Blending the arts of watchmaking, engraving, enameling and – all in a timepiece that not only reflects history but houses the visionary forethought of today and tomorrow- is no easy feat. But somehow, Jaeger-LeCoultre makes it seem like it is. This is especially the case with the brand’s Master Grande Tradition a Quantieme Perpetual…
He was a troubled child who ended up in a reform school. Born in 1895, George Herman “Babe” Ruth Jr. began playing Major League Baseball when he was a teenager (first or the Balti Orioles in the minor league and then for the Boston Red Sox in the MLB). He wowed the world with his…
Its been an incredible week of astronomical watches, but now we bring you the piece de resistance: the enchanting Van Cleef & Arpels Poetic Astronomy™ watch. We this timepiece and even though it could cost the price of a small house—you get the reality of the solar system on your wrist! The only thing…
As promised yesterday, we focus on astronomy this week- with some of the most scintillating timepieces coming out of SIHH 2014 in Geneva recently. Among them—the absolute must-have A. Lange &Sohne Richard Lange Perpetual Calendar Terraluna. Intriguing, alluring and complex, this watch demonstrates better than most how influential the moon’s lure is over man –…
Exactly 84 years ago today, Pluto, long believed to be the 9th planet in our solar system, was discovered at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ, by astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh —although the concept of an unknown 9th planet had been first noted and searched for by Percival Lowell a decade earlier. Then-new photographic techniques…
We are watching them on the slopes and the ice – winning medals and earning cheers. We know they work hard to get to this point—some harder than others. Very few of the Olympic athletes have big sponsors that pay their way through training, equipment, global travel for competitions and . Most work real jobs…
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