While the past is dominated by questionable trends such as calculator watches, blinding dayglo Swatches, and other cringe-worthy fads, the future of women’s fashion timepieces is anything but dated. With 2018 just around the corner, at LJ&T we are all about staying on the cutting-edge of timepiece fashions and are thrilled to share with our … [Read more…]
Baselworld Watch and Jewellery Show is the world’s premier trade show of the international watch industry, named after the city in which it’s held annually: Basel, Switzerland. The Baselworld trade show is such a powerhouse in the timpiece industry that the trends, fashions, and tastes that crop up at the Swiss show tend to influence the watch trade for the … [Read more…]
What does “watch culture” look like? In an age when everything has a timepiece attached to it, there’s an argument to be made that timepieces aren’t really necessary anymore, per se. But removing the necessity of watches has transformed them in the modern age — from purely functional objects into art. They’re a kind of … [Read more…]
So, let’s say you’ve just gotten a new watch. What can you do it? You might be saying to yourself: “It’s just a watch. What can someone do with a watch, other than tell time?” But that’s not thinking creatively! Today, we’re going to look at five different watches by a group of esteemed horologists … [Read more…]