Following in the tyre tracks of legendary rock stars through Morocco in a Bentley Bentayga November 1, 2017 As I steer off the ferry from Spain and burble through the customs gate, I catch sight of the Grand Mosque’s rectangular minaret that greeted Keith Richards and Anita Pallenberg in 1967. I’m in Tangier, exactly 50 years later, on a mission to Marrakech and, like Keith and Anita, my girlfriend and I have arrived [...]
7 dive watch myths debunked November 1, 2017 | City Talk The most popular of watches, the dive watch has a universal appeal and holds a reputation of adventure and masculinity. However, in recent years it feels as if the notion of a dive watch has been misunderstood, a lot of this misconception comes from watch marketing and the silver screen. What a dive watch actually [...]
Fitness advice: How can you keep fit around all of these end-of-year parties? October 31, 2017 For many people, November is the start of the hardest time of year for keeping fit. Cold weather makes us crave stodgy comfort food, and that’s before you factor in the parties. But rather than wait until the new year for yet another resolution to get fit or lose weight, how about trying to [...]
Rome Cavalieri review: A sprawling, grand hotel on the outskirts of Europe’s most ruin-littered capital October 27, 2017 With its ancient ruins, buzzy aperitivo scene (check out Il Mercato Centrale Roma as a tasty starting point) and balmy climate – what’s not to like about a sojourn to one of Europe’s most inspiring capitals? After all, this is the place from where Caesar controlled his empire, where Michelangelo was inspired and where Fellini [...]
Nobu Shoreditch review: Sophisticated Manhattan-style dining arrives in London’s coolest postcode October 27, 2017 The ever-expanding Nobu empire of classy and upmarket Japanese restaurants plants an incongruous outpost in the gritty hipster bricklands of Shoreditch. A cavernous basement lounge hidden beneath the first Nobu hotel in London, the restaurant exudes the refined early-era Bond-villain aesthetic of Tokyo’s fine dining scene. A giant glass wall allows an adjacent light well [...]
Hublot x Sang Bleu: The £30,000 watch October 25, 2017 | City Talk From East London’s most pioneering tattoo studio and friend of Mr. Jean-Claude Biver, Sang Bleu have once again partnered with iconic watch label Hublot. Maxime Büchi, a.k.a. Sang Bleu uses his trademark intricate patterns and geometric style to create unorthodox watches for Hublot. Inspired by Leonardo Di Vinci’s Vitruvian Man in its accurate use of [...]
Why you need to know who Bucherer are October 25, 2017 | City Talk The Watch Gallery becomes Bucherer. I am delighted to bring our 130 year old brand to London. This city represents heritage like no other, yet at the same time it is at the centre of so many exciting new ideas that spread to the wider world. Jörg G Bucherer, owner and third generation of the [...]
The Bucherer blue editions: Your most exclusive timepiece October 25, 2017 | City Talk An exclusive collaboration with some of the world’s best watch manufacturers, Bucherer Blue Editions offers clients a distinctive selection of timepieces based on longstanding relationships bred from high expertise and a demand for something truly unique. With blue running as a central theme, this colour has long been an inspiration for artists – exhibiting inner [...]
Do you wear a dress watch? October 25, 2017 | City Talk Has the dress watch been lost to time or is it just more complicated now? A dress watch should be your most elegant and refined timepiece, but with the evolution of style and prevalence of streetwear the notion of a dress watch remains open. For most of us the term dress watch partners with black [...]
Fitness advice: My favourite gym stories, from epic #gymfails to overzealous grunters October 19, 2017 This Saturday marks our ninth year anniversary at our City gym No1 Fitness. I’ve now been in the fitness industry for over 12 years, and during that time I’ve seen that the gym isn’t only a place to burn calories: it’s somewhere to make life-long friends, to feel better about yourself, to clear your [...]