May 16, 2012 - The basic function of any watch, with very few exceptions, is to tell the time. Whether with two hands, three, or digitally, the end result is the same. But many watches show much more on the dial. Most use a type of calibrated scale that imparts a measurement of some sort beyond the basic hours, mi...
May 16, 2012 - Patrik Hoffmann entered the 2012 BaselWorld Fair in March with the buoyant air of a man at the top of his industry. Just a short year earlier he had been named the CEO of Ulysse Nardin, one of a very few remaining independent luxury watch firms. Only a day before BaselWorld, in front of the assemble...
May 16, 2012 - On Monday, May 7th, Ferragamo Timepieces joined a prominent group of supporters at the famed 52nd Street Project’s annual gala to help raise money to improve literacy, a sense of self-worth and appreciation for the arts among New York’s inner-city children.
Since 1981, the 52nd Street Project...
May 16, 2012 -
Indeed the art of the dial comes in many forms: enamel, cloisonné, gem setting, mosaics, marquetry, sculpture and a host of combinations thereof. What’s more, the artists who conceive and create these dials work tirelessly for hundreds and hundreds of hours, often with microscopes a...
