IWC Turns To Diamonds For New Portofino Midsize Collection
IWC is introducing four new watches to their Portofino collection to kick off the Watches & Wonders fair in Hong Kong today, and what they lack in size they make up for in glamorous detail and...
View ArticleApple Watch On One Day Preview At Colette Today, September 30th, For Paris...
We think it's a fair assumption that a few of you might be interested in checking out the Apple Watch months before it hits stores, and at Colette in Paris today, you'll have the chance. As a special...
View ArticleWatch Shopping In Greenwich, Connecticut: A Visit To Manfredi Jewels
There are just a small handful of truly meaningful watch stores in the United States. This group of forward-thinking, daring, and creative jewelers are, in some cases, responsible for breeding the...
View ArticleChristie's Auctions Gold Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Piece Unique To Celebrate...
Last week, Christie’s held an online auction to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Goldfinger, the third Bond film, which first hit theaters in 1964. With all proceeds going to the NSPCC, online...
View ArticleIntroducing The Panerai Radiomir 1940 Tourbillon GMT Oro Rosso
We’ve been on the ground in Hong Kong for Watches & Wonders – Asia’s premier exhibition of haute horlogerie. Panerai has a number of eye-catching releases, and right now we’d like to talk about...
View ArticleA Look At Throne Watches: A Young, Affordable Brand Born In Brooklyn
It was just before a Halloween party in 2012 when Throne Watches was born. Co-Founder Greg Mills was at his friend and Co-Founder Zack Sears’ apartment and started working with some leather scraps he...
View ArticleIntroducing The Vacheron Constantin Day-Date And Power Reserve
Did you know that the stitching on an alligator strap could be platinum? If you did, it’s likely because you caught our coverage of the Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Traditionnelle World Time...
View ArticleA Week On The Wrist: The Autodromo Stradale
When Autodromo introduced the Stradale last month, it became the first automatic watch to gain a permanent place within the automotive-inspired collection. We’ve become fond of Autodromo’s approach to...
View ArticleIntroducing The Aquadive Bathysphere 500: An Affordable Dive Watch With A...
The Aquadive Bathysphere 500 Fleurier Twin Barrel Aquadive is one of those brand names that died out during the Quartz Crisis years but has been brought back to enjoy new popularity thanks to the...
View ArticleWhat's Selling Where: Highlights From The Upcoming Sotheby's Hong Kong Sale
On October 8, Sotheby's will be holding an "Important Watches" auction in Hong Kong. When it comes to the big watch auctions in Hong Kong, there are generally three constants in the catalog: watches...
View ArticlePresented By A. Lange & Söhne: Twenty Years Of Lange 1, And 25 Years Of...
October 3rd, 1990, less than one year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, marked the completion of reunification of Germany. It is one of the most joyous days in German culture, and to us here at...
View ArticleIntroducing The MeisterSinger Circularis, Now With A Proprietary Movement...
MeisterSinger has announced plans to introduce a new family of models that will make use of a jointly developed, proprietary movement. The first watch of that family is called the Circularis, and...
View ArticleYOU'RE INVITED: Join Us For A Special Celebration Of Manfredi Jewels Tomorrow...
We love throwing a good party. Even more, we love throwing a good party in honor of good people who love good watches, and that's exactly what we're doing. Tomorrow night, we're going to heading on up...
View ArticleFive Things I Learned From A Conversation With Montblanc CEO Jerome Lambert
Jerome Lambert has a long history of leading great watch companies. And when I say great, I mean some of the best in the world. Lambert helmed Jaeger-LeCoultre (before recent interviewee Daniel...
View ArticleA Week On The Wrist: The Patek Philippe 5270G Perpetual Calendar Chronograph
IntroductionPatek Philippe’s 2011 release of the reference 5270 Perpetual Calendar Chronograph was a big deal.The complication has been in Patek Philippe’s catalog since 1941, and as our exhaustive...
View ArticlePhoto Report: Celebrating Manfredi Jewels With The Help Of Tesla
Last night we teamed up with our friends at Manfredi Jewels to throw a little soiree celebrating nothing but good watches and good food. Over 75 of our readers and friends joined us in Greenwich to...
View ArticleOur 2014 Contest Winner Recounts His Trip To Schaffhausen With HODINKEE And IWC
HODINKEE Reader Vasu Kulkarni won a trip to IWC's Schaffhausen Headquarters and Manufacture after entering a contest in August. Hundreds of readers entered our contest to win a trip to Schaffhausen...
View ArticleIntroducing the Vacheron Constantin Maitre Cabinotier Astronomica
We recently brought you Vacheron Constantin’s Day-Date and Power Reserve from the manufacture’s Excellence Platine collection. We concluded that while the piece was a moderate complication, it was an...
View ArticleIntroducing The NOMOS Orion 1989, Celebrating The 25th Anniversary Of The...
The α (Alpha) wound NOMOS Orion became a classic the very first day it hit the market. We’ve covered it in-depth in A Week On The Wrist before, and we’re covering it again during what seems to be a...
View ArticleIntroducing The Blancpain Ocean Commitment Bathyscaphe Chronograph Flyback,...
Coming to you live from the south of France, where I was just shown a brand new limited edition Blancpain chronograph that has a lot going for it. Its official name is the Ocean Commitment Bathyscaphe...
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