Today's Choice, november 22, 2007

An Update of my shoe collection

Today's Choice

Today's choice:

A nice unconstructed jacket from Canali
A summercotton Incotex
A MTM shirt from Emanuel Berg
Not visible: shoes from Corthay

Longines

This is my new watch; A Longines Master Collection Chronograph.

The stainless steel round case, diameter 44.00 mm, of this gent chronograph size from The Longines Master Collection, houses a L696 self-winding mechanical movement with 46 hours power reserve. Its scratch-resistant sapphire crystal protects a silver “barleycorn” patterned dial featuring 12 Roman figures, a 30 minute timer at 3 o’clock, a 12 hour timer at 6 o’clock, a second subdial at 9 o’clock and a date aperture at 4:30. This Longines Master Collection model has a transparent back case with a sapphire crystal. It comes with a dark brown Alligator strap. Water resistant to 30 meters (~ 100 feet) .



Since its creation in 1832 in Saint-Imier, Switzerland, Longines has played a pioneering role in numerous technological breakthroughs while displaying its elegance around the world.


Longines made history in the world of sports by introducing in 1912 the principle of an electric wire, which at the start and finish of a race, activated and stopped the timing mechanism. It has since been appointed official timekeeper for many international sports events, including many winter and summer Olympic Games. Longines has also been associated with the history of aviation and navigation. It timed, for instance, Lindbergh’s first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean and, subsequently developed the Hour Angle watch according to a design drawn by Lindbergh himself.

Always in the forefront of technological innovation, Longines launched its first wristwatch in 1905, the world’s thinnest electromagnetic watch in 1960 and the world’s first cybernetic, electronic quartz watch - the Longines Ultra-Quartz - in 1969. The following year, the brand was the first organization in the world to use alphanumeric display for television in connection with the retransmission of a World Cup downhill skiing race in St. Moritz, Switzerland.


In 1979, Longines collaborated with other watch brands to develop the "Feuille d’Or", the world’s thinnest quartz watch and 1984 saw the birth of the famous Conquest VHP (Very High Precision).

All Longines watch lines offer a unique combination of precision and elegance, as stated in the company’s advertising campaign, "Elegance is an attitude".

Corthay

These are my new MTO Corthay shoes in "Vieux Bois"

Saint Crispin's

Saint Crispin´s™ - the business

The beginnings of Saint Crispin’s go back to approximately 1985 when Michael Rollig, purely out of interest, began to produce hand-made shoes alongside his activities as a shoe designer. His first clients were friends and often shoe manufacturers for whom he worked as a designer. These first steps onto the international stage still influence the appearance of the shoes and the stylistic orientation even today. Saint Crispin’s does not follow the Viennese shoemaker tradition exclusively but propagates a style which is understood in Anglo-Saxon regions as well as the Mediterranean and German-speaking areas.

In the year 1992 the name Saint Crispin's was registered and distribution through exclusive outlets was pursued.

In the year 1996 Michael Rollig founded the company Bespoke Shoemakers & Company which made bulk-production, handmade shoes, mainly for Italian manufacturers in Siebenbürgen, Romania. Within this company (with 100 employees) highly qualified workers in a separate workshop produced bespoke shoes for St. Crispin’s.

In the year 2000 Michael Rollig sold “Bespoke Shoemakers & Company,” the bespoke shoe workshop was hived off and the company SC Saint Crispin´s S.R.L. was founded with a branch in Vienna.

Today all Saint Crispin shoes are produced in Kronstadt, Siebenbürgen. There are twelve people employed and they have been trained in the company. The Vienna company concerns itself with distribution, procurement, last making and product development.

In 2004 Phillip Car, Michael Rollig’s cousin, joined the company as partner and took over managerial functions. One result of this family merger was the founding of Rollig & Co. OEG,
a company registered in the Vienna commercial court.