Interview: Cadillac’s Uwe Ellinghaus

The brand's CMO tells us how the car-maker is becoming a global luxury brand

We spend a lot of time with automobile manufacturers because it’s an industry going through enormous changes—technology, globalization of product and marketing, and innovation in just about every department. While we tend to focus most of our reporting on the products and the people who design them, not long ago, we had the opportunity to visit with Cadillac’s CMO Uwe Ellinghaus twice. The first time, …

Interview: Vacheron Constantin’s Artistic Director Christian Selmoni

Understanding how the oldest continuously producing watch manufacturer embraces digital design, laser-fusion and tattoos

It’s no small feat to be the oldest continuously producing watch manufacturer in the world. And while Vacheron Constantin holds this historic accolade, and can stake claim to 260 years’ worth of developments in horlogerie, the luxury Swiss watch brand continues to produce pieces that strike a balance between an illustrious past and a tech-driven future. In order to best understand how a prestige timekeeping …

Interview: Eduardo Umaña of Classic Engineering

How the recent college graduate designed the affordable, luxurious and simple watch he wanted

This weekend’s Baselworld will include the latest innovations in luxury watchmaking—and with some of the price tags equivalent to wearing a mansion on the wrist, it’s always nice to remember there are awesome options for those of us with average paychecks. Enter Eduardo Umaña, the one-man team behind Classic Engineering and its first product, the clean yet robust VARIO watch. Umaña designed prototypes while at …