TAG HEUER X PORSCHE
Celebrating a friendship that has lasted decades, Swiss luxury watchmaker Tag Heuer and German sports-car manufacturer Porsche come together in a partnership to set a new standard in brand integration. The Tag Heuer Carrera Porsche Chronograph watch has recently been unveiled as one of the first releases in celebrating the two iconic brands. Taking a page out of the history books, the watch celebrates the history of Porsche’s racetrack successes, specifically with its most powerful engine, Carrera. This brought about the Heuer Carrera, a timepiece created in the founding years of both brands’ partnerships that was designed to let drivers tell the time at a glance.
The new Carrera Sport Chronograph watch takes on Porsche’s sleek silhouette with a sinuous design. This includes the brand’s unmistakable font in the watch indexes as well as the classic grey, black and red. In a tribute to Porsche’s leather interior the straps are available in luxurious calf leather and an interlocking bracelet reflecting streamlined racing design.
Favourite Authors?
Cele:That’s like asking someone who’s their favourite child, but off the top of my head: Toni Morrison, Mogale Mashigo, Roxanne Gaye, Sisonke Msimang, Ayesha Harron and Thando Mnqolozana. Also Alice Walker and Sadyahah Hartman. Mokgoroane:That’s an unfair question but I’m going to have to rep queer authors like Carmen Maria Machado, James Baldwin, Audrey Lorde, Langa Mabenge, Jamil F Khan.
New or young South African authors to look out for? Cele: Keletso Mopai
Mokgoroane: Terry-Ann Adams
Hard vs soft cover?
Cele: I like to feel like I can bond with the book. Hard covers are obstructive. They don’t do things to me that books do. Mokgoroane: I like hard covers because they look pretty on a shelf but soft covers allow me to bend and mould them, which I like. So hard covers for the shelf and soft covers for reading.
Thoughts on self-help books?
Cele: I’m a fan. I like them for the same reason I like chick-lit: these authors don’t write in the way that authors who produce literature write — in a way that’s overly serious. There’s also nothing wrong with the idea of helping yourself.
Mokgoroane: I don’t read self-help books but I like Brené Brown (author of, among others, The Gifts of Imperfection). I love the idea of courage and sharing your whole self, so there are some self-help books I think are necessary.
Fiction vs nonfiction?
Cele: Nonfiction is easier to get into because it’s reality that we see, but fiction is about imagination and once you engage with it you realise that it mirrors but also takes you out of real life, so it can take a little more effort from you.
Mokgoroane: We tend to underestimate the power of nonfiction when it’s done beautifully.