Andrew Hildreth

1 month ago | i-m-magazine.com | Andrew Hildreth |Julia Pasarón

Throughout most of the 20th century, the ability to view the world was not at the touch of a screen but through the pages of magazines that used photographers to bring events into your home. From wars to the first astronauts, to life in another society, those moments were captured by the correspondent photographer, the street photographer, the war photographer. Chances are they all carried a Leica rangefinder.

1 month ago | i-m-magazine.com | Andrew Hildreth |Julia Pasarón

Space is an unforgiving environment. It is cold and inhospitable and has no understanding of fashion designers and their processes. There is no “air kissing” in the vacuum of space. Yet, in October 2024, at the International Astronautical Congress, Axiom Space and Prada revealed the flight design of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit that the first woman on the moon could wear as part of NASA’s Artemis III mission.

1 month ago | i-m-magazine.com | Andrew Hildreth |Julia Pasarón

Richard Mille’s use of new material composites always had the Midas touch. The latest proof is the Richard Mille RM 74-02 Automatic Tourbillon Gold Quartz TPT®. This new exciting material is the latest out of the partnership with composite firm, North Thin Ply Technology. It took years of research to produce Gold Quartz TPT®, which has a radiant exterior that comes from the fusion of mineral and metal.

Dec 23, 2024 | i-m-magazine.com | Andrew Hildreth

On Christmas Eve, we feel it is appropriate to bring you the recently released MoonSwatch Mission to Earthphase, a first in terms of our planet’s appearance from space featuring as a complication in a wristwatch. It celebrates the first time that human eyes saw our planet rising on the horizon, a photograph taken by Bill Anders aboard the Apollo 8 on Christmas Eve 1968. Without a doubt, the Swatch x Omega MoonSwatch collaboration has been one of the noted new watch series in the 2020s.

Dec 10, 2024 | i-m-magazine.com | Andrew Hildreth |Julia Pasarón

To celebrate Michel Parmigiani’s birthday, the company that bears his name has an annual tradition of unveiling a new high horological creation. This year, Parmigiani Fleurier presented the Armoriale Répétition Mystérieuse, a masterpiece that merges artistic beauty with exceptional acoustic engineering. The watch has been designed as a limited series of five ultra-slim unique pieces, personalised to the collector’s wishes, in white gold and enamel.