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The Story Behind Wryst Watches

Sponsored PostIn 2012, watch designer Jacques Fournier started his own watch brand named Wryst, after years of creating some of the most innovative modern watch designs under his company Horology Design, for brands aimed both at the mainstream as well as the ultra-high-end market. Born and educated in Switzerland, Fournier later moved to France and eventually to the UK, where he currently lives.Wryst was born out of Jacques' passion to create his idea of the ultimate lifestyle sports watch with a design that had never before been attempted. Wryst timepieces are mostly priced at under

Richard Mille Watch Doesn't Slow Rafael Nadal Down

A bunch of you e-mailed me yesterday asking me to talk about the Richard Mille watch that tennis player Rafael Nadal is now wearing. That's never happened before - but since the mainstream media is all over the "weird" story, I figured I should mention that I did cover the topic on Luxist (where I also write daily) - sorry, you need to cover two websites now. You can see my (and only my) daily Luxist articles right here. I initially discussed the Richard Mille RM027 Nadal watch here.The media is all over the Nadal story for two reasons. First, it is unusual for a tennis player

De Bethune Dream Watch 5 Inspired By Disney

While I've already waxed poetic about the beautiful DB28 Digitale, De Bethune announced another truly bonkers watch at SIHH this past January. Expanding upon their Dream Watch series, De Bethune has debuted the Dream Watch 5, a titanium watch that is equal parts sculpture and art deco-inspired spaceship.Now, I know you've seen watches compared with spaceships in the past, and I'd agree - because I too have read any post about Urwerk. The difference is that if I made a spaceship that looked like the Dream Watch 5, with no prior knowledge of what spaceships (real or imagined) tend to lo

18th Century Unique Vintage Skull Pocket Watch On eBay

We found something very special on eBay that is an antique 18th century table sculpture and pocket watch. This unique creation appears to be a cast bronze figurine of the skeleton which sits atop a marble base. Apparently it was designed to sit on a desk, and the skeleton itself is sitting on an upside down pyramid. The skull detaches and opens up to reveal a pocket watch produced by a famed Swiss watch maker.The movement itself was produced by Swiss clock and watchmaker Ferdinand Berthoud, who was born in Neuchatel in 1727. Having died in 1807, this movement was likely