Over Christopher A. Marinello’s 35-year career as a lawyer and art recovery expert, stolen paintings have made up the bulk of his caseload. But of late, Mr. Marinello, 59, who has, by his own reckoning, recovered more than $515 million worth of
Over Christopher A. Marinello’s 35-year career as a lawyer and art recovery expert, stolen paintings have made up the bulk of his caseload. But of late, Mr. Marinello, 59, who has, by his own reckoning, recovered more than $515 million worth of
From the subdued, elegant Apple Hermès with a rectangular case to the glittery round-dial Michael Kors and the sporty, connected Tag Heuer worn by the tennis star Naomi Osaka, one would think that women have plenty of choices when it comes to
In April, Christoph Grainger-Herr, chief executive of the Swiss watch brand IWC, appeared at the Watches and Wonders luxury fair in Shanghai — but without ever leaving Switzerland. “We got a lounge chair for me here,” Mr. Grainger-Herr said during a recent
Across town at the Waldorf Astoria, the landmark Art Deco hotel where the top 33 floors of guest rooms are being converted to 375 condos starting at $1.8 million, residents will have use of a co-working lounge, private offices, board room and
The words “tick tock” are as emblematic for describing a timepiece as “moo” is for a cow and “choo choo” is for a train. In a watch, the distinctive sound is produced when the balance wheel swings back and forth, engaging the
In popular culture, the future is often portrayed as fast, sleek and high-tech — qualities not typically associated with the Swiss watch trade, which takes pride in making elegant analog devices using laborious, often centuries-old, techniques. Nevertheless, many watchmakers are finally ready
Mr. Rohr, best known in watchmaking circles for his 25-year involvement in the highly respected TimeZone online forum, had spent two years mulling his own project. His immediate success — thanks in large part to his involvement in TimeZone — left him
The pandemic forced many American arts organizations to resort to mass layoffs and deep pay cuts as ticket sales vanished for more than a year. Now one of the nation’s most prominent ensembles, the Philadelphia Orchestra, is trying another tack as it
A Canadian couple who drew widespread criticism for flying to a small Indigenous community in January to get vaccinated pleaded guilty on Wednesday to violating local coronavirus restrictions, according to court records. The couple, Rodney and Ekaterina Baker of Vancouver, appeared virtually
Rich Greenfield, a media analyst at LightShed Partners, said Netflix was signaling its approval of The Gauge because the new metric shows that the platform, along with YouTube, is the streaming leader. “It also shows that 6 percent of time is spent