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Hands-On: The Zenith Heritage Pilot Café Racer, A Pilot’s Watch Inspired By A...
The Heritage Pilot Café Racer is the latest entry in Zenith’s famed collection of pilot watches, and on paper it’s a great addition with its own spin on the genre. But is the connection between 1960s...
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White Tie, Black Tie, And Watches: Is It Ever Okay To Wear A Watch With A Tux?
The trend in men's style over the last few hundred years has been towards less and less complexity, but every once in a while, one still gets an invitation that says, "black tie." There's a tendency...
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Bring a Loupe: An Early Look At The Christie's May 2016 Auction, Featuring...
As we at HODINKEE like to do, I am thrilled to give you an early look at some of the highlights from the May 2016 auction season – here with a focus on our friends at Christie's. We already know that...
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Photo Report: Watch Spotting At The HODINKEE x Instagram Baselworld Event
In the middle of what is easily the most hectic and important week in the watch world, we decided to get together with an old friend – Facebook's Matt Jacobson (as seen in this January 2015 episode of...
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Talking Watches: With Phil Toledano
You don't meet people like Phil Toledano often. In fact, I can't say I've ever met someone quite like Phil Toledano, ever. By name, you might think he's a working-class guy from Jersey. He's not. Born...
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The Royal Observatory's Curator Of Horology, Rory McEvoy, To Lecture At The...
If you have ever visited London as a tourist, chances are you stopped by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, to stand over the Prime Meridian with one foot in each hemisphere. The Royal Observatory is...
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New In The HODINKEE Shop: Our Exquisitely Crafted Date Window Masks
Date windows on time-only wristwatches: some of you love them, some of you hate them, but now, there's something you can do about them. Don't be a helpless, passive onlooker anymore – with our...
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Bring a Loupe: Chronometers And Chronographs From Rolex, Vacheron Constantin,...
The watches you see today in Bring A Loupe don't joke around. You can expect to find the aptly named Chronometre Royal from Vacheron Constantin with all its original chronometer certificates. No less...
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Introducing: The Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art Elégance Sartoriale, A...
The watch maketh the man, not his clothes. At least, that’s our line of thinking at HODINKEE. But sartorial choices have come under scrutiny this week. After entertaining the idea that watches could...
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Announcing The Sixth Annual Madison Avenue Watch Week
We've made it through another year at Baselworld and at the SIHH, and now it's time for one of New York's biggest watch events: get ready for the sixth edition of Madison Avenue Watch Week, with 13 of...
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Editorial: Personal Thoughts On The Phillips Start-Stop-Reset Steel...
The art of the thematic watch sale is a delicate one, indeed. In the modern era, the benchmark by which all other thematic sales are measured is that of the Christie's-under-Aurel-Bacs Lesson One:...
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Found: A Breguet Pocket Watch, A Renoir, And The Mystery Of One Of The...
Seeking shelter and distraction on a windy Sunday, some friends and I purchased tickets to the National Gallery in London to see the highly recommended "Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art"...
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Introducing: The Casio G-Shock MR-G Limited Edition 'Hammer Tone' (Are You...
If there were a search for the last honest watch on Earth – a watch that embodies down to the deepest fiber of its being what it really means to be a genuine tool watch, and not just a (generally...
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IN THE SHOP: A Killer 321 Speedy, Universal Compax In Steel, And An...
It wouldn't be Tuesday without some new additions to the HODINKEE Shop! As always, we've gone ahead and sourced some absolutely killer watches for you – and this includes a handful of watches that are...
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Landmark Lower Manhattan Clock Tower Saved From Condo Conversion
Last October HODINKEE featured a guest editorial from Mr. Troy Torrison, board member of the Tribeca Trust, describing the struggle (and lawsuit) to save a landmark clock in New York City. The clock...
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Hands-On: The Jaquet Droz Montre De Poche Email Ivoire, A Pocket Watch With A...
La Montre de Poche Email Ivoire means, more or less, "Pocket Watch with Ivory Enamel," and of all the timepieces Jaquet Droz makes, this is perhaps the most traditional in both appearance and...
View ArticleBreaking News: The Swatch Group Announces Stephen Urquhart’s Decision To...
Major news out of Biel, Switzerland, this morning: The Swatch Group has announced the appointment of a new president at Omega, following Stephen Urquhart’s decision to retire. Mr. Urquhart, 69, had...
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A Week On The Wrist: The Glycine Airman No. 1
“During most of my journey from Bangkok to Calcutta, I was seated at the place of the First Officer, next to the commander in a DC-4 from Thai Airways. The captain explained to me in detail what kind...
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Hands-On: The New Rolex Daytona Reference 116500LN (Live Pics, Thoughts,...
Now that Baselworld is three weeks behind us, we can take a minute to answer the questions you all have about this – the most talked about watch of 2016, and the one that you've been told already has...
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Introducing: The Seiko FUGAKU Limited Edition Tourbillon
In what was, in general, a somewhat subdued Baselworld, and one in which we saw more incremental improvements than spectacular debuts, there were still a few new product introductions that really...
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