Hodinkee x Vacheron Constantin Historiques

Vacheron Constantin, the luxury Swiss manufacture of prestige watches and a brand of the Richemont group, is celebrating one of its most important prize in fine watchmaking. The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2017 has awarded the Mechanical Exception Watch Prize to Vacheron Constantin’s Les Cabinotiers Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication 3600. The exceptional timepiece pushing … Read more

The ridiculous rise of luxury advent calendars – from £500 beauty boxes to pork scratchings

In the countdown to Christmas, chocolates don’t cut it any more. This year has brought an avalanche of offerings – with cosmetics and drinks brands and shops such as Selfridges and Liberty pitching extravagant surprises at adult buyers

Beauty: at last, some good news about melasma

As a melasma sufferer myself, I’m delighted by the new treatments

New lustre for old gold: Jewelry consumers still trust the old economy. Study

When buying luxury goods such as watches and jewellery, British consumers still trust the old economy: About 70% prefer shopping at a speciality store to online because they value the personal and professional consultation they find at a jeweller’s. At the same time, nearly 40% wished that their own trusted jeweller had an online presence. … Read more

Pirelli goes down the rabbit hole with all-black cast for 2018 calendar

Styled by new Vogue editor Edward Enninful, next year’s calendar stars Naomi Campbell, Duckie Thot and others to tell the story of Alice in Wonderland

The Longines Avigation BigEye: Grand Winner of the Revival prize of the 2017 Grand Prix de l’Horlogerie de Genève

Longines is honored with the distinction for the best contemporary reinterpretation of an iconic historical watch model for its Longines Avigation BigEye timepiece in the Revival Category Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2017. The Swiss watch brand Longines won the “Revival” prize at the 2017 ceremony of the Grand Prix de l’Horlogerie de Genève. Its model … Read more