, as well as some movements for wristwatches. It even had its own astronomical observatory to measure time. Today, the company with that…
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are not yet the official presidential nominees of their parties, so voters have not had the opportunity to watch them go head to head, as in 2020, in a debate or interview setting. But on Thursday, as each visited the U.S.-Mexican border to address the issue of immigration, the two…