ACE Chief Science Officer Cedric X. Bryant, Ph.D., attended Apple’s launch event earlier this month, where they unveiled the iPhone 6, iOS8 and the Apple Watch. Here are his thoughts on how the Apple Watch will affect health and fitness professionals. With last week’s unveiling of its Apple Watch, the tech giant officially entered the…
At the century-old Souk Waqif here, dozens of watch repairmen spend their days maintaining luxury timepieces and doing more mundane jobs like replacing the batteries in digital watches. Most of these workers and others like them — who tailor traditional Arab clothing, craft cultural accessories and do thousands of service jobs — are immigrants from…
As the founder and chief executive of the Swedish brand Soner Watches, Freddie Palmgren says his brand has never produced a round watch — and never will. Now he has turned his preference for square and rectangular timepieces into a book, “Beyond Round Watches,” a 105-page paperback that explores in words and images the evolution…
At the time, FrĂ©dĂ©ric GrangiĂ©, the president of Chanel Watches & Jewelry, said in an interview with the French daily newspaper Le Figaro: “This announcement is part of our long-term strategy to continue preserving, developing and investing in specialized skills and expertise, reaffirming our position in high-end watchmaking.” The strategy seems to be bearing fruit….
These days men and women alike wear glittery adornments, so novel ways of adding bling to watches is just a sign of our times, according to Philip Warren, the English fashion historian who is chairman of the Costume Society, an organization that works to preserve clothing from the past and present, and knowledge about it….
It has been described as the most famous watch in the world. Some say it is the most valuable. And now, for the first time in decades, the pocket watch that Abraham-Louis Breguet made for Marie Antoinette has traveled from its home in Israel for public exhibition, in London. A great deal of mystery surrounds…