Brathwait’s Inexpensive Automatic Watches

Founder Henrik Torp on keeping made-to-order Swiss timepieces accessible

With their two-style Swiss Automatic timepiece line, watchmaker Brathwait has succeeded where few can. As the collection title implies, these watches are both Swiss-made and automatic. Remarkably, however, they’re also under $600. Quality components haven’t been sacrificed; there’s a top-grade Sellita Swiss Calibre SW 260 movement, domed sapphire crystal, genuine Italian leather strap, and luminous markers. It’s a 38mm stainless steel case (in either rose …

Alex Cameron + Angel Olsen: Stranger’s Kiss

A duet of barbed advice from a couple in the midst of a break-up, “Stranger’s Kiss” pairs Australian duo Alex Cameron’s burgeoning balladry with folk rock starlet Angel Olsen’s warm vocals. Jemima Kirke wrote, directed and starred in the music video, an eccentric and compelling character study involving a dancing doppelgänger on a mission. Alex Cameron’s album Forced Witness releases 8 September on Secretly Canadian.

Gaza Girls: Growing Up in the Gaza Strip

Monique Jaques' photographic study of youth growing up in a complex region

For five years, photojournalist Monique Jaques repeatedly traveled to the Gaza Strip and captured compelling, personal images of those living there. It all began in 2004 when the American, who’s based in Istanbul, documented an eight-day war between Israeli defense forces and Hamas. It soon expanded into a narrative outside of what’s typically presented through the media. We regularly hear of the Gaza Strip in …