What's Selling Where: Three Uncommon Sport Chronographs From Heuer, Jaeger,...
Today we are bringing you three vintage sport chronographs from Jaeger, Universal Geneve, and Heuer that you just don't see very frequently and that I especially like. These are all significantly less...
View ArticleHands-On With The Tudor Heritage Black Bay With Blue Bezel (And Your First...
While the Ranger was probably the biggest news from Tudor at this year's BaselWorld show, it was the announcement of a new Heritage Black Bay that answered the prayers of more than a few would-be...
View ArticleHistoric New England Maker Chelsea Clock Charts A Course For The Next 100 Years
For over a hundred years, in a small triangular factory in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Chelsea Clock has been hand-making clocks for presidents, the Navy, countless celebrities, and anyone else looking to...
View ArticleIntroducing The Glashütte Original Senator Manual Winding Skeletonized...
The new Senator Manual Winding Skeletonized Edition from Glashütte Original adds an astounding amount of hand-engraving to an otherwise conservative design. While we’ve seen a bit of exhibitionism...
View ArticleAll Twelve Pieces From Jaeger-LeCoultre's Hybris Artistica Collection,...
Last weekend, New York City was treated to the TimeCrafters exhibition, in which 15 brands and the Christie's Watch Deparment showed off their latest wares. Just inside the exhibition entrance,...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Unique Titanium Patek Philippe With A 9.44ct D Flawless Diamond...
A few weeks ago we told you about an insane collection of unique titanium Pateks that will be hitting the block at Sotheby's on June 10th in New York. Well, there's one left that we didn't tell you...
View ArticleIntroducing The Valbray EL1 "100 Years Of Leica Photography Edition" (Details...
Last month we introduced you to Valbray and its unique Oculus diaphragm dial system, inspired by camera lenses. So, it makes perfect sense that it would be Valbray to partner with Leica on the...
View ArticleIntroducing the Longines Heritage Diver, Another Throwback That Hits The Mark
Longines continues to focus on its Heritage line with the addition of a new Diver model, drawing inspiration from similar Longines watches from the 1970s. Like the Conquest Heritage released in Basel...
View ArticleWhat's Selling Where: Three Vintage Mega-Chronographs From Patek, Vacheron,...
This week we are bringing you a few chronographs that could easily end up as anxiously-watched lots in future Geneva auctions, but that are available for sale now. These are what I would call...
View ArticleSPOTTED: Walter Lange Wearing An A. Lange & Söhne Langematik Outsized Date...
Walter Lange is the 89 year old caretaker of one of horology's greatest treasures, Saxon manufacture A. Lange & Söhne. It was he, along with visionary entrepreneur Gunter Blumlein, that in 1990,...
View ArticleCan A Bluetooth Watch Strap Take Mechanical Wristwatches Into The Future?
The Modillian "smart strap" includes a Bluetooth-enabled buckle that vibrates in sync with your cell phone notifications. Modillian, a startup based in Israel, knows that there is perhaps little...
View ArticleTwo Instruments, One Wrist: Depth Gauge Dive Watches
The author dives with a Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Diving Pro Geographic Navy SEALs (photo by Gishani) Chronographs, moonphases, tide times, and even perpetual calendars are all complications...
View ArticleIntroducing The Panerai Luminor Marina 8 Days Acciaio, A North America...
The new PAM 590 uses Calibre P.5000, an in-house movement. The new Panerai Luminor Marina 8 Days Acciaio isn't a drastic departure from previous Panerai models. But as with most watches, it's the tiny...
View ArticleVIDEO: Talking Watches With Alfredo Paramico
There is a small handful of vintage watch collectors in this world that can truly be called "market-makers." John Goldberger is one of them. Another is the 45-year-old, tan-skinned, silver-haired...
View ArticleIntroducing Van der Gang Watches, High quality Watchmaking From The Lowlands
Van der Gang headquarters in the Frisian town of Dokkum. There’s something about horology and Holland. In the early days of watchmaking, Dutch mathematician Christiaan Huygens, inventor of the...
View ArticleWhat's Selling Where: Five Great Dive Watches From Tudor, Rolex, IWC,...
It's hard to argue with a good vintage dive watch. They just look good, are typically rather durable, and they just might be the first thing you think of when you think of a wristwatch. Today we are...
View ArticleIN-DEPTH: Twelve Of The Greatest Missing Watches, Including Paul Newman's...
The intersection of politics and popular culture with wristwatches is undeniably fascinating. I mean, that's basically why I have a job. Equally fascinating is the pursuit of these timepieces at the...
View ArticleHands-On With The New Rolex Sea-Dweller 4000 (Currently In Stores)
One of the quietest, yet most satisfying introductions of BaselWorld 2014 was the watch you see above. This is the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Sea-Dweller 4000. Now, you all know the Sea-Dweller as the big...
View ArticleJury of 2014 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve Announced: Incoming Class To...
The Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG) is the most prestigious award in watchmaking. It is presented by a non-profit foundation, and selected by a jury of independent experts including...
View ArticleYOU'RE INVITED: Celebrate Baume & Mercier's 2014 Collection With HODINKEE...
We're all about bringing the watches to the people, and the people to the watches. Tomorrow night, we're giving some of our NYC-based readers the chance to check out the brand new 2014 Baume &...
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