For many of us, one look at Louis Vuitton’s Escale Worldtime and the immediate sense that this is a happy watch emerges. After all, there are more than 30 colours applied on the dial. To be a little more precise, there are 38 colours, as Fernando Mara of Le Man Cadrans (the dial making company owned by Louis Vuitton) tells … More
If you do not already own one, can you recall the most recent encounter with a Cartier wristwatch on a friend or family member? Given the brand’s widespread popularity, it would have been very recent. Now, what collection was it from? Was it the Tank, the Santos or Ballon Bleu de Cartier? It would most certainly be quite easy to … More
With its “Bullhead look” what with its two chronograph pushers set at the one and eleven o’clock positions, yellow accents for the first 15 minutes on the bi-directional inner rotating flange controlled by the bezel and the aeroplane-shaped yellow pointer on the chronograph seconds hand, Hamilton’s Khaki Takeoff Auto Chrono is by itself, already a handsome-looking piece. But the amazing … More