Hands-On: The Straum Expedition
If wearing the Straum Expedition on and off for the last few weeks has reminded me of anything, it's this: It's been a little too long since I last had a good outdoor adventure. For me, 2025 was a...
View ArticleBring a Loupe: An Omega Suverän, A Universal Genève Cabriolet, A Vacheron...
Congrats on making it through another week, Baller, and your reward, sadly, is not more information about an extraordinary new Rolex, nor is it a pretty fantastic video with a legendary rapper, but...
View ArticleAuctions: Rare And Unique White Gold Cartier Wristwatch Fetches Record $3.4...
A Cartier Cheich, a rare wristwatch awarded as a prize to consecutive Paris-Dakar Rally winners, sold for a record $3.4 million in Hong Kong, becoming the most expensive Cartier wristwatch sold at...
View ArticleHands-On: The Apple Watch Series 12 And Ultra 4
Another year, another generation of the Apple Watch. Like last year's Series 11 and Ultra 3, things have largely stayed the same. That said, there are still a few major under-the-hood updates and some...
View ArticleIntroducing: The Studio Underd0g x Ahmed Seddiqi "Chan3ad" (Kingfish) Limited...
What We Know Two years after Studio Underd0g released its Series03 chronograph—an upgraded monopusher with a Sellita movement—they've teamed up with the Dubai-based powerhouse Ahmed Seddiqi for a new...
View ArticleIntroducing: Blancpain Celebrates The 70th Anniversary Of The Ladybird...
What We Know In 1932, a 36-year-old woman took a massive gamble early in her career at Blancpain. Betty Fiechter, who had worked for the brand since she was 16, faced a dilemma after the sudden death...
View ArticleBusiness News: Watches And Wonders 2027 To Feature More New Brands Including...
Watches and Wonders, the year's largest and most significant horology event, held each spring in Geneva, will welcome ten more brands for the 2027 edition, including Berneron, Porsche Design, and...
View ArticleBusiness News: FHH Teams With GIA's School Of Gemology And Jewelry Arts
The Fondation Haute Horlogerie (FHH) struck a strategic academic collaboration agreement with the GIA (Gemological Institute of America) and its School of Gemology and Jewelry Arts, aiming to bring...
View ArticlePhoto Report: Geneva Watch Days 2026
I'll admit it, Geneva Watch Days is one of my favourite times in the city. It's when our industry reunites after a long, heatwave-themed summer to meet friends from all corners of the watch world and...
View ArticleThe Business of Watches Podcast: Hublot Chief Executive Officer Julien...
This week on The Business of Watches, a veteran watch industry CEO who is taking on one of the biggest and most demanding challenges of his storied career. Julien Tornare is the head of Hublot, the...
View ArticleHands-On: The Hublot Classic Fusion Balloon Dog By Jeff Koons
Hublot is no stranger to opening its doors to outside creativity, with some of its most memorable (and often infamous) releases of the past few years in collaborations with artists and...
View ArticleIntroducing: The Rolex Perpetual Padellone [Hands-On, Live Pics, Video,...
It's a watch that has been long-awaited: Rolex has just announced the new Perpetual Padellone—a very classic and technically impressive instantaneous annual calendar with moonphase. The new release...
View ArticleAuctions: Six Observations From Sotheby's September 18 Hong Kong Sale
Ready or not, auction season is back. I don't know about you, but I wasn't expecting it so soon. While the auction cycle is generally synced up for Geneva and New York sales a bit later in the fall,...
View ArticleIntroducing: Supernova Serena Williams Gets Her Own Audemars Piguet Royal Oak
Serena Williams has been playing professional tennis since 1995. In the decades since, she has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, but perhaps more importantly, she has broken through barriers of race,...
View ArticleIntroducing: The IWC Ingenieur 50th Anniversary Limited Editions (Live Pics)
What We Know Today, to mark 50 years of Gérald Genta's Ingenieur SL design, IWC has released two limited-edition modern Ingenieur revival models in stainless steel. Both versions feature the same new...
View ArticleIntroducing: Victorinox Maverick (Live Pics)
What We Know Victorinox has refreshed the Maverick in what amounts to the most dramatic reinvention of the line since it was first introduced over two decades ago. The Maverick line has long been a...
View ArticleIntroducing: Benrus Type 3X (Live Pics)
What We Know With Benrus's revival well underway, 2026 opened with the reintroduction of the Sky Chief, a longtime Hodinkee favorite. Now the brand follows it with something new rather than another...
View ArticleIntroducing: The MB&F SP One Pavée (Live Pics)
What We Know The MB&F SP One, released in 2025, was unlike any watch the brand had ever designed. And the name—SP stands for "Special Project" —was telling. The watch was neither a zany...
View ArticleHands-On: The Tudor Northflag
It's been a big year for Tudor. The brand is in the midst of a major anniversary celebration, with 2026 marking 100 years since Hans Wilsdorf filed the first paperwork that eventually led to Tudor's...
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