It was a bittersweet moment: the recent launch of an olive green version of Patek Philippe’s stainless steel Nautilus watch simultaneously marked the discontinuation of the legendary timepiece, which boasts one of the most intriguing success stories in the world of luxury watches.
While the iconic Ref 5711-1A-010 with its graded blue dial has been discontinued, its successor, the 5711/1A-014, still has the characteristic rounded octagonal bezel, reminiscent of a ship’s porthole, and the same-sized case (40mm x 8. Read More...
The award was presented to her by Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, at a dinner at New York’s Plaza Hotel.
“I don’t get intimidated easily: politics, money, power, economy, crisis,” said the IMF chief. “But I tell you something, when it’s resilience in the face of adversity, when it’s simplicity in the face of success, when it is kindness, when it is spirituality, I get unbelievably intimidated . Read More...
For almost eight decades, the bakery set up by Tse’s grandfather has been selling traditional Chinese pastries and is famous for less commonly found mooncakes, such as the five-nut mooncake with its sweet filling packed with chopped nuts.
Its one-storey tall sign board features the bakery’s Chinese name in glowing red neon tubes, framed in green neon.
It announced that its sign had to go amid action against unauthorised neon signs, many of which went up during the heyday of neon signage in the decades up to the 1980s. Read More...
