The Watch Universe in Singapore is Expanding

Singapore is flourishing as a market for Swiss watches, and its homegrown watch brands are blossoming, too. Fifty years ago, according to its profile on the World Bank site, the country suffered from severe unemployment and poor infrastructure, but decades of internal investment have helped develop a high-income economy. And many of its approximately 5.5…

Lo que tu bigote dice de ti

Hace medio año, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, guionista de Los Ángeles, se estaba afeitando la barba cuando llegó a la región entre la nariz y el labio superior y pensó: “¿Y si me detengo?”. “Al principio me sentí cohibido, porque nunca había usado solo bigote”, aseguró. Pero tras comprobar que su mujer no lo odiaba y darse…

Ann Roth Is Hollywood’s Secret Weapon

The designer has been the trusted collaborator of — and provocateur for — a pantheon of top directors, including Mike Nichols, Nora Ephron, Steven Spielberg, Anthony Minghella, John Schlesinger, Brian De Palma, George Roy Hill, Hal Ashby, Joe Mantello, Jack O’Brien, M. Night Shyamalan, Stephen Daldry, James Brooks and, early in her career, Dino De…

A 1920s Wristwatch With a Story

Susy Dyson, the British-Peruvian model who was a fixture of 1970s jet-set social circles, is a firm believer in letting things go. “When you put things for sale, things start to happen, you see,” she said during a recent phone call from Peru, where she now lives. “Energy moves.” Which is why she was not…

Has Your Watch Been Lost or Stolen?

About five years ago, executives at Compagnie Financière Richemont, the Swiss luxury group that owns 11 high-end watch brands including Cartier, IWC Schaffhausen, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Vacheron Constantin, began to notice a worrisome trend. “Watch and jewelry theft was increasing quite alarmingly,” Frank Vivier, Richemont’s chief transformation officer, said on a recent video call. “People in…