Festive Tipples
It’s that time of year again, when we want to be creative with what we offer our friends and loved ones when they come to visit. There’s the challenge of appealing to everyone’s tastes, not appearing as predictable as pigs in blankets, and seeking out something unique, without being so off-piste in your choices that […]
It’s Complicated
The third week of Advent starts on Gaudete Sunday, which can fall on any date between the 11th and the 17th of December. The term is derived from the Latin opening words of the introit antiphon, “Rejoice (Gaudete) in the Lord always.” It refers to the anticipation at the approach of the Christmas celebration. In […]
From Head to Toe
We all want to look our best at Christmas but we can’t make it happen overnight. We recommend to dial up your beauty regime and add some extras to ensure you get to the Christmas festivities looking your very best. For starters, we suggest you give your hair a bit of TLC. Product build-up is […]
Adrenaline Junkies
Traditionally advent calendars are filled with chocolates or little pictures behind paper doors. The idea of marking each day with a small surprise is appealing to us and for the watch fanatics among our readers, we have gone down the horological route. This week we present you with seven sport watches capable of withstanding the […]
The luxury of Time and Space
Located in the North of which is considered the most beautiful of the Maldives atolls, the Malé Atoll, just a 30-minute boat ride from Velana International airport, Malé, the Kuda Villingili Resort Maldives is the kind of private island where one easily loses track of time and space. Further enhancing the luxury five-star resort, the […]
Spotless
In this short film directed by Emma Branderhorst, we are taken through a couple days in the life of a teenage girl struggling with an uncomfortable, yet all too common problem: period poverty. A survey by Plan International UK revealed that in this country one in 10 girls can’t afford to buy menstrual products and […]
Time to burn some rubber
In recent years, in its continued pursuit of “hyper horology”, Roger Dubuis has made some important cobranding relationships in the automotive world. One of them with Pirelli, to make the straps for its flagship watches. To celebrate its 150th anniversary – the company was founded in Milan in 1872 by Giovanni Battista Pirelli – Roger Dubuis […]
Bürgenstock Resort, Lake Lucerne
Apart from the environs of London, the Alps have the highest density of Bond locations in the world. Parts of the films Goldfinger, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, For Your Eyes Only, Goldeneye and The World Is Not Enough were filmed here. One of them is the Bürgenstock Resort, perched on top of the eponymous […]
Imaginative forms of elegance
Contrary to what one may assume, back in the late 18th and early 19th century, women were as fond of watches as men were. Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, was a known collector and a client of Abraham Louis Breguet. A watch had been one of the few objects the young queen had brought with […]
Le Touquet Paris-Plage, Côte d’Opale
As the world celebrates 60 years of 007 films with all kinds of events across the globe, we opted to pay a visit to a few spots in Europe that played a key role in the lives of the real and imaginary characters involved in the epic saga of the world’s favourite secret agent. In […]
