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Breaking News: Rolex Store In California Robbed At Gunpoint
On Monday early this week, two masked and armed men approached a Rolex store at a mall in Century City, California. The two men fired some shots and told everyone to get down before escaping with some...
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A Week On The Wrist: The Glashütte Original Senator Chronograph Panorama Date...
The world of in-house, self-winding chronograph movements started out small in 1969 with the Breitling/Heuer/Buren Caliber 11, the Zenith El Primero, and the Seiko caliber 6139 and it coincided with...
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Found: The Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic Worn By Captain William Anderson On The...
Earlier this week, we stopped off in Le Sentier, Switzerland, to visit the Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre. We were there to see something brand new – something they we will be thrilled to report on in...
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Sotheby's Hong Kong Announces Highlights From The Upcoming October Sale With...
Sotheby's Hong Kong has just announced the highlights from their upcoming sale on October 6th. The sale will consist of 420 lots with an estimate exceeding 86 million HKD ($11 million US). The sale...
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Bring a Loupe: A James Bond Watch, A Mythical Rolex Chronograph, A Rare...
This week's Bring a Loupe will mark the exciting return of watch auctions, with some picks straight out of London, featuring a legendary Rolex chronograph. Let's not forget some great diving watches...
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A New School Year Begins At Glashütte Original's Watchmaking School
Watchmakers are in high demand around the world, and many brands have opened their own schools to ensure they have the horological talent necessary to grow their businesses. Glashütte Original's...
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Weekend Report: The Opera House Cup In Nantucket With Panerai
This year marked the 10th year of Panerai's sponsorship of the 43rd annual Opera House Cup Regatta in Nantucket. The Opera House Cup Regatta is an annual race for classic wooden yachts that takes...
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Photo Report: A Quick Look At The Unique Tudor Heritage Black Bay ONE...
On June 29th of this year, we showed you a simple looking watch – one made of stainless steel with a simple self-winding movement inside – that got a lot of people excited. I'm talking about the Tudor...
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Hands-On: The Clé De Cartier In Rose Gold And Steel
Last January at the 2015 edition of the SIHH, Cartier launched a major new family of wristwatches called the Clé De Cartier – named for the key-like, oblong winding and setting crown set into the...
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Breaking News: SIHH Welcomes Nine New Independent Watch Makers In 2016
SIHH has announced that they will be welcoming nine new independent watch brands to next year's exhibition. There have been rumors of some changes happening at the 2016 SIHH, including layout and...
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A. Lange & Söhne Opens New Manufactory Building In Glashütte
On August 26, 2015, A. Lange & Söhne celebrated the opening of its new manufactory building. After three years of construction, it was officially inaugurated by German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel...
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Recommended Reading: IWC Releases A 164-Page Online Book About The History Of...
IWC has a wonderful history of no nonsense, beautiful, and impactful wristwatches. I'm talking Mark XI pilots watches, Ingenuiers, and of course, the Portuguese. To be fair, there isn't a more...
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Finalists For The 2015 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève Announced
The finalists for the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) have been announced. Every year HODINKEE covers the awards and this year is no exception. The GPHG was started in 2001 to recognize...
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Interview: The Shockingly Thin Piaget Altiplano Chronograph Explained By...
The chronograph is a decidedly difficult complication to produce – that much we know. After all, up until about 15 years ago there were less than a handful of manually wound chronographs in existence....
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Introducing: 'The Mythique' From Watchmaking Legend Peter Roberts
It has been announced that well-known British watchmaker, Peter Roberts, has released a new skeletonized chronograph, the Mythique. Roberts, formerly of IWC, Rolex, and Bremont, wanted to create an...
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Hands-On: The Jaquet Droz Petite Heure Minute Paillonnée
The very first time I can remember seeing a Jaquet Droz paillonnée enamel dialed watch in person was sometime around 2003 or 2004, at an event the company had organized at the Museum of Arts and...
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Introducing: The MB&F Arachnophobia, A Clock That Will Give 3.5 To 6.1...
MB&F is nothing if not iconoclastic in its approach to everything from... well, to everything, and this time they've come up with a clock that is guaranteed to not be bought by a sizeable fraction...
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Introducing: The Urwerk UR-106 Lotus
Urwerk has just released their first ladies watch, the UR-106 Lotus. The new Lotus watch exemplifies that same creativity and complexity that Urwerk has been known for since its founding in 1997. This...
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In-Depth: The Science, History, And Romance Behind The Longines Lindbergh...
“As all experienced navigators know, it is extremely easy to get lost.” --Philip Van Horn Weems, Air Navigation, 1931 "Where are we? Directly above the center of the Earth." —Old Joke Possibly one of...
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Interview: Atom Moore: Watches Photographed Through The Eyes Of A Collector
Atom Moore, a New York City-based photographer, presents an exhibition of watch photography next month. "Watch Portraits" will open Thursday, September 3, 2015, with a reception at Sacred Gallery in...
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