One of my favorite hashtags ever is quite a long one: #makegreengreatagain. What started a couple of years ago with Eugenio Amos, Rally driver, Entrepreneur and creator of the fabulous Lancia Delta Integrale Futurista, shown for the first time in Basel in 2018, has arrived this year in the watch […]
With the start of the pandemic one word has acquired a complete different significance: Homeoffice. Since I was travelling a lot during the past 10 years, was always lucky enough to have a dedicated office at home and I clearly remember many friends telling me, that I was crazy to […]
Following the article published recently by fratellowatches.com about the relevance of fountain pens for watch aficionados, today we will talk about the ultimate combination of writing instruments and watches: The Cartier pens with watch. Cartier is definitely one of the very few brands that is capable to excel in everything […]
Already a couple of times, we have tried to make clear to the community that the attention dedicated to writing instruments should be at least the same as the attention deserved by watches. And this is not only because writing instruments are items that have written history. Also because of […]
It happened to everyone of us at least once in our lives. You sit down with couple of friends for a drink or a dinner and you come up with a great idea that you want to realize all together. Do you recognize the scene? And after a lot of […]
Finally it has arrived. What is a reality in the automotive world and on the website of some watch manufacturers has found its way as well in the world of fine writing instruments: a configurator. And thanks to Montegrappa, we now have more and more materials and finishes to choose […]
Only few characters have influenced Europe’s history at 360 degrees. So not only politically but from an artistic, architectural una cultural point of view. The most eclectic among them is for sure Napoleon, Emperor of France and one of the greatest promoters of Europe’s art and craftmanship. No wonder that […]
Many designers claim to follow the principle “form follows function” but in reality, very few of them are so rigorous and disciplined as Mark Braun is. And Otto Hutt’s latest release, the design08 is only the latest example of how meticulous the German designer follows this mantra on almost every […]
While the world was listening to the Beatles and the ladies were wearing dresses with flowers as well as the car industry was producing cars with many round elements like the BMW 2002 or the Jaguar XJ and the Mercedes 280 SL “Pagode”, the legendary Marcello Gandini was preparing something […]
Regular readers among you will by now have realised how popular Japanese fountain pens are becoming and how much we love these essential, efficient and at the same time sophisticated writing instruments. Among the major representatives of this category, of course, is Sailor, which with the King of Pen has […]
