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In the world of fine watchmaking, few partnerships capture the imagination quite like that between Ernest Hemingway and Cuervo y Sobrinos. It is a story that transcends time — a meeting between two worlds, two sensibilities, and two visions of life. The Maison, founded in Havana in 1882, was a natural setting for an author like Hemingway, who made the Cuban capital his second home. Amidst the cafés of El Floridita and the colonial streets bathed in Caribbean light, Hemingway found the spirit that inspired some of his greatest works — and Cuervo y Sobrinos found in him a reflection of its own essence: bold, elegant, and profoundly human.
This connection was never the product of chance. Both the writer and the brand share a deep respect for authenticity, craftsmanship, and adventure. For Hemingway, time was a rhythm to be lived, not measured — a constant reminder of the urgency to experience life fully. For Cuervo y Sobrinos, time is a form of art, a narrative expressed through the elegance of mechanical precision. Their encounter, therefore, is not just historical; it is philosophical. It unites the art of writing with the art of horology, both born from the same devotion to truth and creation.
The Hemingway legacy, reinterpreted through Cuervo y Sobrinos’ Swiss-Latin soul, is not a nostalgic tribute but a living dialogue between past and present. The watches in the Hemingway Collection embody this vision — they are literary in spirit, mechanical in execution, and timeless in meaning.
Havana: Where Time and Storytelling Meet
To understand the bond between Ernest Hemingway and Cuervo y Sobrinos, one must return to Havana in the 1930s and 1940s — a city alive with contrasts, where colonial elegance met Latin exuberance. It was here, between the scent of cigars and the sound of the sea, that Hemingway wrote some of his most celebrated works and found solace in a rhythm of life that mirrored his own: intense, passionate, and authentic. In the same city, Cuervo y Sobrinos had established itself as the jeweler and watchmaker of choice for the world’s elite, a Maison that captured the vibrant sophistication of Cuban culture and merged it with Swiss precision.
Hemingway’s time in Havana was one of creative freedom and reflection, a period marked by long hours of writing, deep friendships, and the constant search for meaning — all values shared by the artisans of Cuervo y Sobrinos. Both the writer and the Maison believed in the beauty of things made to last, in craftsmanship as an act of storytelling, and in elegance not as display, but as identity. It is this parallel — between the literary discipline of Hemingway and the mechanical rigor of Cuervo y Sobrinos — that continues to inspire the brand’s modern collections.
Within the Hemingway Collection, the essence of that golden age endures. The watches are not reproductions of the past, but interpretations of a mood — the sunlit afternoons at El Floridita, the murmur of typewriter keys, the timeless dialogue between creativity and precision. Each piece reflects a moment when Havana was the cultural crossroads of the world, and time itself became a work of art.
The Hemingway Collection: Elegance, Character, and Memory
The Hemingway Collection is more than a line of timepieces — it is a mechanical portrait of the writer’s soul, a fusion of artistry and engineering that pays tribute to one of literature’s most compelling figures. Each watch balances strength and subtlety, blending the solid craftsmanship of Swiss horology with the nostalgic warmth of Havana’s golden age. The result is a series of timepieces that transcend their function to become symbols of personality, heritage, and timeless sophistication.
The rectangular or round cases, sculpted in polished or brushed steel, exude the quiet authority that characterized Hemingway himself — a man of few words but powerful presence. The dials, presented in earthy hues of tobacco, bronze, and Caribbean blue, evoke the tones of his world: the sea, the light, and the endless horizon of imagination. Each Cuervo y Sobrinos Hemingway watch features meticulous details — engraved casebacks, vintage-inspired typography, sapphire crystals, and Swiss Made automatic movements that reflect the Maison’s commitment to precision and artistry.
But beyond aesthetics lies a deeper narrative. The Hemingway Collection is the only line of timepieces in the world created under an official Hemingway license, a recognition that seals an authentic cultural and historical connection between the Maison and the author’s estate. This collaboration is not a marketing gesture — it is a genuine homage to the man who lived by the sea, wrote with courage, and found poetry in the rhythm of life.
Every Hemingway watch tells a story — a story of time lived fully, of days measured not in seconds but in experiences. It is a celebration of the art of living, just as Hemingway saw it: with precision, passion, and truth.
Hemingway Icónico
Cuervo y Sobrinos pays tribute to its longtime and loyal customer Ernest Hemingway, celebrated writer and authentic legend of the 20th century, with the launch of a new collection entirely dedicated to the writer.
Limited Edition of 882 pieces.
2.600,00 CHF
A Soul in Many Forms: The Symbolism of the Hemingway Collection
Every timepiece within the Hemingway Collection is a fragment of a larger story — a tribute not just to a writer, but to a way of living. Cuervo y Sobrinos has succeeded in capturing both Hemingway’s public persona and his private contradictions — his adventurous vigor and his profound introspection, his love of risk and his pursuit of truth. Through design and detail, each model becomes a reflection of these dualities: the explorer and the poet, the man of action and the philosopher of silence.
The collection’s variations echo different chapters of Hemingway’s life. Some pieces celebrate the oceanic landscapes of The Old Man and the Sea, their deep blue dials and luminous textures reminiscent of sunlight dancing on the waves. Others evoke the bohemian energy of 1930s Havana and 1920s Paris, with warm tobacco tones and brushed metal surfaces that recall literary cafés and old typewriters. These design cues are never arbitrary — they serve as visual metaphors for Hemingway’s world, transforming each watch into a wearable story.
Yet the collection’s symbolism extends beyond aesthetics. The Swiss mechanical movements, visible through transparent sapphire casebacks, mirror the rhythm of Hemingway’s prose — steady, deliberate, essential. Time itself becomes narrative: each oscillation of the balance wheel echoes the heartbeat of a sentence, each tick a word in the writer’s unending dialogue with life.
In this fusion of storytelling and mechanics lies the true power of the collection. A Cuervo y Sobrinos Hemingway watch is not a mere accessory; it is a statement of values — courage, authenticity, and the beauty of simplicity. It invites its wearer to live with the same grace and discipline with which Hemingway wrote — with the strength of the bull and the precision of the matador.
The Legacy Lives On: Hemingway, Time, and the Cuervo y Sobrinos Spirit
The connection between Ernest Hemingway and Cuervo y Sobrinos is not confined to the past — it continues to thrive as a living dialogue between art and time. Through the Hemingway Collection, the Maison preserves not only the image of a legendary writer but also his essence — his vision, his courage, his unrelenting pursuit of truth. These timepieces are not about nostalgia; they are about continuity, about transforming memory into motion, words into mechanics, and life into art.
Wearing a Cuervo y Sobrinos Hemingway watch is to embrace a philosophy of life — to see time not as something to be measured, but as something to be lived. It is an invitation to move through the world with curiosity, dignity, and elegance; to balance strength with grace, passion with restraint. Like Hemingway’s prose, these watches are both simple and profound — creations that reveal their depth slowly, moment by moment, heartbeat by heartbeat.
The collection evolves with the times, introducing new references and materials, yet always remaining faithful to its poetic and resilient soul. Each model stands as a statement of identity, a testament to the enduring union of Latin warmth and Swiss precision. In a world that moves too quickly, the Hemingway Collection reminds us that real luxury is found in what endures — in craftsmanship, in culture, in character.
For Cuervo y Sobrinos, time is not what passes, but what remains: the gesture, the memory, the legacy. The Hemingway Collection is, therefore, more than a tribute — it is a living inheritance, a bridge between generations of dreamers, writers, and adventurers who continue to find meaning in the rhythm of time.
