There are watch pendants and watch brooches and watch rings, but Rihanna apparently had a different idea: a watch choker. So the Barbadian singer, actress and businesswoman turned to Jacob Arabo of Jacob & Co., the New York City jeweler and watchmaker who has created other pieces for her over the past 10 years. (Remember…
Greubel Forsey has made inroads into the 10-year plan that Antonio Calce announced in early 2021, shortly after he became chief executive of the independent watch brand founded by Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey. New models are being introduced, production strategically increased and distribution refocused on a handful of flagship stores. But fans have also…
The lack of a rotor generally allows manual-wind movements — and, ultimately, their exterior cases — to be smaller, which suits the current trend for small watches. While watch fans are known to call the 40-millimeter size “Goldilocks” because it is neither too big nor too small, several models introduced this year were in the…
In blistering 100-degree heat one recent afternoon at Valley State Prison in California’s Central Valley, inmates crowded around small windows in a prison yard to pick up their daily doses of buprenorphine, an opioid addiction medication. At one window, Quennie Uy, a nurse, scanned inmate identification cards, then retrieved strips of the medication, slipping them…
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If you want to gauge the effect of a planting design, try letting a 5-year-old loose around it. Then watch his body language. Chances are, the local insects will confirm the child’s findings, gravitating toward abundance and exuberance, as the child did. As these two distinct but discerning live-audience samples concur, more is better: more…
On a follow-up video call in early July, Ms. Rénier said the collaboration with Mr. Myers — who joined the call from a beach in Greece, where he was vacationing with his family — was the latest in Jaeger-LeCoultre’s year-old Made of Makers program. It is a series of partnerships with creators outside watchmaking, including…
More Than Likes is a series about social media personalities who are trying to do positive things for their communities. Hazel Villareal looked out the car window, spotted her target and pressed the megaphone to her lips. “Excuse me,” she said, as the man on the Dallas street corner turned to face her. “I just…
The enameled dial of a new custom watch by Vacheron Constantin depicts grimacing soldiers and their lunging horses, all engaged in deadly combat. Unveiled in May, it is the Swiss watchmaker’s reproduction of “The Fight for the Standard” from the “Battle of Anghiari,” a 1603 drawing by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens that is…
Leica Camera has spent the last few years working out its horological road map. The German company, known globally for its cameras, lenses and other optical instruments, dabbled in watches from time to time during its 154-year history. Then it announced its first in-house collection in 2018, with the two models arriving in stores early…