Restored footage from 1903 of a view of the New York City skyline from a moving boat on the Hudson River (North River). This footage was taken on May 10th, 1903 by camera operator James Blair Smith on behalf of Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated. You can see various famous New York buildings and early skyscrapers such as the American Surety Building, Trinity Church, and the Bowling Green Building. This was before many of the most famous skyscrapers of New York were built such as the Empire State Bui

Meet the Mb&F HM11 Art Deco. Inspired by Maximilian Maertens’ love for early-20th-century architecture, it trades the flowing lines of the HM11 Architect for the crisp geometry of Art Deco. The dial swaps conical rods for sunburst rays, framed by two-tone rings and vintage-inspired numerals, while the hands glow with a red stained-glass look thanks to translucent enamel. The bridges rise like miniature towers, and the grooved roof with its stepped crown mirrors the profiles of legendary skyscrap