Category: Watches and Clocks

Watch Designers Want to Make You Smile

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
A lighthearted watch can act as “a real tonic in a kind of glum time,” one collector suggested. Richard Mille may top the trend with his million-dollar Smiley model.
Serendipity, Timing and the Birth of a Horology Library

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The Horological Society of New York was shown a library space for rent. Then a collector offered his books. The result? A timekeeping treasure trove.
Bulgari’s Serpenti Turns 75

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Iterations of the bracelet that coils itself around the wearer’s wrist have turned the popular motif into the Italian jewelry house’s best seller.
Red Watches That Make a Bold Statement

The New York Times – T Magazine:
Rosy shades ranging from bright crimson to deep burgundy add a spirited touch to classic timepieces.
Jean Arnault Debuts New Louis Vuitton Watch Prize

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Jean Arnault, the 24-year-old son of the luxury goods titan Bernard Arnault, is introducing a new watchmaking prize from Louis Vuitton.
A Watch That Purports to Count Down Your Days

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
After the owner’s personal information is collected and calculated by an algorithm, the DRT Tempus Fugit displays an estimate.
Is Time Running Out for the Leap Second?

The New York Times – Business:
To the world’s timekeepers, the leap second is a kludge, a bane, a pain in the little hand. Now they’re proposing to ditch it. Will our days ever be the same?
She Loved a Watch, So She Sketched It

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Now Xi Wang has an Instagram feed full of her renderings of high-end timepieces.
A Children’s Watch That Tells More Than the Hour

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The founder of Blok Watches said its first timepiece helps young wearers see, and understand, the passage of time.
A Cubed, Colorful Retreat in the California Desert

The New York Times – Travel:
Plus: an iced coffee season that never ends and more from T’s cultural compendium.
In Paris, a Kind of Watch Repair Cooperative

The New York Times – Business:
Three watchmakers who met as students now work together to fix and renovate timepieces.
Succession, Nepotism or Just a New Generation in Watches?

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Whatever you call it, these young leaders are changing the way their brands do business.