Big Watch Book 2022
Big Watch Book 2020
The Style Manual For Successful Men. From Esquire magazine, The Big Black Book is the definitive guide to the finer things in life: fashion, food, watches, cars, travel. The autumn/ winter 2015 issue features the story of Braun design, 35 years of Corbin & King’s restaurants, we go behind the scenes to watch Steinway pianos being made, and there’s a special report on the booming online men’s shopping market. Plus, new writing from Iain Sinclair, Alex Kapranos and Alan Johnson, new interviews with Frank Ghery, Sterling Moss and Benedikt Taschen, and 86 pages of essential clothes and style for the new season. Don’t get dressed without it.
Esquire: The Big Watch Book
Foreword
Contributors
GLOWING TRIBUTE • LUMINOUS WATCHES HIT A MILESTONE
KEEP ON TICKING • HOW TIMEX MADE THE EVERYDAY WRISTWATCH HIP
FRENCH TWIST • MARKING 10 YEARS SINCE ARTISAN WEAVERS JULIEN FAURE AND TUDOR FANCIED-UP THE FABRIC STRAP
A BIGGER BANG • HUBLOT WINDS BACK 40 YEARS TO REINVENT ITS CLASSIC ORIGINAL
ZOOM MEETING • HOW LOCKDOWN HELPED RACERS SHATTER THE CANNONBALL RUN TRANS-USA ALL-TIME RECORD
THE RACE FOR CHANGE • BREMONT AND ROLLS-ROYCE TARGET ZERO-EMISSIONS FLIGHT RECORD
‘WHO IS THIS NITWIT?’ • MEET JASPER LIJFERING, THE 27-YEAR-OLD ‘FRESHENING UP’ THE WATCH BUSINESS
MISSION IN ACTION • HOW THE LASER-SHARP VISION OF GEORGES KERN KEEPS BREITLING FLYING IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY
THE MOSCOW TIMES • INTEREST IN SOVIET-ERA WATCHES TAKES OFF
THE CROWN • What makes Rolex so special?
GREEN HELL • Chasing record lap times at the notorious Nürburgring
PASTIMES • ONE MUST BE SERIOUS ABOUT SOMETHING
THE WATCH THAT STOPS • How the chronograph changed the way we see the world
THE TIME KEEPER • Collector, historian, educator and broker John Reardon lives for vintage Patek Philippe
DIRECTORY 2020
‘DOES IT DO ANYTHING?’ • JAMES BOND AND HIS WATCHES
KALEIDOSCOPE • SEE WATCHMAKING IN A NEW LIGHT
THE BIG TIME • THE DIGITAL WATCH TURNS 50
Stockists
DR CLIFFORD V JOHNSON • THEORETICAL PHYSICIST AND SCIENCE ADVISER TO HOLLYWOOD
