LONDON NO. 2: 1A ST JAMES’S

As early as the mid-nineteenth century, Girard-Perregaux maintained offices in New York, Buenos Aires, Yokohama and, of course, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. In that globetrotting spirit, MoS will publish regular dispatches from its offices and boutiques abroad — covering lifestyle and culture, regional events and exhibitions, and offering insider insight about what’s trending now from the four corners of the world. — The Editors

FOR SOME TIME NOW, we’ve extolled the virtues of London’s cigar scene — the most vibrant and tradition-steeped of any on earth, Hong Kong’s possibly excepted. So without further ado, let us introduce foliumphiles (cigar enthusiasts, literally “lovers of the leaf”) to 1A St. James’s.