watches
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This Luxury Planetarium Watch Lets You Keep The Galaxy On Your Wrist
So-called luxury watches are a bit naff when you think about it. $50,000 for an ostentatious timepiece that you wear to show how rich you are, rather than tell the time can make you look a bit thick, but I would pay just about anything for the new Planetarium watch from Van Cleef & Arpels.
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Christophe Claret’s Latest Watch Lets You Kill Time By Playing Poker
Christophe Claret’s first foray into the seedy world of wristworn gambling was the Blackjack 21 that let deep-pocketed watch aficionados pretend to squander away even more of their fortunes. That was followed by a Baccarat model, and now the company is introducing an even more complicated model that lets up to three players enjoy a…
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This Watch’s Mechanical Altimeter Lets Climbers Stay Stylish
A relative newcomer to the watch scene, Breva Geneve popped up last year with its first offering, the Genie 01, which put a whole weather station on the wearer’s wrist powered by an ingenious mechanical barometer inside. This year the watchmaker is back with its second piece, the Genie 02 Terra, which adapts the same…
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A Cinematographer’s Watch That Counts Down To ‘Action!’
Watchmakers cater to all kind of professions that live and die by the clock. But Arnold & Richter is the first to include filmmakers alongside pilots, law enforcement, and engineers with its limited edition Arri-branded DoP*1 watch designed with the help of German cinematographer Tom Fährmann.