On Friday, the largest and most important award ceremony in watches to place in Geneva. It was the 13t annual Grand Prix D/Horlogerie – wherein a huge number of awards were given. Indeed, it seems each year new categories are added to the prize list – so that this year the event totaled 15 awards. The…
A look at some luxury categories outside the watch industry that have collectors clamoring, including spirits, wine, cars, art, cigars and more

Forbes Gallery Salutes America’s Best Jewelers
By Nancy Pier Sindt A sparkling exhibit of one-of-a-kind jewelry is poised to dazzle the eye at The Forbes Galleries, New York. The show includes dozens of original pieces created by some of America’s top jewelry designers. The recently opened show will be on display for several months- so jewelry and art rs visiting New…
Pere Lachaise Cemetery Walk – Perfect for Halloween
If you are in Paris, it’s a great day to wander the historic walkways of the famed Pere Lachaise Cemetery. If you are not in Paris, we’ll take you on a little journey back in time. Many notables are buried in this cemetery – and – if they paid for eternal resting space – you…
Touring Marie Antoinette’s Private Residence, Petit Trianon – Made Possible by Breguet
In ways than one, my recent trip to Petit Trianon – private home of Marie Antoinette – was made possible by Breguet. Bringing past and present full circle, luxury watch brand Breguet has woven an intricate web of history and forethought. As most already know, Marie Antoinette, like many others of the Royal Court…
Mouawad Creates Royal Fantasy Bra for Victoria’s Secret
As regular readers here at Atimelyperspective know, we like to take a little sojourn from watches once in a while – since you can’t breathe, eat, sleep watches no matter how much you want to. Thus, we often explore other wonderful categories such as travel, cars and the like on our Weekend Sojourns. This weekend,…
4 Most Impressive Clocks in the Palace of Versailles and Petit Trianon
While in Paris last week with Breguet on an exciting trip to experience the past and present of the brand (we bring you about that in the next weeks) – we had the wonderful opportunity to visit the Palace of Versailles (complete with a private tour of the rarely open Kings Chambers) and the…