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My Speedmaster Story: Howie Kendrick
This year, Omega and Speedmaster fans everywhere are celebrating a milestone: the 60th anniversary of the Omega Speedmaster Professional. The Speedmaster, as the name implies, is a watch that began life as an automotive-oriented timepiece but went on to become much, much more: the watch worn by Gemini and Apollo crews and amazingly, in use to this very day in manned space flight. Weve partnered with Omega to bring you a four-part video series of Speedmaster collectors telling their own, personal stories about their Speedmasters, and what makes the model so uniquely fascinating. This is part two of four. Enjoy....
Introducing: The Patek Philippe 5522A Limited Edition Pilot's Calatrava
Tomorrow in New York City, Patek Philippe will kick-off an enormous, 10-day-long, open-to-the-public "Grand Exhibition" entitled "The Art of Watchmaking." The event will take place at Cipriani on 42nd street across from Grand Central Station and will feature dozens of the most important pieces from Patek's history as well as looks at all that the manufacture stands for today. To celebrate, Patek has unveiled a handful of limited edition products that we'll be covering here today. Perhaps not the most interesting but indeed the most approachable, is this new time-only Calatrava reference 5522A. Yes, "A" as in "acier," or steel. Reference 5522A is very much a pilot...
One of the things that Patek Philippe and Rolex have in common (other than the fact that they both make watches, which some people would say is all they have in common) is that both attract very strong defenders and very vocal detractors. However, it's also true that just as Rolex is Rolex for a reason, so Patek is Patek for a reason and one area in which the company has traditionally excelled, has been in the making of highly complicated watches. In celebration of the opening of The Art Of Watches Grand Exhibition on July 13, Patek has announced the release of a new complication: the?Reference 5531R World Time Minute Repeater New York 2017 Special Edition. ...
Introducing: The Patek Philippe World Time Ref. 5230G New York 2017 Limited Edition
Some of the most highly valued and horologically interesting watches from Patek Philippe, are its world time watches, which it began producing as the reference 1415 in 1939. Historically these were made in small numbers (in the case of enamel dial 1415s, extremely small numbers; only eight have appeared on the market at auction since production ceased in 1954) and with or without enamel dials, world time watches like the reference?5230G-001 in white gold, remain a cornerstone of Patek's collections.?Patek has just announced that in conjunction with the Art Of Watches Grand Exhibition, which opens tomorrow in New York, that it will release a number of special editions including the reference ...
Introducing: The Arpal One From Laurent Ferrier And Urwerk For Only Watch 2017
Last week, the collection of unique watches for the 2017 Only Watch charity auction were announced en masse. But, if you browsed through all 49 pieces, you probably noticed that one was still just a sketch. We learned that independents Laurent Ferrier and Urwerk were teaming up, but we only got a little tease of what they would be offering up this fall. Well, the wait is over, and what we're getting from these two distinctive brands is an equally distinctive watch in the Arpal One. The sketch of the Arpal One released last week. Anyone who's interested in contemporary horology knows both Urwerk and Laurent Ferrier. Urwer...
Introducing: The Speidel Twist-O-Flex Bracelet For Apple Watch
In all of watchmaking, there are few things as iconic as the classic Speidel Twist-O-Flex bracelet. Basically anyone who is at all into vintage watches has seen them, probably worn one, and likely lost some arm hair to those stretchy links. The old-school stretch bracelet isn't just for vintage Speedmasters and Universal Genve Polerouters though C now you can get one specially made for the Apple Watch. The Twist-O-Flex is one of those little bits of watch nostalgia that never ceases to be charming for me. The bracelets are comfortable, they last forever, and they exhibit just the right balance of simplicity and over-engineering. Essentially two sets of links are...
Happenings: Your First Look Inside The 2017 Patek Philippe Grand Exhibition In New York City (VIDEO)
The Patek Philippe Art of Watches Grand Exhibition is open to the public today, and yesterday we had an opportunity to walk through it with none other than Thierry Stern, the CEO of Patek Philippe. If you're wondering what the show is like, we can definitely say C as the saying goes C that it's "just what it says on the tin." This really is a Grand Exhibition, with an incredible diversity of watches and clocks spanning centuries of production. One of two military prototype hour angle watches made in the 1930s C both sized at 55mm. Complicated pocket watch made for James Ward Packard. Deliver...
In case you haven't heard, Patek Philippe is hosting a Grand Exhibition in New York from July 13-23. It's filled with spectacular timepieces that range from an ornamental watch with singing bird automaton in the shape of a flintlock pistol (from 1815) to the ultra complicated Caliber 89. In addition to this array of horological treasures, Patek has also introduced a series of special edition modern watches being released in honor of this momentous occasion. You may have read about the new Pilot's Calatrava reference 5522A, the World Time reference 5230G, and the World-Time Minute Repeater 5531R, but what you may have missed was the new series of ladies' watches also introduced as part of the...
Earlier this week we teamed up with Baume & Mercier to celebrate the brand's Clifton Club collection in Los Angeles. The new dive watches come in a variety of colors and finishes, with loads of different straps and bracelets to choose from too C you can check out Stephen's hands-on look at a few of the models here. On Wednesday evening, a group of collectors and enthusiasts gathered at The Spare Room at The Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, where everyone enjoyed cocktails over board games and bowling. We were joined by a few special guests of Baume & Mercier, including Race Imboden, an Olympic fencer, and brothers David and Lorenzo Henrie, who are both actor...
A Week On The Wrist: The Tudor Black Bay Chronograph
The Tudor Black Bay Chronograph was first shown at Baselworld 2017, and right away it was the center of a great deal of attention and not a small amount of controversy.?First of all, it was the very first Tudor chronograph to use the Breitling B01 chronograph movement, which was a startling move to say the least, and one which few if any outside Breitling and Tudor saw coming. The movement is an excellent one technically; many in the industry praised its overall engineering and watchmaker-friendly design when it first debuted, and all of the excellent technical properties of this modern, column wheel, vertical clutch controlled chronograph are obviously present in the Tudor version, but it w...
This week, we go back to the 1980s with a yellow gold Royal Oak and its stunning perpetual calendar complication. We will also look at many iconic chronographs, like the Zenith El Primero A386 and the Breitling Navitimer in its Cosmonaute configuration, sporting a 24-hour dial. And the funky pick of the week goes to the?Favre-Leuba Sea Sky GMT, which combines yellow and orange notes on its dial and handset.?This is your Bring A Loupe for July 14, 2017. A Zenith El Primero A386, With Box And Papers Among the first El Primero models that Zenith released in 1969, the reference A386 shines through with its tr...
In a very unexpected turn of events, the Richemont Group has announced that, effective immediately, Mr. Georges Kern will step down from his position as Head of Watchmaking, Marketing and Digital.In a brief announcement the Group said:"Richemont regrets to announce the resignation with immediate effect of Mr. Georges Kern. Mr. Kern was Head of Watchmaking, Marketing and Digital. He has stepped down from the Senior Executive Committee and the Group Management Committee and will no longer be standing for election to the Board of Directors of Compagnie Financire Richemont SA at the forthcoming annual general meeting of shareholders."Commenting on Mr. Kern's decision, Mr. Johann Rupert, Chairma...
Welcome to episode 10 of Friday Live! Today we'll be taking a look at the incredible Patek Philippe exhibition and talking about some of our favorite watches, with hosts Jack and Cara sifting through the incredible variety of timepieces there, spanning centuries, to focus on those that especially won their hearts and minds.We'll also be discussing the biggest news of the day and indeed the biggest news in a while: that Georges Kern, who had been Richemont's head of Watches, Digital, and Marketing, has resigned effective immediately and totally unexpectedly, apparently to assume some role at Breitling.Finally, we have a very special guest: Mr. Billy Ruvelson, a prominent Patek Philippe collec...
Ah, the great tradition of revenge Ebay listings C there should practically be a dedicated filter for such a sale on the homepage. There isn't, but if there were, you can bet this one would be right at the top of the list. The listing is for a vintage Heuer Calculator Chronograph, the lovable and quirky 1970s watch you see below. But the listing is unusual, as is the headline. It reads "Vintage Heuer Calculator Chronograph Watch - Divorce my Slime Cheating Husband." Oh dear. This one is sure to go down as a classic vintage watch ebay listing. If you read a little further down, you get a little more of the story. Turns out the ...
The Value Proposition: The Tissot Ballade
It's hard to pin down exactly what "value" means when we're talking about mechanical watches. Considering that nobody actually needs a mechanical watch, it's really all grey area. However, there are a few things that I think we can all agree bring value to the table: robustness of construction, aesthetic finish and execution, and quality of movement technology. The Tissot Ballade delivers on all three, and with a price tag under $1,000 makes one heck of a case for itself. The Tissot Le Locle Chronometre is a special edition of the Powermatic 80. The Ballade is an extension of the Powermatic 80 collection, which has been a core...
Recommended Reading: Two Early Heuer Carreras Go Head-To-Head
The year 1963 was a big one for watch lovers: two of the most important chronographs ever made suddenly appeared, each with design choices that would change wristwatches forever. These were the Rolex Daytona and its iconic tachymeter bezel, and the very first Carrera, which introduced a totally new case shape with faceted lugs that became a Heuer signature. While we have already done an in-depth report on the original Carrera reference 2447, this three-register chrono was quickly followed by the reference 3647, which shared the same astoundingly legible dial, this time only with two sub-registers. An early reference 3647, called the "Carrera 45" in the ...
Business News: Tudor Joins Facebook With An In-Depth Brand Timeline
Tudor has been one of the more active watch brands on Instagram for some time now (follow them at @tudorwatch if you don't already), but now the Swiss manufacture has hopped onto Facebook. This might not seem like the biggest news in the world, but in the notoriously traditional watch industry, ramping up social media is still very much a work-in-progress. You can?visit the brand new page here, and there are a few things you should definitely check out while you're there. The most interesting thing about Tudor's Facebook page is how they've chosen to use the Timeline. Instead of just a series of daily posts and such, Tudor's created an interactive timeline (note ...
Interview: With Sandrine Stern, Patek Philippe Head of Creation
Last week, during the Patek Philippe Grande Exhibition in New York, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Sandrine Stern, Head of Creation of Patek Philippe and wife of Thierry Stern, the brand's President. We covered everything from her entry into the watch industry to the Grand Exhibition itself to her favorite watch. Cara BarrettHow did you get into the industry?Sandrine stern I came to Patek Philippe around 21 years ago. Patek Philippe was smaller, because it was not the same thing as today. It was already such a big brand in terms of a watch company, and I knew this brand because my father is a jeweler. So I always knew Pat...
The Ulysse Nardin Trilogy Of Time are among that group of watches which, for a variety of reasons, are not as well remembered as they should be, especially among collectors and enthusiasts relatively new to watchmaking. There are a number of reasons for this, including the fact that the last of the three watches in the Trilogy was introduced in the early 1990s (it's the one you see here) as well as the fact that the styling is very much of an era C the design of the Trilogy watches is more akin to the somewhat baroque aesthetic of, say, the original IWC Da Vinci watches (which are of roughly the same era) than to anything in more modern watchmaking. The Tri...
Rewind: In Honor Of National Moon Day, Here Are Six Lunar-Themed Stories
It seems like there is something new to celebrate every day these days. There's National Pizza Day (my personal favorite), National Ice Cream Day, and National Emoji Day (yep). But today we are celebrating National Moon Day, and with good reason: today is the anniversary of the first landing on the moon, by Apollo 11, 48 years ago. And while most people might not make the connection between watches and moons, we certainly do. So in honor of the moon (and moonphase) we have rounded up five of our favorite lunar-related articles.? Reference Points: Understanding The Omega Speedmaster (Video) The Omega Speedmaster Moon Watch. ...