By Gordon Henderson Founded in 1993 by Fawaz Gruosi, de Grisogono launched as a premier high-end jewelry manufacturer. Gruosi is known for his passion and intensity surrounding the products he creates and routinely turns out one-of-a-kind masterpieces featuring precious stones and black diamonds. Affectionately referred to as the King of Black Diamonds, Gruosi added to his…
By Gordon Henderson Breguet as a brand has, since it’s founding, been at the forefront of horological innovations. The company is able to claim a number of game-changing firsts: the first self-winding movement, the first striking repeating watch operated by gong spring rather than a bell, and the first Tourbillon (among others). As such, the brand regularly…
Yes, Father’s Day is only a week away. And, yes, this is the graduation season. We have said it here before, but we reiterate – a watch is the perfect gift for the grad, dad, brother, uncle, boyfriend, hubby in your life. It is the one thing that is always timeless. That said, this week we…
At the recent JCK show in Las Vegas (we wrote about the watches of the shows here on Thursday), the Vicenzaoro Italian jewelry show also celebrated — with a stunning fashion show of jewels and gowns that marked the Fiere di Vicenza’s 10th anniversary in Vegas. With an exhibition format entitled VicenzaOro, I it!,…
By Marie A. Picon Versatile, attractive and typically feature-packed, sport watches have been edging out dress watches as wardrobe essentials for years now. If your go-to daily wearer is “garage” than “gala,” “cockpit” than “conservatory,” then watchmakers had consumers like you in mind as they prepared for this year’s Couture and JCK trade…
Earlier this year we brought you the story of Gumball’s fascinating 3,000 mile supercar journey across continents and around the world. We also introduced Armin Strom’s Gumball 3000 collection that pays tribute to this global road rally, which you can read about here. This past weekend, the Gumball 3000 came to an end as hundreds of…
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