Welcome to The Investment, a regular column highlighting those pieces a little pricier, a lot nicer, and entirely worth the money that we can t help but advocate for you owning. These are the things our editors love and respect. The picks with a story to tell and a real reason to exist. Looking to put your dollars in the right place? Here s how.
When it comes to casual clothing, designer Pierre Maheo knows a good thing when he sees it. But that doesn’t mean he won’t change it. The founder and designer of Paris-based Officine Générale has built a solid reputation for his brand, both through his brick-and-mortar stores in Paris and London and online. That’s because Maheo and his team pride themselves on making interesting and accessible clothes with a focus on both innovation and consistency. Not cheap, for sure, but not sticker-shock-inducing either, Officine Générale means well-made, versatile clothing with attitude.
The faithfully executed A385 Chronomaster Revival El Primero is based on the groundbreaking 1969 model, one of the first to feature the El Primero movement.
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Grand Seiko’s rise in popularity in America continues apace with the launch last week of the USA GS9 Club, a community set up by the brand for owners of Grand Seiko watches meaning you can’t get in unless you have already bought one from a Grand Seiko boutique or authorized Grand Seiko dealer. With the debut of the USA component of the community, originally launched as a physical meeting point for Japanese owners, the USA GS9 will function online for now as an effectively private e-commerce site for Grand Seiko collectors though even non-members can buy some of the offerings in the GS9 Shop.
Brunello Cucinelli Just Debuted a Capsule Collection of His Greatest Cashmere Hits
Replacing your favorite sweater is about to get a lot less complicated.
Welcome to The Investment, a regular column highlighting those pieces a little pricier, a lot nicer, and entirely worth the money that we can t help but advocate for you owning. These are the things our editors love and respect. The picks with a story to tell and a real reason to exist. Looking to put your dollars in the right place? Here s how.
While we all love a bit of newness in our fashion, we also crave consistency. But in the era of fast fashion, repeat shopping to replace beloved old favorites can be a bit of a frustrating exercise. Brunello Cucinelli, one of Italian fashion’s leading lights, tends to agree. He has just launched a new online initiative called The Great Classics, a capsule for men and women of cashmere pieces in the brand’s most popular colors. In men’s there’s a crewneck, a V-neck, a half-zip, an
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Welcome to Dialed In, Esquire s weekly column bringing you horological happenings and the most essential news from the watch world since March 2020.
Date windows are a peculiarity of watchmaking that often prove divisive. For some, the date windows often added to existing watch designs to offer a little newness are considered an annoying and unnecessary intrusion, messing up the otherwise clean design of a dial. For luxury German watchmaker A. Lange and Söhne, however, they are vital and integral to the brand DNA.
A. Lange and Söhne’s 175-year history ago has been a more up-and-down affair than you might expect. From December 7, 1845, for very close to 100 years, it was a leading light in the localized German watchmaking hub around the town of Glashütte, situated in rolling, forested hills just south of Dresden. The Lange family supplied one-off, extraordinary timepieces to order for royalty across Europe. With a reputation for excellence and a restrained design la