Plan B Vintage-Inspired Watches

Well-priced luxury timepieces with a case shape drawn from 1950s French watchmaking

As we’ve noted time and again, there’s no short supply of emerging watchmakers taking to Kickstarter to launch their debut products. Many of these brands cite throwback influences and strong materials. Rarely, however, are they as interesting as Plan B watches and their debut model, the Edmonton. These 43mm chronograph timepieces—featuring a battery-powered Ronda Startech Caliber 3520.D movement—manage to embrace the clean, classic stylings we …

Nomos Glashütte’s Berlin Design Agency, Berlinerblau

An in-house studio driving watch design forward while holding true to the brand's signature elements

In Kreuzberg, Berlin—set high above the banks of the Landwehr Canal—German luxury watch brand Nomos Glashütte maintains their in-house design agency: Berlinerblau. The long, open-concept office extends from one side of the building to the other, with large windows filtering in plenty of natural light. For years now, staff designers (and guests such as industrial designer Mark Braun) present their vision for future collections here. …

THE ARRIVALS’ Holiday Collaborations and Pop-Up Store

Located in NYC's SoHo neighborhood, a gorgeous space full of outerwear and limited edition pieces made by likeminded brands

When previewing the space with THE ARRIVALS designer and co-founder Jeff Johnson, it’s immediately clear that there is a minimal, sophisticated theme throughout every single item on display at the brand’s 2016 Concept pop-up store. The NYC-based brand has been making striking, high-quality outerwear and accessories for two years now and today, their first-ever brick-and-mortar store is opening on Crosby St in NYC’s SoHo neighborhood. …