New watches: Our favourite colourful chronos to beat the winter blues Life&Style From London Time, three colourful chronograph watches to beat the winter blues BELL & ROSS BR-X3 NIGHT VISION Looking like something Neo would wear in The Matrix, Paris’s military watchmaker has instead been inspired by head-up displays (HUD) from the cockpits of the Rafale fighter jets, whose pilots they supply. A stealthy case in ‘LUM-CAMO’ [...]
Vacheron Constantin’s 270-year journey pulls up to Harrods Life&Style If you go down to Knightsbridge today, you’re sure of a big surprise. And it doesn’t end with the soaring takeover of Harrods’ entire facsia with all manner of perpetual calendars and tourbillons looming as you emerge from the Sloane Street exit. Vacheron Constantin – AKA Switzerland’s most venerable horological name, in continuous production for [...]
From Hublot to Bulgari, why watch collabs are so hot right now Life&Style Watch collabs are so hot right now, fit for a Bond Street gallery as well as boutique Unless you count Andy Warhol’s love of his stopped Cartier, the ‘watch as canvas’ trend was arguably coined by ‘watch as fast fashion’ brand Swatch. Back in the 1980s, the plastic-fantastic pioneer got its palette and oils out [...]
Partnerships that pop: Why watch brands are turning to the booze October 7, 2025 From City AM The Magazine, Autumn edition, why are watch brands so drawn to drinks companies? Adam Hay-Nicholls quenches his thirst with the latest drinks collabs There’s that old saying ‘you are what you eat’ but I reckon what you drink says a lot more about a person. I can tell by the liquid in [...]