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Neighborhood Watch

By

Nick Haramis

Neighborhood Watch This month, Diesel released a collection of timepieces inspired by a Back to the Future-style amalgam of past, present, and future. There's one with a yellow crystal face and gunmetal case, another with a silver leather cuff. Our personal favorite, pictured left, boasts an LED display, which, of course, tells time but also flashes "DIESEL." It's futuristic-retro, to be sure. And in the words of one Dr. Emmett Brown, "Don't worry. As long as you hit that wire with the connecting hook at precisely 88mph the instant the lightning strikes the tower... "

Tick, Tick, Swoon

Watch out! This season’s new faces are bold, beautiful, and yes, timely.

By

Richard Gary

Tick, Tick, Swoon Styling by Bryan Levandowski Prop Stylist Stephanie Bohn

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Clockwise from top: Cartier ($11,600), Coach ($398), Glam Rock ($2,195), Cartier ($16,300), Burberry ($795), Meccaniche Velocie ($5,500), Coach ($998), Louis Vuitton ($9,850), Emporio Armani ($345).

Anti Bellum?

By

Nick Haramis

imageRyan Bonilla and Philip Feng, founders of Bellum Classics, are fighting a war. Say the timepiece techies, “This war we battle is the war for creative freedom.” Call to arms aside, they’ve come up with their own spin on bling, creating made-to-order watches by pairing vintage timepieces—from the ‘40s through the ‘80s—with redesigned bands and various add-ons. Interesting, maybe. Tacky, probably. Judge for yourself here.