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Just Because: On The 46th Anniversary Of Man Walking On The Moon, Here Are...
Forty six years ago today, man walked on the moon for the very first time. It is no secret that along with the good men of Apollo XI went an Omega Speedmaster or two. As such, on this anniversary of...
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Letters To The Editor: Watch Collection As College Fund, And A Crazy Place To...
Hi Ben & Team, Thanks for your wonderful magazine and excellent work educating us as watch lovers. I have long been an admirer primarily of the design of fine watches (I am not a cognoscenti and...
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Jaeger LeCoultre Launches The Record Challenging Master Ultra-Thin Squelette...
Jaeger LeCoultre has just announced one of the thinnest, if not the thinnest, mechanical wristwatches ever made: the Master Ultra Thin Squelette. The watches in this family of timepieces are built...
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The Value Proposition: The Unbreakable Allure Of The Rado DiaStar Original
One of the interesting things about watch collecting is that it has all sorts of little archipelagos of design and mechanical innovation to be discovered, once you branch off from better-traveled...
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Hands-On: The New Patek Philippe Nautilus In Rose Gold Reference 5711R (Live...
Patek Philippe's showing at Baselworld 2015 was, in my belief, its strongest in years. We saw them show absolutely stunning updates to the 5170G (black dial, oversized breguet, leaf hands make a world...
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Talking Watches: With Andre Iguodala
This is the summer of Andre Iguodala. The 31-year-old small forward for the Golden State Warriors is fresh off winning the MVP of this year's NBA finals. He's flying all over the world talking to...
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Introducing: The New Panerai E-Boutique
Panerai has re-launched its website and it now includes an impressive e-boutique exclusively for the U.S. The e-boutique includes a range of watches from the Panerai collections, as well as straps and...
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Bring a Loupe: An Extraordinary Royal Oak, A Familiar Universal Geneve, And...
This week's Bring A Loupe will be all about amazing vintage watches, featuring many of my absolute favorites, soon to become yours too. You will discover a Royal Oak in platinum, some of the greatest...
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Hands-On: Cellini Rolex Prince: The Rolex Nobody Knows (But You Should)
The Rolex Prince is not only not terribly well known –even to Rolex aficionados –it’s almost shockingly unknown; in the days we had ours in for review, quite a lot of pretty hard-core watch people saw...
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Weekend Report: Pen For Watch Fans: The Hermès Nautilus Pen By Marc Newson
Design superstar Marc Newson's name is well known in horological circles – most significantly, for his co-founding of Ikepod (we love his Ikepod hourglass). He's also done design work for Jaeger...
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Interview: Visit To The New Panerai Boutique In Miami & Interview With Angelo...
This month Panerai opened its first ever flagship store in the United States and I was lucky enough to go down to see the boutique for myself. The 2,200 square foot boutique is located in the heart of...
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Hands-On: A Totally Unique And Transparent Vintage Pocket Watch From Hamilton
Hamilton's film What Makes a Fine Watch Fine opens with a shot of a transparent watch, its gear train seemingly floating in air. Today we are used to seeing brands advertise their new watches with...
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Hands-On: The Omega Speedmaster X-33 Solar Impulse
The Speedmaster Professional has since its introduction in 1957 come in a truly bewildering variety of shapes, sizes, designations and limited editions, but one of the most polarizing models, when it...
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Letters To The Editor: How Modern Watchmakers Are Grappling With One Of...
Brandon Moore I am wondering if the modern interpretations of the Breguet Natural Escapement (F.P. Journe Optimum, Kari Voutilainen Vingt-8, and Laurent Ferrier Automatic) have implemented specific...
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Hands-On: With The New 2015 Versions Of The Glashütte Original PanoMaticLunar
This year at BaselWorld, Glashütte Original announced two new versions of the PanoMaticLunar, equipped with two new dial colors, and – after giving you a first look when they were announced pre-Basel...
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Introducing: Frank Roda Joins HODINKEE As Director Of Business Development
HODINKEE Executive Editor Benjamin Clymer and CEO Kevin Rose are delighted to announce that Mr. Frank Roda has joined the HODINKEE team as our new Director of Business Development. In his new role,...
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At The Bench: The Restoration Of A Tudor Advisor (Reference 7926)
There are several reasons that most people should never consider bidding on a watch that has the words “as is” or “for repair” in its description on eBay. In addition to making me have to overpay for...
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Introducing: Zenith Launches 3 New References In Its Iconic Type 20 Collection
If you’re anything like me, you mainly know Zenith for their El Primero Chronographs – and, most notably, for their El Primero Classic Chronograph that they released at Baselworld this year. What most...
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The Value Proposition: The Longines Heritage Diver Chronograph
If you're looking for a very respectable amount of bang for the buck, you could do quite a bit worse than Longines, who have in recent years developed a very large collection of timepieces that are...
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Introducing: The Mondaine Helvetica Smart 1957, Mondaine's Limited Edition...
The Mondaine Helvetica 1 Smart, first introduced last March, will now be released in a limited run of 1957 pieces to commemorate the birth of the Helvetica font. The Mondaine Helvetica Smart 1957 will...
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