When I think of Hamilton as a brand, there are two things that come to my mind, Hollywood and aviation. I have to admit, this is a rather schematic image of a company born in 1892, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, that over the years laid several watchmaking milestones — the first electronic watch, the Ventura or […]
I am sitting alone on my back deck. It is dinner time and no one is around. The birds are chirping and the trees are rustling. The only other sound is the traffic. At this moment, I am a very ordinary man sitting in a very ordinary backyard in Montreal. Just 20 hours ago, nothing […]
In few days, the Olympic flame will light up in Pyeongchang, South Korea and Omega as the official timekeeper unveiled yet another collection dedicated to the rings of the Olympic Games. Following the Planet Ocean “PyeongChang 2018” and the Aqua Terra “PyeongChang 2018”, the new Seamaster Olympic Games Collection is overall a celebration of the […]
Last Wednesday, Breitling cut the ribbon on its first (and flagship) Canadian boutique at Yorkdale mall in Toronto. Special guest for the evening was astronaut and Breitling brand ambassador Scott Kelly. He was also there as part of a promotional tour for his new book, Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery, which […]
It was earlier this month that Sujain Krishnan, the founder of Melbourne Watch Co. (MWC) shared a picture on Facebook of a cake with four candles, surrounded by watches. I could have used that picture to illustrate this story but I rather prefer returning to the first picture of an MWC pice that I posted here […]