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...George Bamford has been an important part of the renaissance in British watchmaking, even though Bamford London watches are actually made in Switzerland....
...George Somlo, a dealer in antique and vintage timepieces since 1970, is sketching out the cultural background from which the early-19th-century fashion for curiously shaped watches emerged....
...It welcomed Voltaire, who called it “the house of a sovereign who would like to be a philosopher”, Rousseau, George Sand, Balzac, Lamartine, Berlioz, Liszt and Chopin....
...says Georges Kern, CEO of Breitling....
...In a single sentence he will reference David Bowie’s visits to this room, helping 1960s football sensation George Best design a fashion line, and his new project with Priya Ahluwalia, who is sitting across...
...It was Gieves that made the RAF uniform worn by the future George VI on his wedding day, ditto the famous “boat cape” in which the Queen was photographed by Cecil Beaton in 1968....
...(The “George” refers to its original co-founder, the late George Hostler.)...
...When I ask George Bamford of Bamford London who his watches appeal to, his answer is not couched in the demographic speak of the professional marketing department....
...The same year that Mrs Simpson received her engagement ring, the Duke of York, later George VI, presented his wife, later the Queen Mother, with the celebrated London-made “Halo” tiara – last seen bedecking...
...Titanium was the metal chosen by George Bamford for a much-lauded collaboration with TAG Heuer on its Aquaracer....
...He is probably the only horologist who trained with Gilbert & George, his contemporaries at Saint Martin’s School of Art. “We used to fight like cat and dog....
...“It was our fastest-selling limited edition,” recalls George Bamford. “Hiroshi is someone who inspires me and has taught me a hell of a lot about design, particularly in regard to paring back design.”...
...Another such gentleman is George Cramer, a Cartier collector and co-founder of the watch site troisanneaux.com....
...“We started buying them about 10 years ago, mostly because my wife Sandi liked them,” says West End vintage watch dealer George Somlo of the watch’s resurgence among collectors....
...And when Omega celebrated the 50th anniversary of the moon landings with a party at Tate Modern, Kraulis was one of the special guests, along with Brian Cox, George Clooney and Buzz Aldrin on a zipwire....
...When Georges Kern took over Breitling three years ago, the first thing I asked him to do was bring it back....
...Nor was there a Bond film last year, but that did not stop Omega releasing a watch to celebrate the 50th anniversary of George Lazenby’s only appearance as Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, complete...
...“The vaccine task force and its leadership have transformed the UK’s ability to procure, manufacture and distribute vaccines,” said Iain Foulkes, head of commercialisation for Cancer Research UK....
...The late George Daniels, who finished the watch in 1982, described it as “the kind of watch you would need on your package tour to Mars”....
...As well as Fane, Montanari recommends London’s George Somlo and Davide Parmegiani of Lugano....
...One such is Georges Kern, who took over Breitling a couple of years ago....
...The brand promised Baselworld that it would wait until it had fleshed out a new show concept before deciding on its future relationship with the event, says chief executive Georges Kern: “We will inform...
...Nicholas Foulkes...
...Given that her boss as of April 1 will be Georges Kern, Richemont’s new head of watchmaking, who built the IWC watch brand on such a policy, she is certainly on-message....
...Other talented figures, such as Margaret Beckett, John Morris and George Foulkes, held on and became excellent ministers during Tony Blair’s premiership. But they were the exception, not the rule....
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