The Seiko Astron: GPS, Solar Power, Is There Anything This Watch Can't Do?...
One of the more impressive watches to come out of Basel this year came not from the quiet cantons of Switzerland, but rather from none other than the quintessential Japanese brand, Seiko. The Seiko...
View ArticleHands-On With The Linde Werdelin Oktopus II Double Date (Live Pics + Official...
Last month, we brought you a first look at the entirely new Oktopus II, the dedicated dive watch from Linde Werdelin. Earlier this month at Basel, the London based company officially took the lid off...
View ArticleVIDEO: The Maîtres du Temps Chapter Three, As Explained By Andreas Strehler,...
Maîtres du Temps is one of those mega brands that does what we all wish we could do - bring together the best watchmaking talents in the world in a collaborative tone. With Chapter one, we saw Roger...
View ArticleVIDEO: Introducing The Rolex Deep Sea Challenge, An Experimental Dive Watch...
Whoa. We didn't expect to see this one. Remember back in 1960 when Rolex accompanied Captain Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard aboard the Bathyscaphe Trieste on the voyage into the Mariana Trench, the...
View ArticleFOUND: Gerald Genta's Personal Audemars Piguet Royal Oak
We popped over to the Park Avenue Armory today to see how the 40th Anniversary of the Royal Oak Exhibition is coming along (we'll be posting a video of a behind the scenes look at that tomorrow)....
View ArticleVIDEO: An Exclusive Early Look At The 40th Anniversary Royal Oak Exhibition...
The 40th anniversay of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak exhibition officially opens to the public today and runs through this saturday. The exhibition will include 100 timepieces, many of which coming...
View ArticleVulcain Introduces The 50s Presidents Chronograph Heritage: A Classical...
Entirely new this year from Vulcain is the 50s Presidents Chronograph Heritage. Inspiration for the new watch comes from Vulcain's early involvement with Spanish football team, Real Madrid, whose...
View ArticleBasel World Photo Essay: A Night Of Friends, Watches, And Schnitzel
There is a lot to love about Basel World - the obvious, like 1300 exhibiting timepiece manufactures all within a square mile - and there is a lot one can do without - the long days, endless meetings,...
View ArticleThe Girard-Perregaux Sea Hawk 1000 “Green Auction”: To Be Auctioned Off For...
We’ve seen a lot of dial colors for dive watches – yellow, orange, blue, white and, of course, black. But, you rarely see green dive watches. Sure, Rolex does it, but anybody else? Girard-Perregaux...
View ArticleIntroducing The Patek Philippe 5940 Ultra-Thin Perpetual Calendar (Live...
Patek Philippe is no stranger to perpetual calendar watches. Examples from the brand are consistently sought after by collectors around the world - hell, Patek has been makign them since 1925 when...
View ArticleIntroducing The HODINKEE Shop: Hand-Made Straps, Pouches, and Travel Rolls...
Today is an exciting day for us - it marks the opening of the HODINKEE shop, hosted right here on our fair little website. You see, a watch is a great thing, and we have always enjoyed customizing...
View ArticleJust Because: Two Iconic Tudors Of The 1970s
While most of you are spending today gawking at our new strap collection over in the HODINKEE Shop, we thought we'd divert your attention to two just fantastic sport watches of the mid-1970s, and both...
View ArticleIN-DEPTH: The New Rolex Submariner No-Date Reference 114060 (Live Pics,...
The Rolex Submariner. Arguably the most recognized, respected, and clandestinely reproduced wristwatch of the 20th (and 21st) century. Wthin the almost 60 year span of the ultimate dive watch's reign...
View ArticleVIDEO: Meet David Sokosh of Brooklyn Watches
David Sokosh is the founder and owner of Brooklyn Watches. You may know him from Clinton Hill Clocks, if you've been in New York long enough. David is introduced to us above via a video filmed as...
View ArticleVIDEO: The Heritage Watch Manufactory Firmamentum Explained By Karsten Frassdorf
Earlier this year we brought you an in-depth introduction to young independent brand, Heritage Watch Manufactory. The company quickly made a name for themselves by building traditional chronometers by...
View ArticleEvent Recap: HODINKEE Celebrates The 40th Anniversary Of The Audemars Piguet...
Last friday night, we invited you, our dear friends and readers, to join us up at the Park Avenue Armory to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak. The setting was inside the...
View ArticleIntroducing The Bell & Ross WWI Monopusher Chronograph (Live Pics)
We saw a lot of interesting stuff from Bell & Ross this year at BaselWorld, including the WWI Monopusher chronograph you see above. Bell & Ross has always made unquestionably handsome...
View ArticleIntroducing The Zenith Espada: Is A Zenith El Primero Still An El Primero...
When you think of Zenith, odds are, you think "El Primero." One of the first automatic chronographs to come to market (and certainly the first high-beat, integrated chronograph to come to market) the...
View ArticleHands-On With The Panerai Radiomir 1940: A PAM With A (Slightly) Different...
The Panerai you see above might look a lot like every other Panerai, that is unless you're a Paneristi. You see, the PAM 399 (and 398 - which is the same watch, but in gold) is actually a new case...
View ArticleThe Bulgari Octo Maserati: A Triple Retrograde Jump-Hour Chronograph With...
Ferrari may have Hublot (and Movado?), but Maserati now has Bulgari. The new Octo Maserati is really an impressive timepiece, featuring a jump-hour at 12 o'clock and a retrograde displays for the...
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