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Introducing: Peter Speake-Marin's Unique Resilience "One Art" For Only Watch...
Peter Speake-Marin is participating in Only Watch for the first time in 2015, with the one-of-a-kind Resilience "One Art". Only Watch is a biennial charity auction of unique timepieces, all...
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Introducing: The Escale Time Zone, A New Manufacture World-Timer by Louis...
Before we even get into the new Louis Vuitton world-timer, it’s best to start off with some horological name-dropping. Michel Navas. Enrico Barbasini. They are watchmakers whose work you’ve probably...
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Bring A Loupe: A NOS-Zenith Rainbow, A Ticking Rolex Tru-Beat, A Full Set...
This week’s Bring A Loupe will be all about useful complications. We will look a new old stock cult classic Zenith, two very rare JLC alarm watches, a new (yes, modern!) Universal Geneve dual-time,...
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Introducing: The New 39 mm NOMOS Lambda
The beloved independent brand, NOMOS, has just announced that they will be making an addition to the Lambda collection by including a 39 mm version in three color variations. The NOMOS Lambda, which...
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Introducing The MB&F MusicMachine 3, A TIE-Fighter Inspired 10th Anniversary...
MB&F, Maximilian Büsser's horologico-mechanical collective think-tank, has just announced the latest in its collaborations with Switzerland's famous maker of luxury music boxes, Reuge: the...
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Introducing: Grand Seiko 55th Anniversary Spring Drive Chronograph Limited...
A 55th anniversary doesn’t seem quite as important as, say, a 50th or a 60th, but Seiko released a new watch this week—the Grand Seiko Spring Drive Chronograph—that challenges this preconceived...
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Introducing: DKSH Holding AG Announces Sale Of Maurice Lacroix
Bloomberg Business has just announced that DKSH Holding AG, the owner of Swiss watch brand Maurice Lacroix, has put the brand up for sale. Bloomberg cites the surge of the Swiss franc against the euro...
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The Horological Society Of New York Introduces Three New Classes, Sponsored...
In February 2015, the Horological Society of New York (HSNY) announced Watchmaking 101: Introduction to Watchmaking. The weekly class was based on a course which HSNY developed for the New York City...
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Introducing: Everest Watch Straps, Sporty Straps For The Active Rolex Owner
So you've just bought a new Rolex. A Submariner Date, perhaps. It's a dive watch, a tool watch, and you want to do what you were meant to do with it: take it to the nearest large body of water, strap...
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Introducing: Roger Dubuis Launches Excalibur Star Of Infinity For Watches And...
Watches and Wonders –the September, Hong-Kong based counterpart to January’s SIHH --isn’t exactly just around the corner, but the days are counting down (the show’s at the end of September) and Roger...
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Talking Watches: With Jonathan Ward
Watch lovers come in all forms – whether it be news photographers turned Spanish-language talk show hosts, late 1990s hip hop stars, or just all around cool guys. Another form a watch lover might take...
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Introducing: The Full Roster Of Watch Candidates For The Grand Prix...
The Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève was created in 2001 to recognize achievement in watchmaking in a wide range of categories and the founding members include the Canton of Geneva, the City of...
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Hands-On: The Grand Seiko Spring Drive Diver’s 200m
The modern dive watch is in a peculiar, and some might say even precarious position, having been pursued for many years by the wrist dive computer. There is little that the diver’s watch can do to...
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Product Launch: Manufacture Royale's 1770 Voltige, Focusing On the Escapement...
Paris, France, 1764: Jeane-Antoine Lépine has the revolutionary idea of placing a watch movement's escapement and balance wheel in-line with the rest of the components. Vallorbe, Switzerland, 2015:...
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He Said, She Said: A Double Take On The Audemars Piguet Millenary
This review is in two parts; the ladies' Millenary 77247 is reviewed by Cara Barrett, HODINKEE Associate Editor, followed by the Millenary 4101, by Jack Forster, Managing Editor. The whole idea of...
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Introducing: Only Watch: GP Announces Special Vintage 1945
Girard Perregaux has just announced its contribution to the Only Watch auction --held once every two years to benefit research into better treatments for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy --and it's a...
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Ask Us Anything: A Reader Wants Help Picking A Breitling
Hi Ben and Team, A reader submitted Q&A section similar to the Watch Snob, but without the condescension, would be a welcome addition to the site. It’s wonderful that readers are commenting and...
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Loupe: Two Mega Pateks, Some Great Vintage Rolex, And A Blingy But Dressy...
This week's Bring A Loupe will be full of thrilling discoveries, ranging from a rare Patek Calatrava in steel to a very early Rolex Explorer with an intense tropical dial. As usual, expect a lot of...
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F.P. Journe Acquires the 1,000 Book Library Of Famed Horological Historian...
Above, Jean-Claude Sabrier F.P. Journe recently acquired the extensive horological library of Jean-Claude Sabrier at auction for the sum of 760,000 CHF. The library of nearly 1,000 books will be...
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Linde Werdelin Teams Up With Danish Military To Develop Octopus Frogman
Linda Werdelin is adding a new member to their Oktopus family of dive watches, and unless you’re a member of an elite wing of the Danish Military, the Frogman Corps, you won’t be getting the...
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