Take Time Watch

Designer Mathieu Lehanneur juxtaposes sleek silicone with the old-fashioned convention of a pocketwatch in the Take Time! watch. Convertible in three ways, the timepiece can be worn as a wristwatch, carried as a pocketwatch, or hung; and comes in a range of bright and neutral hues.

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

The Brothers Grimm uncut, solar bike paths, a $24 million watch and more in our look at the web this week

1. Keep Time for $24 Million Back in 1999, a watch sold at auction for $11 million, setting a record that was blown out of the water for the first time ever this week. A rare Supercomplication Patek Philippe pocket watch, made in 1932, has just sold at Sotheby’s for $24 million. Yes, it sports 24 complications and 920 components (including 70 jewels), but it …

Keep Time for $24 Million

The Brothers Grimm uncut, solar bike paths, a $24 million watch and more in our look at the web this week

Back in 1999, a watch sold at auction for $11 million, setting a record that was blown out of the water for the first time ever this week. A rare Supercomplication Patek Philippe pocket watch, made in 1932, has just sold at Sotheby’s for $24 million. Yes, it sports 24 complications and 920 components (including 70 jewels), but it also has a backstory. New York …