Unveiled at BaselWorld and now making its way to the retail stores, the Swarovski Crystallium Automatic watch won an honorable mention from the Red Dot Award for Best Product Design 2013. This is no great surprise when you consider the fact that the stadium-style watch was conceived of by renowned watch designer Eric Giroud. This was…
Meet Dominique Burdet – Master Watchmaker for Audemars Piguet
Meet the man who spends nearly a thousand hours hand crafting one superb Audemars Piguet timepiece. His name is Dominique Burdet and in his haute horlogerie workshop at Audemars Piguet’s Le Brassus factory, this master watchmaker and his team create the highly complicated mechani for the brand’s Grand Complications – complete with minute repeaters. …
Exclusive Interview with Wimbledon winner and Rado Brand Ambassador — Andy Murray
This weekend, Andy Murray won Wimbledon, beating Novak Djovic and marking history as the first Brit man to win the Wimbledon championship since 1936 (when Fred Perry to the win). Last year at this tournament, he lost to Federer and his tears afterward saying “I’m getting closer,” won him the public’s heartfelt interest and support.…
Behind the Scenes with Emirates Team New Zealand and Omega as they Prepare for the Louis Vuitton Cup Challenger Races (original photos)
Last week, we here at ATimelyPerspective had the distinct pleasure of joining Omega in San Francisco, as the brand unveiled its newest America’s Cup Regatta watch (which we will cover in detail shortly) made in cooperation with Emirates Team New Zealand. We also spent some time with skipper Dean Barker of ETNZ and the…
Exclusive Interview with Nik Wallenda — Soon to Walk Across the Grand Canyon on a Wire
To those who follow his amazing feats, he is known as The King of the High Wire, but to his three kids, Nik Wallenda is just Dad. In fact, this seventh generation of the legendary Great Flying Wallendas insists he is not the daredevil people make him out to be. “I am just a regular man…
Exclusive Interview with Thierry Stern, Worldwide President, Patek Philippe
Thierry Stern, fourth generation to lead the Patek Philippe watch brand, is at once genuine in his passion for watches and sincere in his oath to continually strive to be the best. In an exclusive interview in Beverly Hills a few days ago with this global president of what is the benchmark gold standard in…