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The Watches for Good and MB&F Fundraiser Roborex
MB&F is a brand made of madmen, not just because of the crazy and complex watches it releases but for all the amazing mechanical art, time art, and kinetic designs at M.A.D. Gallery. Half the time, the watchmakers are so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should, and we love them for that. The M.A.D. Gallery Robodog. Part of that madness means sculptural timepieces and watch stands evoking animals, aircraft, and more, all of which have historically been easier to get than an MB&F timepiece, which explains a bit of the genius of Max Bsser and his friends. The brand has venture...
The Curious Case Of Swatch's Most Extravagant Watch Ever
Welcome to '90s Week, where we're revisiting the raddest (and most underrated) watches of the decade, plus the trends and innovations that defined the end of the 20th century. Plug in your dial-up modem and grab a Crystal Pepsi.?We'll be here all week. Swatch knows how to throw a birthday party.?When the Swiss maker of colorful, affordable, and mostly plastic-cased quartz watches turned 10 years old in 1993, there was no Fudgie the Whale cake to celebrate. Swatch opted to commemorate the moment with the Tresor Magique, arguably the most expensive and luxurious Swatch ever made. Bada-bing, bada-boom, Swatch was growing up right in front of everyone's eyes. ...
Back in 2022, MEC watches debuted as an entirely new brand with their MEC 1. Both the brand and the watch were, as a few other origin stories have mirrored, pandemic passion projects. Three friends and United States-based co-founders Carlos Ramirez (an entrepreneur and watch collector originally from Caracas, Venezuela), Eric K.T. Lau (a creative director and artist originally from Hong Kong), and Judd Wood (a watchmaker from Lexington, SC who has worked for brands like Ulysse Nardin and F.P. Journe) bonded over a shared love of watches. Lau and Ramirez actually met at Hodinkee's H10 anniversary celebration but only recently started wondering what they might be able to accomplish together in...
Hands-On: Look Inside Parmigiani's Strength In Skeletonization With The Tonda PF
How well do you ever really know a brand when trying to understand it through its products? I thought I understood Parmigiani, which has had a recent resurgence thanks to its revamped Tonda PF line C including my favorite, the incredibly creative GMT Rattrapante. I thought they were forward-thinking but largely smart to capitalize on the unceasing demand for an integrated sports watch. But in fact, all the Tonda line needed was a small design nudge into the present. Each of the watches is fantastic and beautifully designed C but it turns out I had completely missed the point. This is often the problem of trying to understand a br...
New Bulgari Aluminum chronograph and time-only review
Bulgari has just updated the 1990s-inspired Aluminium lineup with three new releases for the summer. We start with the Aluminium Chronograph, which features a brand new movement Caliber B381 and is also newly available in a very sleek all-black design. The more classic black-and-white chrono, originally reissued back in 2020 as part of the aluminum and rubber comeback trio has also been fitted with the new mechanical self-winding movement B381. Both models have gone up a fraction in diameter and now sport a 41mm case, up from 40mm. The chronographs feature an aluminiu...
Introducing: Row, Row, Rowing Blazers Is Back With Their Third Seiko Collab
It's May and you know what that means. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and we're getting ready to put on C well, not just our bathing suits C but a new Rowing Blazers collaboration with Seiko that dropped today. And just like people rush to the beach on the first warm day of summer, you better rush to buy one of these quickly, because if the past is any guide, they're going to be gone before you can blink. That's right, the new collaboration offers 888 watches in each combination of dial colors (white, purple, pink, and yellow) all in a 40mm Seiko 5 Sport case with no dive bezel (but crown at 3:45). But, even with that...
A pink gold Patek Philippe 2497 perpetual calendar is a watch so rare it could already be a story in itself. When I saw the example at Christie's Geneva sale this week, it was one of the first things I clicked on after getting briefly distracted by diamond-studded Daytonas and Rolex dials with stars (more on both of these coming soon, I swear). But this particular pink gold Patek 2497 is even better because it once resided in the collection of a man whose untimely death became the subject of newspaper headlines and even a police investigation: Peter S. Knoll. The Watch First, the watch. The perpetual cale...
Announced today, Aera has taken the wraps off of the next iterations of their core models, the D-1 Diver and the P-1 Pilot. Where the original models both featured black dials, these new additions offer an alternative colorway for both models, with the D-1 "Ocean Diver" getting a deep blue dial with a matching bezel and the P-1 "Moon Pilot" rocking a grey dial inspired by the color of the moon's surface.? Sizing for both remains the same (42mm wide for the D-1 and 43mm wide for the P-1), and these new models retain the 904L steel construction featured by the brand's first releases.? What has changed i...
Unexpected and fun news from our pals at Worn & Wound today as the site, along with their Windup Shop, has announced that they are offing a limited collection of 40 NOS (thats new-old-stock) Hamilton Khaki Fields C including boxes, papers, accessories and even the option of having the watch fully serviced before delivery.? Just like yours truly, these barn-find Hamiltons date back to the 1980s and measure 33mm wide, 40.5mm lug to lug, and 10.6mm thick. Sourced from a military surplus store that was closing down, each watch comes with a pair of single-pass NATO-style straps (green and tan, natch), and all of the examples are ...
Introducing the Hublot Big Bang Unico Nespresso Origin
Hublot just made a watch with Nespresso C which is a little bit like the time JNCO made jeans in collaboration with Goldfish, or when Dolce and Gabbana made a refrigerator with Smeg: Confusing and unnecessary for the most part. But if you look beyond the initial shock factor of this collaborative release there is some pretty cool material innovation at play. The Big Bang Unico Nespresso Origin is the first watch to be made using recycled Nespresso aluminum capsules and coffee grounds.? In fact, Nespresso have been out here mastering the art of recycling since 1991. Back in the early '90s they developed a recycling system to separate t...
Watch meet-up season continues, and this time we'll be in Atlanta hosting a little hangout for our readers, community members, and fellow enthusiasts in the area. As summer nears, we want to keep the fun of our past events of 2023 going by sharing an evening with you all once again. It's nothing fancy, just a good time with beer, wine, and watches plus some members of the Hodinkee team including our founder Ben Clymer, CEO Jeffery Fowler, and Chief Brand Officer Eneuri Acosta, as well as a host of members of our ATL crew. Our past few events from New York to Geneva have been an absolute blast. It's fu...
Hodinkee Editor's Preview The Geneva Watch Auctions 2023
Yesterday, we looked at some of the highlights across the Geneva auction sales this week. But it didn't feel like enough, so we're back with a few Editor's Picks. Not necessarily top lots C though it turns out that a few of us have expensive taste this week C but watches we couldn't take our eyes off. Three of us are on the ground here attending the auctions: Mark Kauzlarich, Rich Fordon, and yours truly.? By the way, if you want to scroll through them yourself, here are the catalogs for the live auctions from Friday through Monday: Christie's Rare Watches, Phillips Geneva Watch Auction, Sotheby's Important Watches, and Antiquorum. Pa...
Oris ProPilot X Calibre 400 Watch Video Review: A Week On The Wrist
When I think of a pilot watch an image of a classic flieger immediately comes to mind. While that's more than okay since I can dig that style of watch, I think it's good to expand my brain's horizons to more modern, maybe even futuristic, designs. For that, Oris has me covered with their ProPilot X Calibre 400. It not only sports an edgy design that's more suited for the modern era, but also boasts an impressive in-house movement that's meant to usher in a new future for the brand. The ProPilot Calibre X Calibre 400 was originally launched last year and shares a lot of the same styling cues from the ProPilot X C...
Gift Guide: 10 Thoughtful Gifts To Make Graduation Even More Memorable
Life's biggest milestones are meant for celebrating. Whether you have a loved one donning a cap and gown to signify the end of their high school education or finally achieving their hard-earned degree from a higher institution, your grad deserves a gift that's worthy of all their efforts. To make this graduation season extra special, we've put together 10 timeless gifts perfect for commemorating the hard work and dedication that goes into (finally) walking across the stage and receiving that diploma with proper respect. Read on at your leisure for our top Graduation 2023 gift ideas, or check out our digital storefront for further inspiration. ...
Hodinkee's Favorite Watches Of 2023 So Far
With all the newness unleashed from brands across the industry this year, whether at Watches & Wonders or elsewhere, most of us have yet to have a chance to take a step back and appreciate everything we've seen in context. That changes today because we've assembled the Hodinkee editorial staff to deliver our personal favorites as we inch toward the mid-point of 2023. Of course there are still plenty of watches to come before this year is out, but while we have something of a lull, we figured there was no better moment to declare our mid-year picks. From big brands like Cartier and TAG Heuer to independents and even newcomers on the watch scene, here are our f...
Watch Insurance Compared To Homeowners Insurance
A frequent question we get is, "How does Hodinkee Insurance compare to my Homeowners/Renters policy?" Fear not, we're here to clarify and provide some facts for you. There are different types of insurance policies that can cover your watches, and each type has its own advantages and disadvantages. Here are some basic differences to help you figure out if Hodinkee Insurance is right for you. First, we'll tackle homeowners/renters insurance. This type of insurance policy typically includes coverage for personal property, which may include watches and other jewelry items. However, the coverage limits may be relatively low with limits rarely exceeding $5,000. The pol...
Pre-Owned Picks Co-Branded Watches From The Hodinkee Shop
With the third round of Seiko and Rowing Blazers' collaboration coming out this week, we thought it would be a good time to highlight some other co-branded watches that are available in the Hodinkee Shop. Luxury watchmaking has a long history of collaborations that bring two identities together. Some are quirky, like the Rolex Dominoes watches, which were given as a recognition to well-performing pizza-slinging managers. A few are made to partner with a charity, like the Omega Orbis watches. Most are made due to a shared heritage, whether it be cultural, like the Godzilla Grand Seiko, racing, like the TAG Heuer Formula 1 Gulf, or simply sharing the luxury space, like Breitling and Bentley. B...
The Best Diver Under $2,000: The Vulcain Skin Diver
Over the past few years, we have seen Vulcain step back into the limelight C reclaiming its historically earned throne as the "Watch of Presidents" (for the U.S. Executive Branch tradition of wearing a Vulcain Cricket alarm watch). With the help of Guillaume Laidet C of Nivada Grenchen and Excelsior Park fame C Vulcain has focused its latest energy on looking into the archives to produce near recreations of models from yesteryear.? That manifested itself in a variety of Cricket models unveiled last year and in the watch that we'll be looking at today: The Nautique Skin Diver. We cove...
Andrea Parmegiani's Watch Collection
Andrea Parmegiani is a confident collector. As the 24-year-old son of Davide Parmegiani (one of the most respected watch dealers in the world), Andrea could get a pass for being shy, timid, and even overly deferential to his father's decades of history in the watch business. ?And while he certainly speaks respectfully of and with the big collectors he works with on a daily basis, instead of being a clone of his father's tastes, Andrea has worked alongside him C developing his own collecting style while sourcing rare watches as a part of a small team at Monaco Legend Group where his father is co-chairman. Certainly, the pair's close relationship helped form Andrea...
Citizen made a colorful splash today, annoucing the new NJ015 Series making its debut in the U.S. The model range is also known as "Tsuyosa" (Japanese for strength) and arrives stateside in a variety of colorful dial configurations affixed to a 40mm case with a four o'clock crown which itself has an integrated steel bracelet. Inside the watch beats the Citizen in-house caliber 8210 visible through an exhibition caseback featuring a beat rate of 21,600VPH and 40 hours of power reserve. But back to the dial side C and in addition to the colors C the watch features a three o'clock date aperture with a magnifier as well as luminescent baton markers. ...