Inside The Manufacture: A. Lange & Söhne Like You've Never Seen It Before...
There is something decidedly different about A. Lange & Söhne. You can feel it the first time you step inside any one of Lange's boutiques, or see the backside of a Datograph for the first time....
View ArticleHands-On: The Arnold & Son Golden Wheel
Arnold & Son is offering their take on the historic "wandering hours" concept with their new Golden Wheel watch. Introduced at Basel earlier this year, the Golden Wheel is reminiscent of modern...
View ArticleBring A Loupe: From A Massive Collection Of Omegas To Some Great Breitlings,...
This week's Bring A Loupe brings you everything from someone selling off a great collection of vintage Omega sport chronographs from the 1960s and 1970s, to some more value-oriented pieces under...
View ArticleHands-On: The Peter Speake-Marin Bi-Tourbillon
Peter Speake-Marin is introducing a new member of the J Class collection this year and it’s called the Bi-Tourbillon. The watch is a technical tour de force, featuring a pair of vertically aligned...
View ArticleHistorical Perspectives: Inside The Archives Of The Tudor Watch Company (VIDEO)
We will warn you right now – this one gets nerdy. But, we mean that in the best possible way. Over the past few years, there has been an increased interest in the historical watches from the Tudor...
View ArticlePhoto Report: Inside The New IWC Boutique In London
The new London IWC boutique on Bond Street opened its doors just before Christmas last year, and is the first ever location in the UK for the manufacture from Schaffhausen. The 90-square-meter,...
View ArticleFound: The Rose Gold Patek Philippe 570 From "Talking Watches With Alfredo...
It was less than one year ago that we published an episode of Talking Watches with legendary Italian collector, dealer, and tastemaker Alfredo Paramico. If you haven't seen that video, watch it now....
View ArticleHands-On: A Look At The NOMOS Lambda – The $20,000 NOMOS
If you caught last year’s watch I wore the most by every member of the team, then you know that I’m a devoted fan of NOMOS. I’m admitting that bias up front in an attempt to absolve myself of any...
View ArticleFound: General Douglas MacArthur's Personal Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso, For...
The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso has long been the choice of kings, queens, aristocrats, artists, bonvivants, boulevardiers and people of varying levels of repute. One person that I did not know was a...
View ArticleHands-On: The Urwerk UR-1001 “TITAN”
Remember the Urwerk UR-1001 Zeit Device? It was a crazy complicated pocket watch of sorts that kept time in increments ranging from one second on up to the passing millennia. The device was introduced...
View ArticleIntroducing: The New MB&F Legacy Machine 101 Frost
"What would have happened if I had been born in 1867 instead of 1967? What might my early 20th century machines look like?" Those are the questions that prompted Max Büsser to conceive MB&F's...
View ArticleA New Edition Of Salomons' Breguet (1747-1823) Book Now For Sale, Benefitting...
Abraham-Louis Breguet was an illustrious watchmaker responsible for a plethora of inventions, including the tourbillon, equation of time, the first wristwatch, the first reliable automatic watches...
View ArticleBring A Loupe: Is Now The Best Time To Buy A 2499, Or The Worst?
Ask many vintage watch lovers about what the holy grail wristwatch is (as a reference, not an individual watch) and more times than not, you're likely to hear the reply: twenty-four ninety-nine....
View ArticleProduct Launch: The Naissance D'Une Montre Project Gives Birth To Its First...
In January, HODINKEE brought you the first photos and news of a prototype Naissance d'une Montre watch. The development of this watch was made possible by Greubel Forsey, Philippe Dufour, and Michel...
View ArticleIntroducing: The Cool Hunting Editions Starfleet Machine By MB&F
Combine Max Büsser’s imagination with L’Epée, the only specialized manufacture in Switzerland dedicated to making high-end clocks, and what you get is a striking display of tabletop timekeeping....
View ArticleWatch Spotting: Roger Smith Wearing A Vintage Omega Seamaster Chronograph At...
Last night at Tribeca Cinemas in New York City, we were proud to attend the NY premiere of David Armstrong's The Watchmaker's Apprentice. The documentary film, shot in very last days of master...
View ArticleIntroducing: The Xeric Halograph, A Kickstarter Campaign For An Affordable...
The guys at the online purveyor Watchismo founded Xeric Watches with the goal of bringing unusual and affordable mechanical watch designs to their customers. We showed you the XERISCOPE a while back,...
View ArticlePhoto Report: The New York City Premiere Of The Watchmaker's Apprentice
Movies about watchmaking are few and far between. Even rarer is the opportunity to attend the premiere of a movie about watchmaking, with the director and star of the film in attendance. Last night at...
View ArticleHands-On: The Breitling Transocean Chronograph 1915 Monopusher
Breitling has released several models commemorating vintage chronographs in the last few months – notably the Transocean Chronograph and the Chronoliner. After our initial coverage of Breitling’s new...
View ArticleIN-STOCK NOW: A Full Range of HODINKEE Travel Tubes And Rolls (In Both Canvas...
You asked for it, you got it. Right now, we have a fully re-stocked HODINKEE Shop just loaded with watch traveling case options. We have canvas rolls, leather rolls, and leather tubes, all in stock...
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