An eye for beauty.
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Ryan Pyle is an adventurer, photographer and documentary film producer.His television series "Extreme Treks" made the brand ambassador for Glashütte Original famous far beyond his native Canada.
I don't even remember how my passion for mechanical watches started. Other men "inherit" them from their father, but mine never wore one. He was an Olympian and recorded his lap times with a plastic digital sports watch. After all - my dad got me into sports. So while he wasn't responsible for my taste in watches, he was partly responsible for the start of my career.
I myself have always liked carefully handcrafted things. I reported from China for the New York Times for a number of years, and on my travels through the country I saw many people...