“Chronographs are hard.” – Carole Forestier-Kasapi The first time I visited Cartier’s new manufacture in La-Chaux-de-Fonds, it was in 2008 and the company’s technical director was Carole Forestier-Kasapi. Forestier-Kasapi is now at TAG Heuer, but at the time, her work at Cartier was focused on the inventive complications that formed the Fine Watchmaking Collection, and...

The Hermès Birkin is the most coveted handbag in the world — and one of the most deliberately difficult to purchase. If you’ve tried to buy one at a boutique, you already know this. If you haven’t, this guide will save you the frustration.  Here’s everything you need to understand about the Birkin: why it’s so hard to obtain, how the boutique process actually...