Matt Hranek - A Man and His Watch

A Man & His Watch by Matt Hranek

Every watch tells a story, and this book proves it. Writer, photographer and WM Brown founder Matt Hranek set out to make a storybook rather than a watch book, gathering the personal histories behind remarkable timepieces and the people who wore them.

It opens with Hranek’s own story of his late father’s steel Rolex Datejust and goes on to legends like Paul Newman’s Daytona, Franklin Roosevelt’s gold Tiffany and Sylvester Stallone’s Submariner. Not every watch is a grail: there are Casios here too, because a watch’s value is often in the memory, not the price. Beautifully photographed throughout, it’s a celebration of the bond between a person and the machine on their wrist.

• Author: Matt Hranek
• Publisher: Artisan
• Hardcover, approx. 216 pages
• Photography by Stephen Lewis