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Rolex: The P&B Vintage Buying Guide

For a lot of guys, picking out a vintage watch begins and ends with a single brand: Rolex. This isn’t for lack of worthy alternatives—there are plenty, and we’ll cover them all in this series—but because there are just so many iconic Rolex models, each groundbreaking in its own way. From the original waterproof Oyster to the Explorer that accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary up Mount Everest in 1953, to the Submariner, which was 007’s diving watch of choice in Dr. No, pretty much every Rolex model has a cool backstory. And a cool backstory is exactly what you want in a vintage watch. Well, that and timeless design and a track record of appreciating in value—but Rolexes have that, too.”

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This is What Happens When You Give Thousands of Stickers to Thousands of Kids

“This December, in a surprisingly simple yet ridiculously amazing installation for theGallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, artist Yayoi Kusama constructed a large domestic environment, painting every wall, chair, table, piano, and household decoration a brilliant white, effectively serving as a giant white canvas. Over the course of two weeks, the museum’s smallest visitors were given thousands upon thousands of colored dot stickers and were invited to collaborate in the transformation of the space, turning the house into a vibrantly mottled explosion of color.”

The Joy of Quiet

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Since luxury, as any economist will tell you, is a function of scarcity, the children of tomorrow, I heard myself tell the marketers in Singapore, will crave nothing more than freedom, if only for a short while, from all the blinking machines, streaming videos and scrolling headlines that leave them feeling empty and too full all at once.”

The Joy of Quiet