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Fine watch show SalonQP arrives at the Saatchi Gallery November 6, 2014 If you’re a SalonQP regular, you’ll know what the fuss is about. Slowly but surely expanding in size and repute since 2009’s frayed-around-the-edges debut at One Marylebone, the Saatchi Gallery on King’s Road is now precisely the sort of slick, spacious, yet exclusive venue that London’s watch fans (both curious and diehard) and SalonQP’s [...]
It’s about time November 6, 2014 A crop of new collections prove that Switzerland is finally making watches for women with both beauty and brains. What took them so long Bellwethers pop up in the strangest of places. Last week, sandwiched between a Radio 4 discussion on the appeal of ghost stories and an item on people living with dementia was [...]
Go on, spoil her November 6, 2014 As any retailer will attest, the majority of women’s watches are self-purchased – a fact linked to women catching up with their male colleagues’ salaries. But with Christmas on the horizon, the notion of a gift that ticks should be dawning on our more generous readers. But how on Earth to shop for your clued-up [...]
A bluffer’s guide to Patek Philippe November 6, 2014 HISTORY Co-founder Antoine Norbert de Patek originally began his Genevan business in 1839 with fellow Polish immigrant François Czapek. Czapek was sidelined in 1844 and replaced a year later by Frenchman Jean Adrien Philippe, inventor of the keyless winding and setting system. INNOVATION One of Patek’s legion of innovations is the time-zone adjustment system seen [...]
175 years young November 6, 2014 Just what is it about Patek Philippe that keeps this brand at the top? Robin Swithinbank explores the unflagging appeal of Geneva’s favourite son You don’t have to be an avid consumer of luxury watches to have gathered there’s much ado about Patek Philippe at the moment. The reason is we’re in the great Genevan [...]
Into the blue November 6, 2014 A new tribute to James Cameron’s record descent into the Mariana Trench is a hugely over-engineered triumph On 30 September at the Hoyt Building in New York, a Rolex fell under the Antiquorum auctioneer’s gavel, fetching a cool $33,750 over the high estimate of $150,000. Any casual observer of auction trends will just assume this [...]
From the depths November 6, 2014 Three key diving watches from the past that are rocking our boat once again Eterna Super KonTiki 1973 £1,500 It’s a limited edition piece, but look hard enough and you can still get lucky – and lucky you certainly would be, given this piece’s gorgeous 70s styling, from the voluptuous ovoid case to the retro-orange [...]
Plot your watch shop route November 6, 2014 If some nifty wristgear features in your beloved’s letter to Father Christmas, you need to plan your shopping expedition with appropriate precision – easy thanks to London’s bulging watch-retail scene The Square Mile The Royal Exchange, Bank Probably the UK’s most luxurious shopping mall, REX has become a mini-hotspot of horology, thanks to the recent [...]
Lord Mayor’s Show 2014 route: Where to watch the procession in the City of London November 6, 2014 With gleaming skyscrapers home to the world’s leading corporations, it can be easy to forget that the City of London is rooted in centuries of tradition. That tradition will be on full display again this weekend during the 799th Lord Mayor’s Show. The event, which has endured Black Death, Blitz and Great Fire, is [...]
Something for the weekend November 6, 2014 WINTER BREW FEST Head up to Old Street for a pint or four at the Winter Brew Fest, where there’ll be live bands, hot food and, of course, plenty of locally-brewed beer to warm those cockles. Entry is £25 from winterbrewfest.co.uk or on the door, which also gets you a tasting glass and 12 beer [...]