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Thoroughbred masterpieces
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 13/02/2026
» Last September Jaeger-LeCoultre welcomed the Year of the Horse well in advance, by premiering the Reverso Tribute Enamel Xu Beihong series during an immersive exhibition of its feminine creations, held in Shanghai.
Unending passion
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 26/09/2025
» In February, Audemars Piguet unveiled ergonomic perpetual calendars featuring the new Calibre 7138 and innovative All-In-One crown during its 150th anniversary celebrations, held in Le Brassus.
Millennial marvel
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 17/05/2024
» Swiss watchmaker IWC Schaffhausen launches its first secular perpetual calendar in the leap year of 2024. An engineering feat, the Portugieser Eternal Calendar automatically takes into account the Gregorian calendar's leap year exception rules.
Fusing cultures
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 19/01/2024
» After pruning the perpetual calendar, H. Moser & Cie. doubles the passage of time in another pragmatic timepiece.
Seeing red
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 04/10/2019
» Besides emblematic orange, red has long been associated with French luxury house Hermès.
A vision of time
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 29/03/2019
» For 40 years, Hermès Horloger has been reaching for the Moon in creating timepieces.
Colour me beautiful
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 28/12/2018
» While associated with orange through its iconic boxes, Hermès offers a kaleidoscope of colours for its leather goods and other products.
French family heritage honoured
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 26/10/2018
» An inaugural full-scale runway show, staged at 3 World Trade Center during New York Fashion Week 2018 last month, marked Longchamp's 70th anniversary and pretty much showed new directions under third-generation Jean Cassegrain, who shares a name with the founder of the Parisian luxury house.
Hermès' underappreciated tradition of watchmaking
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 05/06/2018
» More recognised for its leather heritage, Hermès also has a long watchmaking history, dating back to 1912 with a pocket watch that could transform into a wristwatch for Jacqueline Hermès, who could easily wear it when horse riding.
Old-school skincare
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 08/05/2018
» Patting crocodile dung mixed with mud or cyprus oil on the face seems gross but the ancient Greeks and Romans pleasured in this skincare ritual. According to Roman naturalist, Pliny the Elder, it smelled nice since the "crocodilea" was obtained on land where the crocodile grazed on fragrant flowers.