History Today November 1, 2012 WHEN you think about it, a mechanical wristwatch is an inherently retro item – as one CEO of a Swiss brand put it to me, “we’re really still producing steam locomotives in the age of the bullet train.” Despite the mixture of modern and traditional techniques that go into making them – parts cut by [...]
Designed for life… November 1, 2012 The finest timepieces mix form, function and technical excellence to sparkling effect, as these masterful new models prove. HERMES DRESSAGE This year marks the centenary of the French luxury house producing watches. Appropriately, its new flagship piece is the first to contain a dedicated, in-house movement thanks to part-Hermes-owned prestige manufactory Vaucher. A simple, clean [...]
The world’s finest watches come to London November 1, 2012 FOR the fan of fine watches, it’s not necessarily the easiest thing to saunter into your nearest high-end boutique and ask to be shown the most spectacular timepieces on earth, thank you very much. Haute horlogerie is a world of rare objects that can take weeks, even months, to produce in extremely low volumes via [...]
Win tickets to the salon QP vip reception November 1, 2012 City A.M. is giving away two tickets, worth £100 each, to next Thursday evening’s VIP reception to launch Salon QP. Simply go to www.cityam.com/salonqp and answer the following question: Which British watch brand has this year launched a watch containing parts of HMS Victory? Salon QP opening times: Thursday 8 November, VIP Reception – 18:00-22:00 [...]
The fiscal cliff looms dangerously over the US presidential campaign November 1, 2012 AS THE US presidential election approaches, one issue has been singularly absent from the campaign. And it’s the issue that worries US investors the most. According to a recent survey by Macro Risk Advisors, Americans are increasingly concerned about a looming “fiscal cliff”, over which the US is set to hurtle on 2 January 2013. [...]
When disaster strikes the most valuable response comes at a local level November 1, 2012 DISASTERS don’t need leaders. In the blacked out streets of Manhattan this week, after superstorm Sandy hit, traffic is reportedly flowing despite the absence of traffic lights, with drivers behaving more cautiously and coordinating with their fellow road users. It’s the sort of local, spontaneous solution that tends to follow catastrophic events. Politicians, of course, [...]
It takes more than publicity to create employee-owners November 1, 2012 IT IS not surprising that the government is trying to encourage more employees to take a significant stake in their company. Firms with employee shareholders tend to have higher productivity, greater levels of innovation and better employee engagement. But while it is good that the government is recognising the benefits of the model, the measures [...]
As Comet heads towards administration, is the traditional UK high street on the ropes? November 1, 2012 YES Dan Wagner The recent problems plaguing Comet have stemmed from the fact that it considered the internet to be a threat. As a result, it was sluggish in developing adequate online and mobile commerce strategies, and lost its position in the highly competitive consumer electronics market. Successive managements failed to grasp the importance of [...]
Rapid responses November 1, 2012 Cost of care [Re: The real reasons why living costs are still going up, yesterday] As someone who has used childcare for the last seven years, I feel qualified to comment on Ryan Bourne’s article. There is a deep irony in the sector – although childcare itself is very expensive (as Bourne says, due to [...]
The Master is a trick sadly missed November 1, 2012 FILM THE MASTER Cert 15 | *** Paul Thomas Anderson’s Scientology-inspired The Master looks set to be a classic. The cinematography is sumptuous, the score is beautiful, and, of course, much Serious Acting takes place. However, there is an indecisiveness at the heart of The Master. It is 1950 and the 2nd world war has [...]
