Twenty-five years – a quarter of a century – is a long time. But it’s not that long for a watch manufacturer. In 1996, Chopard’s co-president Karl-Friedrich Scheufele proudly introduced...
Read more2020 was a leap year because 2020 is evenly divisible by four. But not every year divisible by four is a leap year: secular years, which bring our Gregorian calendar...
Read moreSake. To most Westerners, it is a drink shrouded in mystery. Rice wine? Japanese spirits? All the same thing? Must be drunk warm? Myths abound.If you were like me, your...
Read moreAfter many emails and a pandemic that has lasted much longer than expected, it finally worked out: I had a personal appointment with Torsti Laine. During breakfast at my hotel,...
Read moreWhile a conventional three-hand watch with date will have a numbers wheel underneath the dial painted with a single ring of numbers from 1 to 31 to denote date, the...
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