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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    HTSI
    Why watchmakers are obsessed with the lunar cycle

    Haute horlogerie is going through a phase

  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    The Art of FashionThe Art of Fashion: the Jewellery issue
    Piaget CEO: ‘You have to do things that are faithful to your DNA’

    The Richemont-owned company’s CEO Benjamin Comar says jewels have helped in reigniting its watch business

    Detailed view of a luxurious necklace featuring blue emerald-cut stones, gold chain links, and an ornate leaf design with sparkling diamonds
  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
    HTSI
    Why the Trinidad is the cigar of the year 

    Fidel Castro’s ‘diplomatic gift’ is the smoke of 2024

    The Trinidad 55 Aniversario Fundadores Vintage 10 humidor, designed by Charaf Tajer; 55 have been made
  • Tuesday, 9 April, 2024
    HTSI
    What’s hot at Watches and Wonders 2024

    Chanel, Rolex, Patek Philippe and Hermès lead the charge in Geneva

    Chanel’s latest releases at Watches and Wonders Geneva
  • Tuesday, 9 April, 2024
    Watches & Jewellery
    Inside Vacheron Constantin’s bespoke workshop

    The watchmaker has unveiled a one-of-a-kind piece with 63 complications, the latest from its specialist department

    Three men in formal attire stand side by side, smiling, with the middle one holding a red award box, at an event with logos of sponsors including ‘Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève’ in the background.
  • Tuesday, 9 April, 2024
    Watches & Jewellery
    Fresh CEOs start at Audemars Piguet and Zenith

    Ilaria Resta and Benoit de Clerck talk about their priorities and the qualities of a good watchmaking boss

    A composite headshot of Ilaria Resta and Benoit de Clerck
  • Monday, 4 March, 2024
    FT SeriesHTSI spring menswear special 2024
    Forget stealth wealth. Big-money style is back!

    Why it’s time to dust off your gold blazer buttons, blingy watches . . . and jodhpurs

    Slim Aarons’ shot of polo players in the Dominican Republic, c1985
  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
    HTSI
    What makes Elton tick?

    The upcoming auction of timepieces opens a portal onto the passions of the Rocket Man

    Elton John at the Tommy premiere after party in 1975
  • Monday, 29 January, 2024
    HTSI
    What’s ticking at LVMH Watch Week?

    CEO switcheroos, big revivals from Genta and Roth… and an embarrassment of green

    Zenith steel Chronomaster Original Triple Calendar, £12,100
  • Friday, 5 January, 2024
    LVMH
    Bernard Arnault’s son Frédéric to head LVMH’s watches unit

    The 29-year-old scion is going to work ‘more closely’ with his billionaire father, he tells the Financial Times

    Frédéric Arnault, left, and his father, Bernard
  • Friday, 5 January, 2024
    Luxury goods
    Frédéric Arnault to become CEO of LVMH Watches

    The second-youngest Arnault is expanding his role within LVMH

  • Tuesday, 26 December, 2023
    Menswear
    The soft power of the blouson jacket

    The unassuming garment is the one redeeming feature of 2023’s ‘stealth wealth’ look

    A model walks the runway at the Tom Ford Spring 2024 Ready To Wear Runway Show
  • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
    Watches & Jewellery
    Dubai Watch Week: brands dial into Middle East market with local special editions

    Pieces featuring Arabic or Hindi numerals, reflecting the region’s cultures, are gaining in popularity with collectors

    Watches on display inside the Dubai Watch Week fair
  • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
    HTSI
    Horology in the UK

    What makes British watchmaking so distinctive?

  • Monday, 6 November, 2023
    HTSI
    Uncut gems: are they worth the gamble?

    In search of the perfect stone at a rare auction in Antwerp

    Uncut gems
  • Friday, 13 October, 2023
    HTSI
    Why the watch world is dialling it back

    The historic complication back in fashion. But what is a retrograde watch indicator?

  • Friday, 6 October, 2023
    Watches & Jewellery
    Rexhep Rexhepi inaugurates Louis Vuitton’s watchmaker collaboration programme

    The celebrated independent watchmaker has been working with the luxury brand to bring the €500,000 limited edition LVRR-01 chiming chronograph to market

    Two men looking closely at a timepiece held by the man in the centre
  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    FT SeriesMen’s fashion special AW23
    Why brown watches are all the beige

    How an outlier trend went mainstream

    A collection of brown-dial watches
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    FT SeriesMen’s fashion special AW23
    Harry Styles was right about oversized collars

    The spearpoint is back — and it’s bigger than ever 

    Prada mohair jacket with detachable mohair and cotton collar, £3,100, and cotton poplin shirt, £1,070. Margaret Howell wool check tie, £150
  • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
    HTSI
    Big watches are shrinking

    Are you ready to embrace the smaller trend?

    Vacheron Constantin rose-gold 34.5mm Overseas Selfwinding, £49,700
  • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
    Style
    The pitch-perfect in-flight costumes of ‘Hijack’

    Subtle colour coding, the hero’s layered look and, mercifully, no sweatpants lend a sly glamour to the Idris Elba thriller

  • Friday, 14 July, 2023
    HTSIWhat to pack for every kind of summer holiday
    What to pack for a jaunt to Marbella

    Contributing editor Nick Foulkes cruises into the Costa del Sol with a linen Teba jacket, Cuban-inspired shirt and waterproof cigar case

    The Marbella Club’s jetty
  • Friday, 7 July, 2023
    Watches & Jewellery
    How Rolex status symbols help fund new artists

    The watchmaker’s finances remain opaque — in contrast to its high-profile support for everything from science to arts mentoring

    Gala Ceremony, The 20th anniversary of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative
  • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
    Watches & Jewellery
    Louis Vuitton redesigns Tambour watch after shift to boutique horology model

    Inspired by the house’s famous trunks, Jean Arnault aims to increase the exclusivity — and price — of the timepieces

    Jean Arnault
  • Friday, 30 June, 2023
    HTSI
    Cartier’s London Crash slams back into town

    The “Salvador Dalí” watch is back. Now join the meltdown

    A c1980 design for a Crash wristwatch from the Cartier London Archives
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