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The IWC Automatic Aquatimer 2,000 Meters is a watch designed to withstand the pressure found at a depth of two kilometers. It looks and feels every inch the part, but could anyone ever C even theoretically C wear it that far down and not instantly (and messily) implode? Let's look at the watch itself, and at the same time conduct a little thought experiment on what might happen if you tried to go as deep as the watch can.This particular version of the Aquatimer has the greatest depth rating of any model in the current Aquatimer collection, but it's not the first 2,000 meter rated IWC watch. The very first was the IWC Ocean 2,000, which was a collaboration with Porsche Design made back in 1...
Recommended Reading: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Heuer Camaro
When it comes to vintage Heuer, the Carrera gets all the attention. Even from us. Whether it's going in-depth on the very first Carrera or celebrating the watch's 50th anniversary, we're on it. And today, TAG Heuer uses the Carrera as the foundation for both very affordable watches and high complications. But the Carrera isn't the only Heuer that matters C far from it, in fact.The good folks over at On The Dash have put together a comprehensive guide for everything you need to know about another Heuer reference, the Camaro. It shares a lot in common with the more well-known Carrera but with a different profile and a different history.?Check out the complete On The Dash guide to the Heuer Cam...
About a month ago, the people behind the wonderful non-profit Fashion Fights Cancer reached out and asked me if I would be willing to have dinner with one person, any person, that wanted to have dinner with me. Now I was familiar with all the work that this great 501(c)(3) does using ties with fashion, luxury, and media to support research related to cancer in the New York area, so naturally I was thrilled to participate. How does this work? You bid on a private dinner for you, a friend, and me, to take place in New York any time over the next calendar year. We talk about whatever you want, I buy you dinner, and 100% of the ...
Found: This Is What Timekeepers Looked Like At The 1968 Summer Olympics In Mexico
We're now in the final days of the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Following two weeks of intense competition, thousands of athletes will be flying back home after Sundays closing ceremony, some with a medal or two (or six, if youre Michael Phelps). As this year's games come to an end, it seems fitting to finish with a little bit of Olympic horological history.This split-seconds chronograph was made by Omega in 1966, and tested at the Pan-American games in Winnipeg, Canada, in 1967, ahead of the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City. It is powered by a caliber 1131 movement, and was built to time every clocked event of the games, from cycling to sprinting.The watch is part of a seri...
Hands-On: The Oak & Oscar Sandford GMT
When assessing a watch, too often we make judgments based on the name on the dial, ignoring other aspects that make it interesting or give it value. And while sometimes the brand name translates into resale value, prestige, or collectibility, focusing solely on the signature can do injustice to a watchs more substantive value. This is often seen with the so called "micro brands" or "boutique brands," which polarize watch enthusiasts. Some people ignore the name and admire (or even buy) a watch because they like what the watch offers in terms of design, features, or emotional value, while others reject it outright because it doesnt say "Rolex" or even "Longines" on the dial. Still, others a...
This week, chronographs are the stars of the show, with a good number of them currently listed on Ebay. Though these sporty watches were primarily built with functionality in mind, that didn't stop them from having stunning good looks, thanks to details like the sharp case of the famed Heuer Carrera and the reverse panda dial of the Breitling Top Time. Expect also to see some technically advanced pieces with the flyback and split-seconds complications, from, respectively, Longines and Eberhard. This is your Bring A Loupe for August 19, 2016. Eberhard Split-Seconds Chronograph, In Yellow Gold There is ...
Hands-On: The Arnold & Son HM Double Hemisphere Perpetual Moon
The Arnold & Son HM Double Hemisphere Perpetual Moon is pretty much pure eye candy. There's plenty of good stuff going on technically, but the real point of this watch is obviously to create a knock-your-socks-off visual display of the age and phase of the moon. In this area, the Double Hemisphere Perpetual Moon excels without question. The Arnold & Son HM Double Hemisphere Perpetual Moon has one of the most dramatic moonphase displays you're ever likely to see. The idea behind the watch, technically speaking, is that the moon looks different in the northern and southern hemispheres. Basically, the illuminated limb of the ...
As it's tradition 'round these parts, we know that a good chunk of the watch collecting world will be out in Carmel, California, this weekend for car week, and the good folks at Fourtan Jewelers and the Vintage Rolex Forum are up to their old tricks. Yes, this Saturday night, they'll be hosting a vintage watch get-together and all are welcome. Details below. No big deal, just a super-tropical Rolex GMT ref. 6542. What?A vintage watch get together, open to anyone with an interest, on Saturday night of car week.When? SATURDAY, AUGUST 20th 6:00PM to 9:00PM Where? Fourtan Estate Jewelers, Ocean Ave. at Lincoln in Carmel, CA 9392...
Watch Spotting: What Athletes Wore At The 2016 Olympic Games In Rio
I don't know about you all, but I am pretty depressed that the 2016 Rio Olympics are coming to a close. The past two weeks have been filled with such remarkable athleticism, some weird shenanigans, and a solid stream of distractions from normal life. Honestly, it's been hard to watch anything else. So as things wind down on the Copacabana, here is a list of some well-known Olympians and the watches they chose to wear on one of the world's largest stages.? Rafael Nadal, Tennis C Richard Mille (Photo: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) Rafael Nadal is one of the greatest tennis players to ever live. Pair him...
The Value Proposition: Longines Heritage 1969
Are you tired of me talking about tribute watches yet? I hope not, because this is a really awesome one. Longines has been featured in The Value Proposition a number of times, and for good reason. Out in Saint-Imier, they've done a nice job of digging back into the company archive for successful designs of days gone by and then recreating them without (as most companies do) screwing them up somehow. The latest example of this is the Heritage 1969 and it's one of the better watches on the market today under $2,500. The Longines Heritage 1969 is a no-nonsense watch that gets the details just right. Longines has done a lot of the...
Panerai has cultivated an extremely close relationship with yachting communities, sailors, and competitive yachtsmen for almost a dozen years, and the various circuits C in the Western Mediterranean, Atlantic, Caribbean, and North America C involve hundreds of yachts and yachtsmen competing in boats that span over a century of yacht design, construction, and competition. At the same time, however, Panerai also sponsors the nonprofit organization Sailing Heals, which, in conjunction with the North American regatta circuit, provides an opportunity for cancer patients, their caregivers, and their families to get out on the water and experience a day-sail in some of the most beautiful classic y...
For most of us, Panerai is a company we imagine (whether we realize it or not) largely in terms of what it's become since it was acquired by the Richemont Group in 1997. Though a lot of us know the pre-Richemont history of Panerai mostly in the context of their provision of diver's watches and other gear to Italian commandos looking to wage asymmetrical warfare against the British Home Fleet, there is actually a continuity of involvement in the maritime world going all the way back to the beginning of the 20th century (and which continued after the end of World War II as well). ?It's not often, however, that a landsman like myself gets to see how a Panerai looks and feels in the natural envi...
Weekend Reading: An Ice Hotel In Antarctica Where You Can Earn A Special Edition Bremont
Do you like traveling? I mean really?traveling. This year is the 10th anniversary of the White Desert camp, a collection of small buildings on a remote piece of land in Antarctica, and to celebrate it's gotten a serious upgrade. Included as part of the new White Desert travel package is the opportunity to purchase a special edition Bremont watch engraved with the dates of your expedition.Creating a luxury hotel in the interior of Antarctica is no easy task. Bloomberg Pursuits' Nikki Ekstein chronicled the transformation, illuminating how simple things like waste disposal and shipping in furnishings become monumental tasks in such a harsh, remote place. Booking an eight to 11 night stay at Wh...
First Look: The GPHG Presents This Years Competitors, And A Brand New Category
The Grand Prix dHorlogerie de Genve (GPHG) has published the full list of watches competing for this years awards, including the coveted Aiguille dOr, the most prestigious award in watchmaking. Hoping to win this year's edition (the 16th), is a typical mixed bag of well-known and not-so-well-known names. Let's take a look.At first glance, this may look like a relatively typical field for the GPHG, but there's one notable change worth acknowledging right off the bat: This years competition has a brand new category, the Travel Time, which recognizes watches that have world time, dual-time, and GMT functions. It replaces the Striking Watches category, which covered all sorts of chiming wat...
There's a wonderful documentary film about Henri Cartier-Bresson, starring the photographer himself, in which he looks back over a lifetime of work and gradually reduces the number of images that he feels represent that lifetime to just a handful. ?At one point, towards the end of the film, he looks bemusedly at the camera and says, "Really, how many pictures can you look at more than once? ?Not many, not many." ?The same is true of watches. While there are many that are perfectly fine, there are also very, very few that withstand repeated scrutiny and resist the erosion of initial excitement that follows in the wake of even some of the best watch designs out there. The Richard Lange Jumping...
Roger Dubuis doesnt do bland. You're either into the brand's aesthetic or you're not, and thats the way the companys CEO Jean-Marc Pontrou likes it.?Earlier today we received a quick announcement from the Geneva-based manufacture reporting the launch of its first North American exclusive. Based on the companys flagship tourbillon watch, the Excalibur Spider Americas Edition is a 20-piece limited edition only available in one location.So what exactly makes it different? There are red and yellow accents on the dial (the minutes track is yellow with red dots at the hours) plus a summer-appropriate white rubber strap. Thats it though C otherwise it's identical to the standard Excalibur Spi...
Hands-On: The Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda 1950 Special Edition Meteorite 'Abyss Blue'
The first time I visited the manufacturing centers of Parmigiani Fleurier was back in 2009, and, while I knew a little bit about the company, the visit was something of a revelation. It was easy back in those days to think of Parmigiani as a relatively small-batch undertaking, even as something of an underdog, and it occupied a very specific niche in the minds of American watch enthusiasts. The watches were certainly respected for the quality of their movements and the idiosyncratic biomorphism of their designs, but you never got the feeling that the manufacture was going to rise to the level of a more widely recognized luxury brand. Of course, the failure to do that isn't a failure at al...
Photo Report: The Dobel x HODINKEE Get-Together In New York City
Last week we co-hosted an event with Maestro Dobel Tequila at the Stephen Weiss Studio in New York City. Aptly named On Dobel Time, the event focused on the similarities between fine-crafted tequilas and vintage timepieces. Both take a lot of care, patience, and, for lack of a better word, time to produce. In order to reflect this partnership, we paired vintage watches from the HODINKEE Shop with different types of Dobel Tequila, including the Maestro Dobel Silver, Maestro Dobel Reposado, Maestro Dobel A?ejo, Maestro Dobel Humito, and the Maestro Dobel Diamante.?Each one of these tequilas was matched with the following watches respectively: a 1960s Vacheron Constantin Chronometre Royal in wh...
Blacked-out watches have become one of the most annoying wrist-worn trends of the last few years. With few exceptions, they're uninspiring, overpriced, and flat out ugly. This is one black watch, though, that I can fully get behind. Discommon creates small runs of over-engineered products ranging from straight razors to bottle openers, but its latest creation is the so-called "Discautavia," a fully-restored vintage Heuer Viceroy Autavia with a special black DLC coating. Bear with me on this one, I promise it's worth your time.Discommon founder Neil Ferrier's very first memorable encounter with watches was with a vintage Heuer. He was 18, his grandfather had just passed away, and he inherited...
Not for nothing is Jacob Arabo, founder of Jacob & Co., known for his jewelry and also for his diamond-set high jewelry watches. ?He's also famous for having been the first to mine the intersection between high luxury and pop culture, and though celebrities have been an appendage to luxury marketing for as long as there have been celebrities, it was really Jacob who was responsible for making luxury watches aspirational for pop music celebrities and their fans C as well as for film stars, supermodels, and other major media figures. ?Over the last 10 years, however, he's also moved into horology in a more technical way, making mechanical timepieces featuring unusual complications that rea...