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This annual tour around the ROX empire comes to you from Liverpool. Home of so much more than just the Fab Four. It has a rich horological history that shaped how Victorian cities told the time; Time Out awarded it the accolade of the UK’s Culinary Capital two years in a row, and of course, there’s ROX that has been a defining presence in luxury shopping district at Liverpool One since 2019. This issue we had the extraordinary opportunity to go deep on ROX’s fine jewellery not only getting to see the preliminary sketches for some of its showstoppers, but actually getting to have a nose around the Hatton Garden workshop where the magic happens. It was a real pleasure and a privilege to see where the incredible creations in ROX’s windows, and in the pages of this magazine, are made. We hope you enjoy the inside track too.

Elsewhere we have the best places to eat a Liverpool staple relatively unknown to those out of the city limits – salt and pepper chips. Born out of the city’s marine history it’s a mash up of the best of Chinese and British cuisine. There are also watch reviews, great drives and even greater places to stay, fabulous jewellery and Karl Lagerfeld’s cat, Choupette in her first Hublot campaign.

It’s a bumper issue and a celebration of this historic city. With only one mention of That Band…

Laura McCreddie-Doak
Editor

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