Hands-On: The Moritz Grossmann Atum Pure M, A Polarizing But Fresh Design...
The Moritz Grossmann Atum Pure M first debuted at Baselworld earlier this year and it instantly became one of those timepieces that would garner an "oh, that watch" from anyone you tried to talk to...
View ArticleA Very Cool Virtual Tour Of The National Watch And Clock Museum, Courtesy...
There's no substitute for going someplace in person, but over the years Google Street View has made it possible to come pretty close, and now, Street View lets you walk through the National Watch and...
View ArticleBusiness News: Swatch Is Going To Make Car Batteries To Compete With Tesla...
In what sounds like a move out of left field, watchmaking mega conglomerate Swatch Group is moving ahead with its plans to develop and sell high-tech batteries for electric vehicles. The strategy...
View ArticleIntroducing: The TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer-01 Full Black Matte Ceramic
TAG Heuer's Carrera Heuer-01 Full Black Matte Ceramic is the latest iteration of the Carrera 01 family, first introduced in March of 2015. These are Carrera watches intended to showcase the in-house...
View ArticleBusiness News: Richard Mille To Open First NYC Boutique In Fall 2017
As Jack recently reported, just because a company may be Swiss and may be in the the watch business, that does not necessarily mean it is all doom and gloom. Richard Mille is one bright spot, and it's...
View ArticleFound: Original Owner of 1970s Heuer Autavia Lists Watch On eBay, But Not...
An original owner vintage chronograph is the type of thing we're all looking for on eBay – and Louis always does a wonderful job at finding them for you in our weekly Bring A Loupe column. Today,...
View ArticleBring a Loupe: A Late Rolex Explorer 1016, A Rare Girard-Perregaux Olimpico,...
Some might use today's Bring A Loupe to find a holiday gift at the last minute, so we made sure to feature a bit of everything, from the great classics to more under-the-radar picks. Among the obvious...
View ArticleWhat Are Kids Wearing These Days, A Watch Enthusiast Wonders (Totally Seriously)
"So, what was your first watch?" Without a doubt, this is the question I get most when I meet someone and try to explain that yes, I’m a watch journalist, and yes it's a full time job. For a while,...
View ArticleRecommended Reading: Physicists Wonder, Does Time Really Exist Or Does It...
As it turns out, time is a pretty complicated thing. And I'm not talking about measuring it, or making little devices to chime out the hours, either. I'm talking about time itself. Physicists still...
View ArticleWinterproof: Polar Explorers and the Watches They Wore (And Are Wearing)
With winter taking hold of the Northern Hemisphere, many of us are wondering if our watches are up to the task of skiing, ice fishing, or the odd snowball fight on the frigid tundras of Minneapolis or...
View ArticleThe Seven Best Watches Of 2016 That You Probably Forgot About
If you read HODINKEE regularly, then you (like us) have seen a ton of watches this year – and I mean A TON. This year we had some greats that we couldn't get out of our heads, like the Tudor Black Bay...
View ArticleJust Because: In The Office With A Different Royal Oak (Spoiler, You'd Better...
Talking about the Royal Oak reference 5402SA is an interesting experience, for what it represents, and what it doesn't. Two-tone goes pretty strongly against the basic spirit of the Royal Oak, which...
View ArticleThe Untold Story Of Watchmaking's Most Iconic Advertising Campaign: The...
Talk to someone who knows nothing about watches and within 60 seconds you’ll no doubt be asked about "that brand" with the "you know … you look after it for the next generation" advertising campaign....
View ArticleIntroducing: The F.P. Journe Automatique Réserve And Octa Automatique Lune...
F. P. Journe has just introduced a new dial, dubbed "Havana," for the Octa Automatique Réserve And The Octa Automatique Lune. The color is a result of mixing ruthenium (a platinum group metal) with...
View ArticleThe HODINKEE 2016 Video Year In Review
In late July, on our second day on the Isle of Man, we pulled up, unannounced and a bit jet-lagged, to the George Daniels estate. Arthur, somewhat bashfully, knocked on the front door, and when the...
View ArticleFound: One Of Only 10 Kari Voutilainen Vingt-8 In Titanium (With An...
There just aren't enough Kari Voutilainen watches in this world. Seriously. Seeing one is a pretty rare treat and almost every piece you do see ends up having something special about it that sets it...
View ArticleFound: A Vintage 1936 Luxury Catalog, From A Great But Forgotten Paris...
This Ebay find was only supposed to be an interesting piece of memorabilia, another of those old catalogs that vintage enthusiasts cherish as they feature the watches exactly as they were initially...
View ArticleThe Five Stories Of 2016 That I Enjoyed Writing The Most
2016 was an amazing year for us, with several new products hitting our newly redesigned shop and often, to great response. The goal of all this was and is to fund even more original editorial content...
View ArticleIn-Depth: The Greubel Forsey 24 Secondes Contemporain In White Gold (And The...
It's been more than 10 years since I first met Stephen Forsey, one half of the horological duo known as Greubel Forsey (Robert Greubel being the other half, of course). Our first long talk – which...
View ArticleFour Stories From 2016 That Show Why Vintage Rolex Collecting Is Still Kind...
"The world of vintage Rolex collecting is the murkiest, seediest, and ugliest realm of watch collecting there is. And yet, it has the potential to be the most rewarding – and it is where I find myself...
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