Check Out More HODINKEE Collections And Buying Guides On eBay
As you may have heard we have been working closely with our friends at eBay to create interesting and fun watch buying guides for you. As we all know, eBay can be pretty daunting when you are new to...
View ArticleOrder From The HODINKEE Shop Today To Guarantee Pre-Holiday Delivery (Plus...
With the holidays nearly upon us, the HODINKEE Shop is happy to offer expedited shipping to ensure that any last minute gifts will arrive in time. The H Shop has stocked several new books and tools...
View ArticleBring a Loupe: A Girard-Perregaux Olimpico With Full Set, Some Killer Enicar...
This Bring A Loupe focuses on vintage watches that fly under the radar for a lot of collectors, but that are really worth looking at. This week you will not find any Universal Geneve, Heuer, Rolex or...
View ArticleSeven Years After Launch, The Thousand Watch Project Is Completed And Headed...
November 28, 2008. A 25-year-old cubicle-dweller at UBS named Ben Clymer is introduced to architect Keith Moskow by a mutual friend. Moksow tells Clymer (okay, that's me) about a project his firm is...
View ArticleA Week On The Wrist: The Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic True Second
You first heard about the Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic True Second here on HODINKEE back in September, and the watch, as you would expect from a descendant from the original Geophysic – one of the most...
View ArticleIn-Depth: The HODINKEE Guide To Buying Watches On eBay
(Last December, we published this article by Eric Wind – now a part of the team at Christie's New York – on buying watches on eBay. His observations are as relevant now as ever, and he gave us some...
View ArticleTechnical Perspective: The Where, How, And Why Of Constant Force Mechanisms...
The term "constant force" is often heard in the world of mechanical watches, but what does it really mean? Is it a complication, or something else entirely? Could it be just a clever marketing term,...
View ArticleHands-On: The Ulysse Nardin FreakLab Boutique Limited Edition
The Freak first appeared in 2001, and if you’ve gotten into watches in recent years it’s easy to miss what the Freak represented (and how it strained the resources of the 2001 Internet to report on...
View ArticleHands-On: The Vacheron Constantin Historiques Cornes de Vache 1955 (Live...
At the risk of either overstating the obvious or resorting to a bad cliche, the Vacheron Constantin Historiques Cornes de Vache 1955 is a time machine in both senses of the word. Yes, it tells time,...
View ArticleIntroducing: The Oris Divers Sixty-Five, A Great Looking, Retro-Diver For...
We got our hands on the Oris Divers Sixty-Five earlier this year at Basel World, and we loved it. The slim, 40 mm, vintage-inspired piece was well-received by both critics and readers alike – and we...
View ArticleVIDEO: The HODINKEE 2015 Year In Review
Well, it’s that time of year again – when we collectively sit back and reflect on all that has transpired over the last 12 months. So to help you remember the year in watches, we put together our...
View ArticleBring a Loupe: A Very Rare Panerai, A Great IWC Ingenieur, A Stylish Movado,...
This Bring A Loupe covers a few brands that rarely make it into BaL: a rare platinum Panerai or a crazy Movado Super Sub Sea, it really feels they deserved a spot this week. You will also find a...
View ArticleHometown Treasures: 'Luxury Of Time' Exhibition Now Playing At The...
The funny thing (well, one of the many funny things) about the modern wristwatch collector community, as well as the community of customers for modern luxury watches, is that for many, maybe most,...
View ArticleThe Seven Best Watches Of 2015 That You Probably Forgot About
For the past few years, it seems like we've seen a new watch announced every day of the week – doesn't it? It does to us, and we do our best to only show you the finest watches out there – the watches...
View ArticleThe Year In Review: The Top 20 Most Popular HODINKEE Posts Of 2015
As the year comes to a close, we would like to take a moment to look back on the top stories posted in 2015. This year was a big one for HODINKEE. We added some new faces and tried some new things,...
View ArticleThe Watch I Wore The Most In 2015, By Every Single Member Of The HODINKEE Team
We've reported on hundreds, if not thousands, of watches over the past year – from the new releases at SIHH and Baselworld to rare vintage finds and expansive personal collections – but now it's time...
View ArticleBring a Loupe: A Dressy Rolex, A Complicated Credor And A Great Speedmaster...
Bring A Loupe kicks off 2016 with an unexpected selection: the watches featured today are not the usual crowd-pleasing favorites but, for one reason or another, they deserve more attention than they...
View ArticleFound: A Completely Fake Black Dial, Screw-Down Paul Newman Daytona On Ebay,...
We see a lot of comically bad watches for sale on the interwebs (here's a fun one, just for kicks), but watches like this are so incredibly terrible that anyone with an iPhone and any sense of reality...
View ArticleIntroducing: The Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie Annual Calendar Chronograph,...
Today is the first working day of the year so we'd thought we'd hit you with something hot to get things going for 2016. This is the brand new Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie Annual Calendar...
View ArticleIntroducing: The IWC Big Pilot's Heritage 55 And 48 Limited Editions
It has been widely rumored that 2016 will be the year of the pilot's watch at IWC, and it turns out the rumors were true. The full lineup's not going live just yet (though once the SIHH starts, of...
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