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  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    HTSI
    Tramp revamped: the return of a legendary nightclub

    The London spot beloved by royals and rock stars is back. Can it recapture its former glory?

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    Brands hope air of exclusivity can convert high-spending clients to collectors

    A sophisticated showroom interior with glass display cases housing luxury watches. The room includes a stylish bar with a golden accent, black stools, and a plush seating area, complemented by abstract black-and-white artwork on the walls and rich, dark wooden flooring
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  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
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    The author and HTSI contributing editor seeks sardines, cigars and a good mechanic in his Spanish home-from-home

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  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
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    The Richemont-owned company’s CEO Benjamin Comar says jewels have helped in reigniting its watch business

    Detailed view of a luxurious necklace featuring blue emerald-cut stones, gold chain links, and an ornate leaf design with sparkling diamonds
  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
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    Fidel Castro’s ‘diplomatic gift’ is the smoke of 2024

    The Trinidad 55 Aniversario Fundadores Vintage 10 humidor, designed by Charaf Tajer; 55 have been made
  • Tuesday, 9 April, 2024
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  • Tuesday, 9 April, 2024
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    Inside Vacheron Constantin’s bespoke workshop

    The watchmaker has unveiled a one-of-a-kind piece with 63 complications, the latest from its specialist department

    Three men in formal attire stand side by side, smiling, with the middle one holding a red award box, at an event with logos of sponsors including ‘Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève’ in the background.
  • Tuesday, 9 April, 2024
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    Fresh CEOs start at Audemars Piguet and Zenith

    Ilaria Resta and Benoit de Clerck talk about their priorities and the qualities of a good watchmaking boss

    A composite headshot of Ilaria Resta and Benoit de Clerck
  • Monday, 4 March, 2024
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    Forget stealth wealth. Big-money style is back!

    Why it’s time to dust off your gold blazer buttons, blingy watches . . . and jodhpurs

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  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
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    The upcoming auction of timepieces opens a portal onto the passions of the Rocket Man

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  • Monday, 29 January, 2024
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    CEO switcheroos, big revivals from Genta and Roth… and an embarrassment of green

    Zenith steel Chronomaster Original Triple Calendar, £12,100
  • Friday, 5 January, 2024
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    Bernard Arnault’s son Frédéric to head LVMH’s watches unit

    The 29-year-old scion is going to work ‘more closely’ with his billionaire father, he tells the Financial Times

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  • Friday, 5 January, 2024
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    The second-youngest Arnault is expanding his role within LVMH

  • Tuesday, 26 December, 2023
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    The unassuming garment is the one redeeming feature of 2023’s ‘stealth wealth’ look

    A model walks the runway at the Tom Ford Spring 2024 Ready To Wear Runway Show
  • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
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    Pieces featuring Arabic or Hindi numerals, reflecting the region’s cultures, are gaining in popularity with collectors

    Watches on display inside the Dubai Watch Week fair
  • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
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  • Monday, 6 November, 2023
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    Uncut gems: are they worth the gamble?

    In search of the perfect stone at a rare auction in Antwerp

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  • Friday, 13 October, 2023
    HTSI
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    The historic complication back in fashion. But what is a retrograde watch indicator?

  • Friday, 6 October, 2023
    Watches & Jewellery
    Rexhep Rexhepi inaugurates Louis Vuitton’s watchmaker collaboration programme

    The celebrated independent watchmaker has been working with the luxury brand to bring the €500,000 limited edition LVRR-01 chiming chronograph to market

    Two men looking closely at a timepiece held by the man in the centre
  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
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    Why brown watches are all the beige

    How an outlier trend went mainstream

    A collection of brown-dial watches
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    FT SeriesMen’s fashion special AW23
    Harry Styles was right about oversized collars

    The spearpoint is back — and it’s bigger than ever 

    Prada mohair jacket with detachable mohair and cotton collar, £3,100, and cotton poplin shirt, £1,070. Margaret Howell wool check tie, £150
  • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
    HTSI
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    Vacheron Constantin rose-gold 34.5mm Overseas Selfwinding, £49,700
  • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
    Style
    The pitch-perfect in-flight costumes of ‘Hijack’

    Subtle colour coding, the hero’s layered look and, mercifully, no sweatpants lend a sly glamour to the Idris Elba thriller

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