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Space and time
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 27/09/2024
» With 180 skills under one roof, the Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre makes the most of its assets to create the complex Hybris Mechanica and its poetic counterpart -- the Hybris Artistica.
Legends on the wrist
Life, Noko, Published on 01/07/2022
» After his parents took him to a watch restorer's workshop, teenage Christophe Claret became fascinated with complicated timepieces, and particularly attracted to minute repeaters that strike hours, quarters and minutes on demand.
Gatemouth is the swingingest
Life, John Clewley, Published on 12/04/2022
» The Half Moon Pub in Putney, London, has been hosting rock'n'roll gigs since 1963, making it one of the oldest live venues in the capital. In 1980, I was studying at Garnett College (now University of Westminster) and living in Roehampton. Every Friday night, I would join a group of fellow students to check out the live music at the Half Moon.
Masters of sound
Life, Noko, Published on 25/12/2020
» Before Antoine LeCoultre became a watchmaker, he devised a mechanism for music boxes. Cut from a single piece of metal and shaped like a comb, his invention improved sound quality and prevented instruments from detuning.
Defying gravity
Life, Published on 15/03/2019
» Since 2004, Jaeger-LeCoultre has boasted ingenuity in creating multi-axis gyrotourbillons that compensate for the effects of gravity, not only vertically but in all positions of the watch.
Quest for precision
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 15/03/2019
» One of the few female leaders in the watch industry, Catherine Rénier has been at the helm of Jaeger-LeCoultre since last May.
Vatican's Sistine Chapel hosts first ever live online concert
Life, Published on 24/04/2018
» The Vatican's Sistine Chapel, an artistic Renaissance jewel, opened up to the digital age on Sunday with the first live concert streamed over the internet from the famous sacred space.
How to get rich
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 09/02/2018
» During the Great Depression in the Big Apple, one of the games we played was choosing our role model among the comic strip heroes we all read. Dick Tracy, Superman and Batman got most voted. They scoffed when I picked Daddy Warbucks, the billionaire who adopted Little Orphan Annie. (“Yeah, how many bad men did he catch?”)