SPECTRUM OF POSSIBILITIES
Growing up, I was brought up on a diet of monochromatic menswear, one that was stylish but sober and formal. That lens of formality was what I perceived watchmaking through and, two decades ago, was pretty much the staple of the industry.
Today, in a world where Thierry Stern casually says “why not?” to a reporter’s question on a khaki-green Jumbo Aquanaut (a concept that would have shocked most collectors and possibly horrified some Patek Philippe collectors a decade ago), the old rules have been thrown out, and along with that, the typical ideas of men wearing gemstones or bold colours.
The popularity of multi-coloured gemset jewellery probably started with Bvlgari decades ago. Then Rolex took the
