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Introducing: The Nixie Machine II At The M.A.D. Gallery
The M.A.D. Gallery – a multi-location gallery created by MB&F founder Max Büsser – is known for supporting highly unusual projects, which is precisely what you might call the Nixie Machine. The...
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Friday Live: Episode 3 – The News From HODINKEE HQ, A Chat With Our Design...
In the third installment of Friday Live, we look back at what made news in the watch world this week, including the announcement of the 2017 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève jury. We'll take a look...
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Hands-On: The Citizen Eco-Drive One, The Thinnest Light-Powered Watch Ever
Making extremely thin watches has been a challenge tackled by makers of quartz watches for many years, and in fact, the thinnest watches ever made have all been quartz. The Concord Delirium, for...
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Hands-On: The HYT H0 Silver Edition
Not for the first time, an independent watch company has decided to reinvigorate its most successful line by creating a simpler, more affordable version of the watch that launched it. Just as MB&F...
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Editorial: Why This Patek Philippe Ref. 530 Might Be The Most Important Watch...
On May 15, 2017, Christie's will sell a Patek Philippe Calatrava in Geneva that could be one of the most important watches to sell in the modern collectible watch era – and it's not for the reasons...
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Hands-On: The Casio G-Shock MRG-G1000B-1A4 Akazonae
The Casio G-Shock is the most heavily armored watch in the world, and for most of its career, irrespective of its incarnations, the armor it has worn has looked distinctively modern, whether in the...
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The Patek Philippe Art Of Watches Grand Exhibition To Include Major Pieces...
Patek Philippe's "Art Of Watches Grand Exhibition" will be coming to New York in mid-July, as we announced way back in October. This exhibition will include an absolutely huge range of major watches...
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In The Shop: A 1960s Longines Diver, A 1960s Universal Genève Dress Watch,...
The joy of buying (and selling) vintage pieces lies in the uniqueness of each piece. Delving into what makes a watch interesting and what makes it stand apart from a seemingly identical example is...
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Introducing: The Unimatic 2017 Collection (Exclusive)
Last December, I wrote about my impressions of the Modello Uno, a minimalist dive watch from the Italian micro-brand Unimatic. The watch was something of a cult hero to dive watch fans due to its...
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Business News: A. Lange & Söhne Puts Young Watchmakers To The Test
The best watchmaking schools have sent their best students to Dresden to compete in A. Lange & Söhne’s annual young talent competition. Eight watchmakers have been selected by Lange from over 30...
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Introducing: The Kerbedanz Maximus, With The World's Largest Wristwatch...
Just when I thought I had seen and heard it all, this came across my desk. Kerbedanz has just released the Maximus, a limited edition of 99 pieces that features the largest tourbillon ever put into a...
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Breaking News: Christie's To Sell Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's Cartier Tank...
Christie's has just announced that, as part of its June 21 Rare Watches and American Icons auction in New York City, it will be selling a Cartier Tank watch owned and worn by Jacqueline Kennedy...
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Introducing: The Bulgari Diagono Scuba
It's still a little chilly here in New York, but I can only dream of long summer days and swimming – and clearly I'm not the only one. Bulgari has just released a series of dive watches, the Diagono...
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Found: Salvador Dalí's 'The Eye Of Time,' Easily One Of The Strangest Watches...
Fun fact: Today is Salvador Dalí's birthday, and he would have been 113, were he still with us. Another fun fact: Dalí made a series of strange watches during his career and one of them is up for...
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Bring a Loupe: A Patek Philippe Ref. 3448, A LeCoultre Ref. E2647...
This week will mostly be about complications, starting with the perpetual calendar, which is represented here by a yellow gold Patek Philippe reference 3448. You will also find some chronographs with...
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Auction Report: A Military Seamaster 300 That Served Its Country (And Survived)
It’s February 26, 1970, and the H.M.S Hubberston is anchored somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, a few miles away the Japanese island of Okinawa. On board, J.B. Fisher is getting ready for a dive during...
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Friday Live: Episode 4 – Industry News And Financials, Auction Picks, And...
In this, our fourth installment of Friday Live, we welcome Editor-in-Chief Jack Forster and Vintage Watch Specialist Louis Westphalen to the set. They'll go over the latest news from Switzerland –...
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Auction Report: A Selection Of Interesting Chronographs Up For Grabs At...
There is some serious auction action going down over the weekend, and we can certainly expect some record-breaking results coming out of Geneva. Yet, that won't be the only place where bidding will be...
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Found: Rolex's Very First Quartz Watch For Sale At Christie's
Quartz can be pretty polarizing. Not many mechanical watch purists can get behind battery-powered movements, but love it or hate it, quartz is a major part of watchmaking history and the Beta 21 is...
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Breaking News: Ref. 6062 'Bao Dai' Sells For $5,060,427, Becoming The Most...
The Rolex reference 6062 "Bao Dai" just sold for $5,060,427, making it the most expensive Rolex ever sold at auction. The watch sold as lot 93 of today's Phillips Geneva Watch Auction: Five, setting...
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