Water, this way or that.

So how many of us have faced this question from a smiling waitress in an upscale restaurant – Still or sparkling? – and have looked blankly before managing a – Still, I guess. Not very long ago, I was completely and blissfully unaware of the ways of drinking water in this vanity-without-apologies world. Water was something to, … Continue reading →

Made-to-Order Swiss Marvel

At Audemars Piguet, the art of precision watchmaking is at its highest. Yet my last year’s visit to the company’s manufacture in Le Brassuss, near Geneva in Switzerland proved that perfection is a relative term and that desires have no boundaries. The Valley is what inhabitants of the high plateau of the Jura mountains refer to … Continue reading →