‘Another Body’ Review: A Cowardly New World

When Taylor Klein, an engineering student, receives a message from a friend advising her to open a link, she’s cautious. Eventually she clicks, and finds herself staring back at herself. Taylor’s face has been stolen to make a deepfake video, which was posted with her personal information on a pornography site. The documentary “Another Body”…

Watchmakers Know That Polish Counts

Like Playing a Violin At onetime, making a watch meant doing it by hand, because there was no other way. Today, C.N.C. (computer numerical control) machines have taken over a lot of the work that previously was painstakingly done by hand, but a hand finish remains the mark of high watchmaking — and it is…

A Tale of 2 Chronograph Watches

While these values are still core to the brand, over the past 18 years — and especially since 2019, when the watchmaker introduced its brand philosophy, “The Nature of Time,” an ode to the importance that the Japanese culture places on seasonality and time — Grand Seiko has made it a practice to create dials…

Vacheron Constantin and the Met Forge a Partnership

Vacheron Constantin, which has been collaborating with the Louvre in Paris since 2019, has a new affiliation with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The three-year agreement includes the brand’s financial support for a series of educational initiatives, such as a residence program for young artists. Both organizations said the contract was an initial agreement that…