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You're Invited: The Horological Society Of New York 150th Anniversary Charity...
New York City, 1866. A group of watchmakers meet for a drink after a long day at the bench. They decide to form a society to support each other in their work, and agree to meet for monthly horological...
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A Week On The Wrist: The Omega Speedmaster 'First Omega In Space'
This week on my wrist is the Omega Speedmaster “First Omega In Space,” a watch inspired by a historically important model worn in space on October 3, 1962, by U.S. astronaut Walter Schirra – an event...
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Bring a Loupe: A Rolex With Tiffany Dial, A B-Series Royal Oak With Original...
You probably noticed that the HODINKEE Shop started offering vintage watches last Tuesday. What does this mean for this column? Well, nothing really. Bring A Loupe is still alive and kicking; each...
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TAG Heuer Will Relaunch The Autavia In 2017 – And Fans Get To Choose The Model
Have you ever caught yourself staying up way, way too late, looking at vintage watches online and wishing they would make a return to the market? I know I have – and a long time before my job made it...
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Introducing: The Chopard L.U.C. Perpetual Chrono
Chopard is a company that began as a watchmaker, became famous as a jeweler, and then, in 1996, became famous again as a watchmaker. The company was founded in 1860; the Happy Diamonds designs debuted...
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Saturday Morning Rewind: One Year Ago This Weekend, We Went Inside Rolex, And...
The goal with HODINKEE was always bringing you guys into a world that is, at times, seemingly surrounded by a cement wall of European conservatism and secrecy. Whether it's sitting down for a beer...
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First Look: Five Unexpected Vintage Lots From The Upcoming Watches Of...
By Louis Westphalen It's always exciting to flip thought the pages of a fresh auction catalog. So we were thrilled to discover the lots from this week's Watches of Knightsbridge auction. There are...
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Get Ready For HODINKEE At Baselworld 2016 And The Return Of HODINKEE Live!
It's that time of year again, folks! Yup, the watch industry's week-long mega-orgy of new releases kicks off later this week and team HODINKEE will be there in full force. Baselworld 2016 will be an...
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Breaking News: Phillips To Hold Stainless Steel Chronographs Only Sale This...
Nobody knows how to put on a more interesting watch auction than Aurel Bacs & Co. at Phillips – this much we know. But, after last May's very successful, if perhaps a little staid, thematic...
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Announcing 12 New Watches For Sale In The HODINKEE Shop (Including An...
One week ago, we re-launched the HODINKEE Shop with a totally new look and some incredible vintage watches for sale. Today we're back with a fresh batch after selling through most of the first run in...
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Introducing: The Tudor Heritage Black Bay Bronze, Now With In-House Tudor...
The Black Bay and Pelagos dive watches are two of the most dramatically successful vintage-inspired, and eminently affordable, dive watches anyone is producing today, and while they're not the...
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Introducing: The Omega Speedmaster CK2998 Limited Edition (Details & Official...
Breaking news from the earliest hours of the 2016 Baselworld show – Omega has taken on yet another of its all-time classics, the reference CK2998. This is a limited edition watch, and features some of...
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Introducing: The New Tudor Heritage Black Bay 36
On the heels of the new Tudor Heritage Black Bay Bronze is this little gem, the Tudor Black Bay 36. Yes, that's right, a 36 mm watch from the Tudor Heritage Collection. A welcome addition for any...
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Introducing: The New Rolex Daytona, Now With Black Cerachrom Bezel
I can honestly say this is the watch everyone – though maybe no one more than me – has been waiting for since the 2013 50th anniversary of the Cosmograph Daytona. We now have a steel Daytona with...
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Introducing: The Heritage TAG Heuer Monza, A Throwback To One Of The First...
TAG Heuer showed it had no intention of forgetting its racing heritage when they launched an online competition to pick out the next Autavia. And on the first day of Baselworld, they confirmed we...
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Introducing: The Tudor Heritage Black Bay Dark, PVD-Coated, 41 mm, In-House,...
Hot off the news that we'd see the Black Bay go bronze, 43 mm, and in-house late last night, we now have another Heritage Black Bay in something we'd never thought we'd see – a PVD case! On top of...
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Introducing: The NOMOS Tetra Neomatik, Now In 33mm With DUW3001 Movement
Last year at Baselworld, NOMOS released the new Neomatik DUW 3001 movement, which is now appearing in a range of their watches. This year NOMOS has decided to apply this very thin, automatic movement...
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Introducing: The Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater, The World's Thinnest...
Records in watchmaking are increasingly elusive, and generally transient. However, pursuing them has given rise to some very interesting watchmaking. Breaking a record may be hard, and holding it is...
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Introducing: The Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 39.5mm
This year at Baselworld Omega has decided to revamp their old classics. Take the Seamaster Planet Ocean 39.5 mm for example, although this watch is already in existence, it is now available in 39.5 mm...
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Introducing: The Patek Philippe 5930G World Time Chronograph (Details &...
First things first – no Nautilus was shown at Baselworld 2016. We're told you can expect to see something this October, just as we didn't see any 175th pieces two years ago until later in the year....
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