Aaron Sigmond
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Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Author, editor, publisher |
Aaron Sigmond is an American author, editor and publisher with a focus on luxury heritage brands.
Magazine and publishing career
Sigmond moved from Los Angeles to New York City to pursue a career in magazine publishing.[1] He created and launched the cigar lifestyle periodical Smoke magazine.[citation needed] Along the way he became a recognized authority on cigars,[2][3] wine and spirits.[4] Sigmond worked his way up to become Group Publisher of Profile Pursuit,[5] focusing on custom publishing for clients such as Crunch Fitness[6] and publisher of Radar.[7] Among his other work in custom media was Trump Magazine, a glossy published with Donald Trump.[8] Sigmond was most recently Editor-in-Chief of Mechanics of Style, a custom digital men's luxury lifestyle journal for Girard-Perregaux.[9] Sigmond also served as the Group Luxury Editor for DoubleDown Media[10] and was the launch publisher of Radar magazine.[11]
Sigmond unsuccessfully attempted to launch a glossy magazine based on the Suicide Girls.[12]
Writing career
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Sigmond has written for publications including Robb Report, Worth, The Big Stage from the NYSE. He also served as contributing editor or senior contributing editor for Playboy,[13] for which he wrote Playboy: The Book of Cigars with Nick Kolakowski.[14] Sigmond is also a noted timepiece writer, having written for both Revolution[15] and aBlogToWatch. He has published two related books: The New Face of Tradition: Young Watch Masters of Girard-Perregaux & The Art of Making Time[16] and the forthcoming Drive Time: Watches Inspired by Automobiles, Motorcycles and Racing (Rizzoli, 2016), with a foreword by car and watch collector Jay Leno.[17]
Works
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- Stucklin, Mark (1998). The Cigar Handbook: A Buyer's Guide to the World's Finest Cigars. Barnes & Noble Books. ASIN B002B3HOQM. (Foreword)
- Playboy: The Book of Cigars. Skyhorse Publishing. 2010. ISBN 978-1616080235.
- Graycliff: 300 Years of Grand Bahamian Luxury. Mad Dash Press. 2011. ISBN 978-0615473819.
- Adams, Ariel (2014). The World's Most Expensive Watches. Antique Collectors Club. ISBN 978-1851497546. (Foreword)
- The New Face of Tradition: Young Watch Masters of Girard-Perregaux & The Art of Making Time (PDF). Girard-Perregaux/Sowind S.A. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-06. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
- Drive Time: Watches Inspired by Automobiles, Motorcycles and Racing. Rizzoli International. 2016. (Forthcoming. Foreword by Jay Leno.)
- Sigmond, Aaron (2018). Bulova: A History of Firsts. New York: Assouline. p. 176. ISBN 9781614286929.
- Sigmond, Aaron (2019). The Impossible Collection of Cigars. New York: Assouline. p. 232. ISBN 9781614287841.
- Forster, Jack (2020). Bulova: ACCUTRON: From the Space Age to the Digital Age. Coauthor Aaron Sigmond, foreword by CARL GUSTAV MAGNUSSON. New York. p. 151. ISBN 9781614288725.
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References
- ^ "Sun, Beach and Sand -- I Think I'd Rather Be Back in the Office". The Wall Street Journal. July 30, 2003.
- ^ "My Most Memorable Cigars". UK Cigar Scene. May 2015. p. 31.
- ^ "Cuban Cigars: Why Obama's New Policy Won't Mean a New Flood of Cohibas from Havana". Bloomberg News. December 17, 2014.
- ^ "Brown-Forman Combats Bourbon Shortage". NYSE Big Stage. October 15, 2013. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
- ^ "Comings & Goings". Advertising Age. February 4, 2002.
- ^ "It's Crunch Time for a New Magazine With a Broad Spin". Los Angeles Times. January 23, 2002.
- ^ "Start-up: Industry eyes are on launch of indie 'Radar'". Advertising Age. January 27, 2003.
- ^ Bult, Laura (February 11, 2016). "The Donald's failed shot at media glory: Even the blowhard billionaire couldn't keep Trump Magazine afloat". New York Daily News. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- ^ "An Intro To Girard-Perregaux's Mechanics Of Style Web Magazine". aBlogtoWatch. February 24, 2013.
- ^ "Aaron Sigmond rises to group luxury editor at Doubledown Media". Media Life. August 13, 2008.
- ^ "The Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall and—maybe—Rise of Radar". The New York Review of Magazines. Spring–Summer 2006. Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
- ^ "Publishing Suicide". Esquire. March 9, 2007.
- ^ "Cuba Libre". Playboy. January–February 2010.
- ^ "Playboy The Book of Cigars". Skyhorse Publishing.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Fast Times: The History of Ferrari Watches". Revolution. Winter 2012–2013.
- ^ The New Face of Tradition: Young Watch Masters of Girard-Perregaux & The Art of Making Time (PDF). Girard-Perregaux/Sowind S.A. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-06. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
- ^ "Concept Watches: Look, Don't Touch". The New York Times. March 19, 2015.