The trench watch was a type of watch that came into use by the military during World War I, as pocket watches were not practical in combat. It was a transitional design between pocket watches and wrist watches, incorporating features of both.
A zoetrope is an animation device that produces the illusion of motion by displaying a sequence of drawings or photographs showing progressive phases of that motion.
The Heineken WOBO was a bottle that doubled as a brick to build houses.
Garfield Wood was an American inventor, entrepreneur, motorboat builder and racer who held the world water speed record on several occasions. He was the first man to travel over 100 miles per hour on water.
The Riva Tritone is one of the most famous models of the Riva line and is widely considered the most beautiful Riva model of all time.
Ertug and Kocabiyik publications are produced in Switzerland and Italy to the finest technical and publishing standards. Large-format photographs taken by architect and editor-in-chief Ahmet Ertug using the finest photographic equipment available provide the reader with a stunning visual experience of distinguished works of Byzantine, Ottoman, and Seljuk art and architecture.
Rat bikes are motorcycles that have fallen apart over time but been kept on the road and maintained for at little or no cost by employing kludge fixes.
A tughra is a calligraphic seal or signature of an Ottoman sultan that was affixed to all official documents and correspondence. It was also carved on his seal and stamped on the coins minted during his reign.
A world-worn roughneck with a fascination for Eastern philosophy and art, Norman Collins chased adventure from the California foothills to the gangster-run streets of Chicago and across the wide open China sea to Asia before settling in the remote Hawai’ian Islands. Then, from his tiny tattoo shop in Honolulu’s gritty Chinatown, he shaped and cussed it all into a pure, American folk art that redefined tattooing forever.
Norton and Sons is a Savile Row bespoke tailor founded in 1821.