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Duke of Windsor | The King of Fashion
“I was in fact ‘produced’ as a leader of fashion, with the clothiers as my showmen and the world as my audience. ” — The Duke of Windsor
2020 F.P. Journe Quantième Perpétuel
In terms of the dial design, the new F.P. Journe Quantième Perpétuel further improved its legibility: Adding the solid-gold frames around the upper and lower apertures that display the day, month, and date; Meanwhile, the olive-shaped inner circle is now decorated with a clous de Paris engine-turned pattern, which adds a sense of multi-dimensions and exquisiteness to the dial compare with the initially rather flat design.
WATCHES & WONDERS – Future of Watch Fairs?
With the new version of W&W, FHH aims to build a direct link with clients and customers. “The new W&W is more like a fashion show for watches,”said Fabienne.
Face and Soul — Three Special Dials from F.P. JOURNE
Unusually, the design process of F.P. Journe doesn’t start with the movement, but the dial. 『The dial is the face of a watch and its soul』, said Journe.
Artisanship in Metropolitan Cities | Isaac Reina Update
All our products used to be made in small workshops in or across Paris. But since last year, we developed a relationship with a workshop in a town in the south of Spain well known for their small to medium-sized leather workshops.
An Interview with Isaac Reina
I spend half of my time designing details and the other half trying to hide these details. — Isaac Reina
ETA and Their 5 Million Movements a Year
The in-house movement does not mean great quality. It takes at least a decade to prove a movement was as good as ETA. — Kristian Haagen
Antoine de Macedo Watchmaker | A Vintage Timepiece Landmark
At the heart of Paris, Antoine de Macedo’s watch boutique contains a large and wide collection of top-tier vintage watches dated from the 1920s to the current days. The founder Antoine is extremely amiable with an understated manner. Surprisingly, in his boutique archive, a piece of paper that he randomly showed me reveals some omitted history of the watch master Abraham-Louis Breguet.
Marol — the Bologna Shirtmaker
To have a shirt sitting perfectly on a shoulder is not always as easy as it sounds. “Unfortunately, rarely are we perfect, our shoulder may be sloping, may be flat, or one sloping more than the other, or even one forward one back, in the measure of millimetres of course”. Bo told me.
Pino Peluso — Neapolitan Younger Master Tailor
Pino Peluso is an important young generation of Neapolitan tailoring. He creates sharp suits and coats for both man and woman. Beyond that, he is also the kind of tailor who loves challenges – making suits for a dwarf, catering an extremely odd body shape, and even making a wool coat for a lady who has allergic to wool.
