A covetable celebration of watches and the stories at the heart of men's obsession with them.
Matt Hranek is an author, photographer, director, and the founder/editor of the men's lifestyle magazine WM Brown. He is reasonably obsessed with cars, watches, bespoke tailoring, and well-crafted things. Originally from Binghamton, New York-not too far from his Wm Brown Farm in upstate New York-Matt currently lives in Brooklyn and can occasionally be found in old-school hotel bars throughout Europe, Negroni firmly in hand. Find him on Instagram at @wmbrownproject.
"I've paged through stacks of books on the history of watches. . .
. But I hadn't come across a book that actually moved me until I
picked up A Man and His Watch. The volume is filled with
heartfelt stories."
--T: The New York Times Style Magazine
"Awesome. . . . Contains dozens of beautifully photographed
watches. The real joy, though, is found in the stories that unfold
about each one."
--GQ.com "A grand testimony to the idea that, rather than
just telling the time, a watch can serve as a marker of a
particular moment or memory. . . . Sumptuously photographed."
--MrPorter.com "The perfect holiday gift . . . this elegant
book is a celebration of the longstanding love affair between a man
and the clock on his wrist."
--Jetset magazine "The watch through Matt Hranek's
lens is much more than a time-telling device; it's a vehicle
through which the men in A Man and His Watch tell their
tales of achievement, love, and loss. This may be the first book to
unlock not only why wristwatches remain the subject of such
attention today, a generation after their purpose was lost to PCs
and smartphones, but also why we began to cherish them so much in
the first place."
--Benjamin Clymer, founder and executive editor of Hodinkee
"Great watches not only tell time--they also tell stories. Matt
Hranek has assembled a wonderful collection of stories and images
representing a diverse and fascinating group of horological
devotees."
--Jay McInerney, author of Bright Lights, Big City "A
wonderful meditation not just on watches, but on how men use them
to better understand their fathers, their families, and ultimately
their own place in the world."
--Gary Shteyngart, author of Little Failure and Super
Sad True Love Story "This book, naturally, is about remarkable
watches. But it's really about why objects have meaning--who made
them and why. Together it's a collective history about what we
inherit, what we pass on, and the stories we tell that become more
important over time."
--David Coggins, author of Men and Style "A mechanical watch
consumes no power and possesses no energy except that which you
bestow upon it by winding it or simply moving. And in return it
becomes your most trusted companion, allowing you to navigate the
glorious pathway that is life with unfailing precision. With A Man
and His Watch, Matt Hranek brings to life the ineffable bond we
make with the amazing machine with a heartbeat that lives on our
wrist. And I can't think of a better person to chronicle this."
--Wei Koh, founder of The
Rake
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