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Its Tuesday, and for Omega fans, that means its #SpeedyTuesday. The hashtag, created by Fratello Watches founder Robert-Jan Broer in 2012, has since been adopted throughout the world by Speedmaster owners and enthusiasts who celebrate the many editions of the company's hero model on the second day of the week. The OMEGA Speedmaster Speedy Tuesday Limited Edition. To celebrate the trendsetting chronograph, Omega has launched a limited edition Speedmaster Professional with a reverse panda dial and and luminescent radial sub-dials. And it's seriously gorgeous. The new watch has a reverse ...
We're always working hard to make the HODINKEE experience better for you in every way. Whether that's designing limited edition collaborations for the HODINKEE Shop, getting exclusive interviews with top executives, or custom designing the HODINKEE App for iPad, there's always something in the works. Today we have something very exciting to present to you, and we're calling it HODINKEE Community. Allow us to explain. One of the things we've always prided ourselves on here at HODINKEE is being a focal point for a dedicated community of watch lovers from around the world. This comes out in various forms, from our in-perso...
Introducing: The Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication
Very big news last year, in every possible sense of the word, was Vacheron Constantin's launch of the ref. 57260 pocket watch, the most complicated watch in the world. It had myriad complications, many astronomical in orientation, and some quite unusual (including a lunisolar Hebraic perpetual calendar). For 2017, Vacheron Constantin has announced a new highly-complicated watch; this time, however, it's a wristwatch, which focuses on astronomical indications in a very pure way. This is the Les Cabinotiers Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication, and it's the most complicated wristwatch Vacheron has ever created.? The Celestia is a sort of wristwatch en...
Introducing: The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Ultra-Thin Ref. 15202 'Jumbo' Now In Yellow Gold
Audemars Piguet continues to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first precious metal Royal Oak (kicked off with these frosted gold numbers back in November) with the release of a new Royal Oak Ultra-Thin Ref. 15202 "Jumbo" in yellow gold. This is big news for AP lovers, as the manufacture only recently started re-releasing certain watches from the Royal Oak collection in yellow gold, and this particular model is a fan favorite. So what is different about this new Ultra-Thin? Let's find out. The new yellow gold ref. 15202 with gold dial. The new yellow gold ref. 15202 with blue dial. ...
It's almost here. SIHH 2017. Monday starts one of the biggest weeks in watches for the entire year, with 30 brands from Audemars Piguet to Vacheron Constantin and Christophe Claret to Urwerk showing off their latest creations and innovations. Of course, team HODINKEE will be on the ground in Geneva bringing you all the live coverage you could ask for (and then some). Read below for a guide to all the awesome stories and experiences we've got coming your way over the next week. While we've already been able to share a few previews with you (and we'll have a few more for you tomorrow), the real news will start dropping in earnest on Monday morning around 7:00...
Introducing: The Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Symphonia Grande Sonnerie 1860
It might seem strange to you that despite its very long history as a maker of very complicated watches (including last year's supercomplicated pocket watch, the ref. 57260) Vacheron Constantin has never made a grande sonnerie wristwatch. It looks like it seemed strange to VC as well; for the 2017 SIHH the company is introducing the first grande sonnerie wristwatch it's ever made, ever. The entire watch was assembled, adjusted, and regulated by a single watchmaker who expended around 500 hours of extremely expert labor on the watch.? A quick recap on chiming watches: there are all sorts of variations, but generally they fall into just two categories: the son...
Introducing: The Herms Slim d'Herms Quantime Perptuel In Platinum With Blue Dial
Yes, we have our very first Baselworld pre-release coming to you a few days before SIHH, but trust me it's a good one. Herms is unveiling an updated version of the Slim d'Herms Quantime Perptuel, this time in platinum with deep blue dial. This one looks like it's going to be good. You may remember the Slim d'Herms Quantime Perptuel from when it was released two years ago or when we did this in-depth review of the time-only Slim d'Herms. It was quite a hit with us (and many of you), so we are really excited that the French luxury house is continuing to develop the collection, bringing us the Slim d'Herms QP in an updated configuration. Originally it...
Dispatches: (Re)Visiting The Breguet Museum In Paris
Very few watch boutiques in the world are able to offer a client the dual experience of both getting exceptional service while purchasing a piece from its current collection AND of seeing watches that once belonged to an elite club of owners he or she has just joined. But Breguets flagship boutique in Paris, on the southeast corner of the Place Vendome,?can do just that. The boutique sits on the southeast corner of the Place Vendome in Paris. The first floor of the boutique is normal enough, with a great selection of watches from the current collection. Nothing too crazy there C it would be a little strange if it were otherwi...
Introducing: The H. Moser Swiss Mad Watch, With A Case Made Of Real Swiss Cheese
We told you a few weeks ago that H. Moser would be removing the "Swiss Made" label from its watches in 2017 in protest of what it views as lax regulations on the designation that work in favor of companies outsourcing work from the country. At the time, Moser also said it would be releasing "the most Swiss watch ever created" too, showing what real Swiss Made could mean. We knew it would be something interesting, but we could never have predicted this (though Arthur sort of did a while back): a watch with a case made of actual Swiss cheese. I'm not kidding. Not one bit. As a bit of background, before we get into the dairy-laden Swiss Mad Watch itself, H. Moser's ...
The A. Lange & Sohne "Pour le Mrite" watches go way back with the modern incarnation of A. Lange & Sohne; the very first was the Tourbillon "Pour le Mrite," which at the time of its introduction in 1994 was the very first wristwatch ever made with a fuse and chain. Yes, a fuse and chain is impractical in a wristwatch, and yes, it's an anachronism (it takes up space, it's not necessary in a modern watch with a lever escapement, balance spring, and which uses modern alloys for the mainspring).? This was, and is, less important than the fact that it's a statement about Lange's philosophy, which is not just about pure technical superiority, but also...
Introducing: The Ressence Type 1 Squared
There are few watches that get devotees as excited as do those from Ressence. The orbital time-telling system is distinctive and the modern styling eye-catching, not to mention the mechanical problems that had to be solved to create watches like the Type 1, Type 3, and Type 5. Next week at SIHH, Ressence is presenting the Type 1 Squared, a dressier iteration on the Type 1 with some new innovations and slightly more traditional styling. Here's a first look. Three of the four colors of the Ressence Type 1 Squared C silver, night blue, and ruthenium. The Type 1 Squared starts with the same bones as the original Type 1, but with a...
At first glance, the five watches we found this week have little in common, representing an interesting mix of a diver, an ultra-thin, a 1970s luxury sports watch, and a pair of chronographs. Yet, looking closer they all united by each offering a little something special and desirable, be that a tropical dial for the Movado with an M95 chronograph movement or a complete set of box and papers for the Vacheron Constantin reference 222. Expect also to find a full set Rolex Submariner 5513 and an interesting Longines chronograph with flyback complication. This is your Bring A Loupe for January 13, 2017. Longines Chronograph Reference 6474, With Flyback Complica...
Introducing: The A. Lange & Sohne Little Lange 1 In Pink Gold With A Guilloch Dial
The A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1 is kind of a cult favorite (at least of the cult I am in), so I am pretty excited to announce the new pink gold Little Lange 1 with a guilloch dial. Last year, we saw a lot from Lange, including the Saxonia Moon Phase, the Richard Lange Jumping Seconds, the Datograph Perpetual Calendar, the Lange 1 in white gold, and the Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar. Phew. Furthermore, just last month the German manufacture released the Lange 1 Moon Phase with hybrid moonphase indicator. Well, this year the Little Lange 1 is getting some attention with a little extra (understated) flair. The cute, I mean, Little Lange 1 has a 36.8m...
Introducing: The Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Automatic Master Chronometer
This year is the 60th anniversary of the Speedmaster, and you can bet we're going to be talking about it from now until December 31. There's no way Omega lets this one slip by without some serious fanfare and some awesome watches. Hot on the heels of its latest release, the limited edition Speedmaster "Speedy Tuesday,"?Omega has decided to announce another Speedmaster, this time in the automatic range. Meet the Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Automatic Master Chronometer. The Speedmaster Moonwatch Automatic Master Chronometer has a so-called "racing dial" inspired by a 1968 Speedy. The Speedmaster Automatic Master Chronometer look...
Oris has steadily released a ton of hits over the past year. We've seen?several new dive watches from the Swiss manufacture, including color updates to the Divers Sixty-Five, and a jazz-inspired dress watch. This year for Baselworld (yes, we are already talking about Baselworld), Oris is unveiling a new, fully in-house developed movement for a new watch that features a so-called "business calendar" complication. Here's a first look at the Oris Artelier Calibre 113. The Artelier Calibre 113 is the maker's fourth in-house developed movement, since first launching the calibre 110 in 2014. The calibre 113 (along with the calibre 111 and calibre 112) is based on...
I'm calling it right here and right now, this is the hottest watch of SIHH 2017. I'm not saying it's the best, or the most innovative, or even the most universally loved, but it'll be the hottest, guaranteed. What is it? It's the Royal Oak from AP, in full-on perpetual calendar form, but the case this time? Not steel or any precious metal, but rather matte black, brushed ceramic! AP says it takes 30 hours to finish the bracelet alone, five times as long as it would on a steel RO. Now this seems simple enough, right? Nah, not really. Sure, the caliber is the same 5134 found in the existing RO QP, offering a great thin take on a...
Introducing: The Ulysse Nardin Classico Manufacture 'Grand Feu'
Ulysse Nardin is launching a new edition of the Classico Manufacture with a blue grand feu enamel dial created by Donz Cadrans, one of the companys subsidiaries. Donz Cadrans is one of the few specialists still practicing the special enameling technique and it looks like the results here are something to really pay attention to.The elegant Classico Manufacture was first launched in 2015, and with it Ulysse Nardin finally introduced an in-house movement to the Classico collection in the UN-320 caliber. The automatic movement is equipped with a silicon hairspring and Ulysse Nardins hallmark anchor escapement, and it packs a 48-hour power reserve. It might be basic, but it's got all the sig...
Introducing: The Vacheron Constantin Copernic 'Celestial Spheres' Metiers d'Art
Vacheron Constantin is one of the rare manufactures to have its own true in-house Mtiers dArt department with experts in a variety of crafts like engraving, gem-setting, and enameling. But Vacheron's department doesn't just create some of the most beautiful timepieces around, it also creates really clever timepieces that introduce new time-telling functions and blend mechanics and art into one. The Copernic "Celestial Spheres" Mtiers dArt displays this ideal perfectly. This watch is named in honor of famed mathematician Nicolas Copernicus, and it displays his theory of heliocentrism, which states that the Earth spins on its axis and orbits around the Su...
Introducing: The A. Lange & Sohne 1815 Annual Calendar
The annual calendar is an interesting complication for A. Lange & Sohne. It is both greatly respected by Lange aficionados and yet it hasn't seemed a huge priority for the manufacture itself over the last few years. Well, say hello to the new 1815 Annual Calendar from A. Lange & Sohne. This ones a beauty, and it takes the manufacture's annual calendar into very new territory, with some new tech and a new look. It's the Lange you didn't know you wanted. Let's dig right in. This is the first time we're getting this complication in an 1815 collection watch, and it's perfectly suited to the family. The 40mm case is rendered in pink or white gold the di...
Introducing: The New Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph, An Update On A Modern Classic
We sensed something special would be coming from Le Brassus this year, but we were a little unsure about the exact model, since there are a number of Royal OakCrelated anniversaries this year. What we have here is a new Royal Oak Chronograph marking the 20th anniversary of that model, with a seriously updated look. No, these don't contain a new in-house chronograph movement, but they're worth taking a closer look at nonetheless. In total, Audemars Piguet is offering seven different executions of the new series C three in stainless steel and four in pink gold. Well get to the details in a bit, but first, heres a look at how this new range differs from the previo...