by Tom Noble
October 26th 2015

Foodies – Artistic Appetite In The City of San Sebastián

It’s impossible not to fall in love with San Sebastián. The food here is what dreams are made of, ranging from the small rustic bars serving tapas, here known as pintxos, to the many Michelin-starred restaurants. And if that’s not enough for you, just throw in a few beaches and the city’s belle epoque infrastructure, all originally built for Spain’s Queen Isabella (arriving on doctors orders to bathe) in the mid 19th century.…

by Tom Noble
by Tom Noble
September 20th 2015

Automotive – The Fiat Eden Roc: The Coolest Beach Car Ever Made

If you want to get around your country estate or your private beach in style, then there’s no better way to do it than the yacht inspired 1956 Fiat Eden Roc.Fiat-1Most automobiles of particular note will have a colorful story of how they came to be.…

by Tom Noble
by Tom Noble
September 2nd 2015

Watches – Introducing Our Latest Family Member: The Heritage 40 With A Graphite Ceramic Dial

It’s time to say hello to our latest family member, the Heritage 40 Graphite. Featuring a new graphite gray dial enclosed by our classic steel casing, it’s the perfect mix of fresh details and proven characteristics.

In terms of family, one could say it’s both the smooth and weathered father as well as the somewhat sleeker youngster.…

by Tom Noble
by Tom Noble
August 20th 2015

Culture – Out and About with Our Favourite Blogger: Carin “Paris in Four Months” Olsson

Although it might seem like it at first glance, Carin is definitely not your ordinary “Parisian dream come true” girl. Initially planning to stay for just four months, studying French and escaping life as she knew it, she fell in love – and the rest is history.…

by Tom Noble
by Tom Noble
August 2nd 2015

Automotive – For Sale: A Stunning Fiat 8V Supersonic – The Coolest Fiat Ever Built?

In the spring of 1948, Fiat management instructed technical director Dante Giacosa to begin developing a V-6 engine to be used in a newly planned six-passenger sedan. The attempt to produce an American-style touring sedan never advanced beyond its inception stage, but the engine devised by Giacosa soon morphed into a V-8 of considerable merit.…

by Tom Noble
by Tom Noble
July 27th 2015

Automotive – Pushing The Boat Out With Corniche

This week on The Journal we take you out to sea, updating you on the greatest and latest in the world of boating.

VIVA THE RIVA

The Italian Riva family began making boats in Sarnico in 1842, but it was Carlo Riva, the founder’s great-grandson, who brought the company its international fame.…

by Tom Noble
by Tom Noble
July 12th 2015

Eat & Drink – Rowley’s – The Finest Steak and Chips Joint In The World

Whenever I happen to find myself in London, I eat at Rowley’s. It doesn’t matter if I’m in town for a just a night or spending the whole week for work, and it doesn’t matter if I’m travelling solo, with colleagues, or with family.…

by Tom Noble
by Tom Noble
July 7th 2015

Eat & Drink – Out and About with Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen

As you’ll know by now, one of our absolute favourite things in life is food. We’ve covered the best burgers in the world, the history of the Hirata pork bun, and where to find the best restaurants in great cities like Seoul, Stockholm and London.…

by Tom Noble
by Tom Noble
July 6th 2015

Travel – Through The Ground Glass with Joseph Allen Freeman

In today’s world of Instagram and Snapchat, large format photography is truly fascinating. It’s one of the oldest techniques in the medium, involving a tense long process of waiting and hoping (and carrying your heavy equipment around) – yet at the same time the quality is still unrivaled.…

by Tom Noble
by Tom Noble
June 25th 2015

Travel – A Day at Hotel Cap Estel, Èze

Tucked away in lush scenery between Nice and Monte Carlo, the understated luxury and privacy of Cap Estel almost contradicts its exciting past. Originally built in 1900 by a notorious Irish novelist, it was converted into a hotel in the 1950s – quickly becoming a favourite haunt for famous faces like The Beatles, Greta Garbo and Sir Laurence Olivier.…

by Tom Noble
by Tom Noble
June 4th 2015

Automotive – Racing Down Memory Lane: Corniche Watches and Mille Miglia

As customary with Italian, the two words (“thousand” and “miles”) come together perfectly, gracefully rolling off the tongue. But putting phonetics aside, the Mille Miglia happens to be one of the world’s most classic automobile races, bringing images of sleek sports cars driven by equally sleek gentlemen through pittoresque villages along beautiful country roads.…

by Tom Noble
by Tom Noble
April 23rd 2015

Watches – Celebrating Spring with The Heritage 40 – Featuring Three of Our Favourite Spots on The Côte d’Azur.

We’ve always been captivated by time. It’s a mind-blowing phenomenon, and has divided many smart men and women over the years. Newton claimed it to be absolute and Albert Einstein proved it to be relative. To be completely honest, when it comes to science, we don’t know what to believe.…

by Tom Noble
by Tom Noble
April 16th 2015

Travel – Where To Be and What To See…

This week on The Journal, we take a look at this year’s hot spots and what to do when paying them a visit. From Cuba to Sicily, and from Barcelona to Los Angeles – we’ve got you covered on where to shack up.

Cuba has seen a massive surge of interest due to warming relations with the US, which means pressure on the already limited amount of quality hotels.…

by Tom Noble
by Tom Noble
March 30th 2015

Travel – A Weekend In Istanbul: The City On The Bosphorus

My first visit to Istanbul almost didn’t happen. Thanks to a Siberian snowstorm the long weekend trip, a birthday present from my girlfriend, was massively delayed – to the point of us almost not going at all.

Luckily, the snowstorm moved on – our plane took off – and we arrived in a (somewhat wet) city pulsing with change.…

by Tom Noble
by Tom Noble
March 20th 2015

Culture – Recreating History. In Miniature.

As many other things awesome, it all started with a joke – a rather ironic challenge, if you will, to recreate the world’s most expensive photograph: Andreas Gursky’s Rhein II. Because for commercial photographers Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger, that meant tolling away in their spare time when money wasn’t coming in to recreate a photograph that had just sold for $4.3 million.…

by Tom Noble
by Tom Noble
March 8th 2015

Travel – 24 Hours In Stockholm – What To Do When In Our Neck Of The Woods

Stockholm is slowly but surely warming up again and we’re finally seeing the sun for more than a few hours per day. And even if living here makes it slightly less exciting to write about, it’s without doubt also turning into a place that’s well worth visiting for a long weekend.…

by Tom Noble
by Tom Noble
February 8th 2015

Travel – Seoul – A City of Contrasts

The first thing you’ll notice when touching down at Incheon (ranked as the best airport in the world for the past nine years) is that everything is really modern and really clean. The second thing that’ll hit you is that whatever the hour there are literally people everywhere.…

by Tom Noble
by Tom Noble
January 27th 2015

News – Around The World With The Heritage 40

One of the greatest things about a watch is its accompanying role in our lives. It follows us around, wherever we might be and whatever we might be doing. It not only tells us the time, but also informs the people around us about its wearer – making it a unique accessory that so seamlessly blends function with style.…

by Tom Noble
by Tom Noble
January 18th 2015

Automotive – A Last Goodbye – The New Limited Edition Land Rover Defenders

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The Land Rover Defender, one of our absolute favourite cars, will sadly go off sale this year. So to celebrate the end of this somewhat rugged era, what could be better than three very special limited edition cars?

These three models will mark the end of the Defender production at Solihull, and will feature an Autobiography Edition, a Heritage Edition, and the expedition-inspired Adventure Edition – each edition focusing on a different aspect of the car’s character.…

by Tom Noble
by Tom Noble
January 10th 2015

Travel – Hitting the slopes in 2015?

If you’re an avid skier, chances are you’ve already hit the slopes once or twice this season. I’m no ski bum myself, but that doesn’t stop me from writing about the places I’d go if I were one. In fact, these three spots, spanning across three continents, offer so much more than just great skiing – making them well worth a visit even if you never reach their highest altitudes.…

by Tom Noble