Vanity Fair UK - 10.2019

MORGAN MAASSEN

Contents On Time Autumn 2019

Stopwatch

On the

Cover

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Editor’s Letter

Contributors

Exploded Watch

Zenith Chronomaster 2

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100

Features

It’s About Time

Hot off the press, your up-to-the-minute

round-up of all things horological, including

Auction Report, Hero Watch, News, Modern

Classic and Tool Time.

Who Dares Swims

BY JONNY BEALBY

Italy’s elite naval officers take no prisoners—

this adventure aficionado found out the hard way.

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A Bigger Splash

BY MING LIU

Surfers, sailors and luxury watchmakers. Meet the

CEOs who moonlight as amateur aquatic athletes.

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A Brief History of Time

From Cousteau’s Aqua-Lung to Victor Vescovo’s

submersible, Nicholas Foulkes, Fred S. Mandelbaum,

Ken Kessler and Arthur Touchot delve deep into

the world of the diving watch.

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Depth and Breath

BY BILL PRINCE

The only way is down for these record-breaking

free-divers and their untouchable timepieces.

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Royal Oak and Nautilus

BY JACK FORSTER

Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe—

Gérald Genta’s masterpieces compared.

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Racing Class

BY TRACEY LLEWELLYN

How the postwar surge in nautical sports created

a demand for maritime-luxe watches.

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Making Waves

Nicholas Foulkes presents the new face of the

Rolex Yacht-Master and the Chanel J12 while

We i Koh puts Blancpain’s re-editions of the Air

Command and the Fifty Fathoms Barakuda

under the microscope.

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Fabien Cousteau

photographed by

Benjamin Bechet

The Vanity Fair On Time 2019 Portfolio

Forget Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett—

our Ocean’s Eight really mean business.

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Watch Repor t

Whether you’re in the market for a high spec tool

watch or a high jewellery timepiece, you’ll want

to get your hands on these brand new models—

come hell or high water.

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