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A squircle is a real shape. Who knew? Different from an elilipse, an ellipsoid, a squround or an asrtoid (not an
asterorid, as in “a small planet” – it’s a mathematical curve), a squircle, as you might have guessed, is the intermediate shape between a square and a circle. It’s the shape of Apple’s apps in iOS. Or Instagram’s logo, where the outline of the camera is. a squircle.
The squircle is a feature of Breitling’s new racing themed sports watch, used for the two central chronograph counters. With its silver dial and yellow and orange details, the Top Time Deus Limited Edition is an idiosyncratic take on its Top Time chronograph, originally from the 1960s and relaunched after 55 years in a spruced-up version last March. That watch entered into pop culture lore when it became the model Q kitted out Sean Connery’s James Bond with in 1965’s
Does Brad Pitt Still Sell Watches?
The days of flying celebrities around the world for gigantic events may be over, but brands are pivoting to more strategic uses of all that star power.
In 2019 IWC Schaffhausen used a vintage Spitfire and brand ambassadors like Bradley Cooper and Dev Patel to introduce the redesign of its Spitfire collection of pilot’s watches. But the “time has passed” for such events, said Christoph Grainger-Herr, the company’s chief executive.Credit.Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images for IWC
By Victoria Gomelsky
Feb. 10, 2021
In January 2019, the Swiss watchmaker IWC Schaffhausen invited 800 guests to a Geneva convention hall staged as an airplane hangar to celebrate the redesign of its Spitfire collection of pilot’s watches. A vintage Spitfire was part of the spectacle, as were some the brand’s star ambassadors: Bradley Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Dev Patel, James Marsden and Sonam Kapoor.
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2020 was quite a year in all respects and that’s true regarding timepieces. Here were some of my favorite watches over the past 12 months.
I recently penned an article on the vintage Japanese watches that entered my collection during 2020. That was a seriously fun article to write, but what about new watches Japanese or not? Well, I am here to say that this year, of all years, was one of my favorites when it came to new releases. Perhaps I focused more on them than in the recent past, but I don’t think so. With so many approachable luxury releases (and many in my favorite dive genre), I really enjoyed myself. Oh, and then there were the bracelets! Seriously, for such a wild year, watch companies made good in an area where they had been making a lot of bad. Let’s get on to my favorite watches of 2020.
When Sally Rooney’s second novel
Normal People was published back in 2018, the angst -ridden, coming-of-age love story quickly hit bestseller lists and seemed ideal fodder for the middle class, millennial dinner party set. So far, so Man Booker prize nominee. Yet when the miniseries aired on the BBC, a population in enforced lockdown for the previous four weeks, 5 days and 12 hours was searching – nay, yearning – for escape. And along came Connell.
The enigmatic and emotionally distant heartbreaker, played by newcomer Paul Mescal, suddenly became the focus of the nation’s pent-up lust in a series of too-tight school uniform shirts, short shorts and, well, not much else, in Marianne’s bedroom, in the shower, in her friend’s swimming pool, in her kitchen… you get the drift. More extraordinary still was Connell’s humble little necklace – dismissed as Argos chic’ by one of Marianne’s friends – and worn by Mescal in every episode. An ordinary, unassuming piec
Under the theme “Women in Retail and Luxury Forum,” the Dubai Business Women Council, (DBWC) recently concluded its first virtual forum for 2020 amid remarkable participation of high-profile speakers representing local and global companies of the retail industry.
Organized by the DBWC in partnership with Adam and Eve magazine, the event touched on the current challenges that women are facing in the retail industry.
Hosted by Nadine Halabi, business development manager, DBWC, and moderated by Lara Mansour, founder and editor in chief of Adam and Eve magazine, the forum witnessed the participation of Georges Kern, Breitling CEO; Sabina Belli, Pomellato Group CEO; Riccardo Sciutto, Sergio Rossi CEO; and Ingie Chalhoub, CEO and managing director of Etoile Group and creative director of Ingie Paris.