Words: Jonathan Wells
What do sophisticated Swiss watches, trailblazing motor cars and marvellous menswear all have in common? If you’d visited Home House yesterday — the historic Georgian townhouse and private members club based in London’s Marylebone — you’d have found the answer. For the best and brightest in these industries and more came together on Tuesday, over flutes fizzing with Louis Roederer, to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Gentleman’s Journal.
At our annual ‘Director’s Lunch’, we curated a collection of our most trusted, time-honoured associates and brands to reflect our most exciting projects and partnerships of the last decade. We shared plans for the years ahead over a delicious Christmas dinner, paired with wines, in the decadently decorated venue. Guests included representatives from some of Britain’s best heritage companies, such as Land Rover, Floris, Cheaney and Edward Green — and many entrepreneurs behind younger enterprises, from Heath and Blackacre to L’Estrange and The Last Drop Distillers.
We also welcomed delegations from Switzerland’s finest watch brands, including Chopard, Rolex, Tudor and Patek Philippe — as well as German gin-maker Monkey 47 and Sweden’s Polestar electric cars. All of these businesses (and many more) have contributed to the successful first decade of Gentleman’s Journal, and we have wholly and humbly appreciated their company along the way. So raise a glass with us, and toast to many more years of working together.
Tracey Tompsett of Jaguar Land Rover, Kim Palmer of Polestar & Viviane Borges of Patek Philippe
Antonius Kerssenbrock of Chopard
Charlie Tee of David Gandy Wellwear
Henry Hales of SIRPLUS
William Church of Cheaney
Laura de’ Castiglioni of Audemars Piguet & Daniel Bing of Vacheron Constantin
Diego Bivero-Volpe of VistaJet
Edward Bodenham of Floris
Alex West of Maker London
Dan Scothern of Gentleman’s Journal
Harry Jarman of Gentleman’s Journal & Jonathan Jones of Crockett & Jones
Daniel Compton of Audemars Piguet & Charlie Casely-Hayford of Casely-Hayford
Chris Cecil-Wright of Cecil Wright
Tom Horne of L’Estrange
Joe Kennedy of Unit London
James Massey of Massey Style
Gavin Murphy of Breitling & Richard Beaumont of Mirabeau
Jonathan Wells of Gentleman’s Journal, Viviane Borges of Patek Philippe & Antonius Kerssenbrock of Chopard
Claudia Smith of Rolex
Nicky Valentine of The House of Creed
Miles Dunbar of Gentleman’s Journal, Diego Bivero-Volpe of VistaJet & Jonathan Wells of Gentleman’s Journal
Tom Horne of L’Estrange & Harry Aaronson of Heath
Joe Kennedy of Unit London
Katherine Roach & John Russo of Maddox Gallery
Gavin Murphy of Breitling
Robert Ettinger of Ettinger
Edward De Mallet Morgan of Knight Frank
Daniel Compton of Audemars Piguet
Anne-Marie Verdin Mulot of Value Retail
Joe Kennedy of Unit London
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