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.
The Big Watch Book
Foreword
Contributors
RACE AGAINST TIME • PORSCHE AND TAG HEUER UNITE IN TRIBUTE TO THE DAREDEVILS OF MID-CENTURY MOTORING
SECURITY DETAIL • PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT TIMEPIECE WITH A WOLF WATCH SAFE
STYLE AND SUBSTANCE • A UNIQUE CHRONOGRAPH FROM A. LANGE & SÖHNE GOES TO AUCTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NEW KING’S CHARITY
THE BEAUTY AND THE WONDER • NASA ASTRONAUT, OMEGA AMBASSADOR AND THE 10TH MAN ON THE MOON, CHARLIE DUKE DESCRIBES LOOKING BACK AT EARTH AND HIS CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE APOLLO 13 MISSION
SEA POWER • TEAM PANERAI RULES THE WAVES
GO RETRO • SIXTIES FUTURISM REVIVED BY ZENITH
PERFECT TIMING • TISSOT’S TELEMETER PAIRS VINTAGE STYLE WITH THE LATEST TECH
IN THE MIX • AT CERTINA, THE CHOICE IS YOURS
THE WRITE TYPE • FONT DESIGNER ALEX TROCHUT ON HIS PARTNERSHIP WITH JAEGER-LECOULTRE
NO OLD TIMERS • HUBLOT’S YOUTHFUL APPEAL IS REINFORCED IN A COLLABORATION WITH FASHION DESIGNER SAMUEL ROSS
PIECES OF EIGHT • CELEBRATING A DECADE OF BULGARI’S OCTO COLLECTION
AUDEMARS ENTERS THE STONE AGE • IN A BILLBOARD YEAR FOR AUDEMARS PIGUET, ONE GEOLOGICAL DELIGHT STANDS OUT
RIDERS ON THE STORM • FEELING BRAVE? TUDOR’S PELAGOS HAS YOUR BACK
THE LUXURY OF TIME • CELEBRATING TWO DECADES OF FINE WATCHMAKING, LOUIS VUITTON HAS QUIETLY BECOME ONE OF THE INDUSTRY’S MOST EXCITING MARQUES
SIX KEY LOUIS VUITTON WATCHES
IT’S COMING HOME • NATIONAL PRIDE ABOUNDS IN THE HOUSE THAT BREMONT BUILT
TASK FORCE • A HOROLOGIST’S WORK IS NEVER DONE
THE HYPE ECONOMY • WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DEMAND OUTSTRIPS SUPPLY?
DIRECTORY 2022
SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL • THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS, AND THE RISE, FALL AND RISE AGAIN OF BRITISH WATCHMAKING
FACE TO FACE • STEEL TIMEPIECES TO FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION
SMALL-TIME PLAYERS • THOUGH THEY BE BUT LITTLE, THESE MICROBRANDS ARE FIERCE
DAMN! • INSIDE THE REVIVAL OF THE VACHERON CONSTANTIN 222, ONE OF WATCHMAKING’S MOST ENIGMATIC ICONS
GEORGES KERN • WHAT I’VE LEARNED
