The Tonka Bean Is Banned in the U.S. So Why Is It Popping Up on Dessert Menus?
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John Mayer on Being the Watch World’s Celebrity ‘Go-To Guy’
The singer and songwriter talks about working with Audemars Piguet, how it felt when his design debuted and a prediction on the next big thing on everyone’s wrists.
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A Watch Factory Embraces Workers with Autism
“It’s not just the focus in the first 10 pieces,” the owner said. “It’s being able to maintain that kind of a focus when you’re doing No. 400 and No. 401.”
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The Old Clock Shop on an Idyllic Japanese Island
There are only 1,600 inhabitants of Osaki-Shimojima island, and at least five generations of the Matsuura family have sold them clocks and watches.