The look of Panerai’s Radiomir 1940 Chronographs which are part of the brand’s 2014 product line-up carries strong accents of vintage design. This is especially so with the tachymetre scale on the dial and the two sub-dial counters; one for the continuous sweep seconds at the nine o’clock position and the other for the 30-minute chronograph counter at the three … More
As the Christmas tree was being taken down, a souvenir from IWC was spotted – a biplane decoration. This metallic biplane decoration was actually taken from an IWC Christmas card received and it marked part of the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of The Little Prince (1943 to 2013), the best-selling novel written and illustrated by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900 … More
When images of the SevenFriday wristwatches were first viewed in early 2013, what came instinctively was to have a second look for it appeared to be complicated. Established in Zurich, Switzerland in 2012, the looks of SevenFriday’s wristwatches are indeed impressive and on closer inspection, one will discover that the watch is not as complicated as first perceived. In other … More
Famed naturalist Charles Darwin (1809 to 1882) is well-known for his theory of natural selection and his book The Origin of Species. However, this was the shortened 1872 title which was the sixth edition; the title of the original version of 1859 by British publisher John Murray was: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the … More