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Culture Of Time: A Botanical Sculpture Inspired By Grand Seiko Timepieces
On his Instagram page, Azuma Makoto describes himself in two words: "Flower artist." Not that one would confuse his high-profile work with that of a traditional neighborhood florist. The 44-year-old Fukuoka native is best known for an experimental project in which he shot plants C including, famously, bonsai trees C into the stratosphere.? For his latest project, Azuma has partnered with Grand Seiko to make a floral sculpture in his Tokyo studio?inspired by watches from the company's Japan Seasons Collection: A botanical sculpture referencing wristwatches that themselves reflect back to nature.?Though Azuma's "Art of Time" sculpt...
Photo Report: Celebrating Volume 14 of Hodinkee Magazine in NYC
Last week, we launched Volume 14 of Hodinkee Magazine, and to celebrate, we threw a little party for friends and Hodinkee staff at Watches of Switzerland in Hudson Yards. From new and long-time collaborators to old friends of the brand, the room was packed with great people, interesting conversations, and some great watches. Take a scroll through the photos below to see some moments from the event, including many familiar faces that turned out to celebrate Volume 14. You can get your own copy of Volume 14 right here....
Hands-On: Raymond Weil Millesime Small Seconds 35mm Menthol
The Raymond Weil Millesime Small Seconds 35mm 'Menthol' skirts easy categorization. While you might encounter this Swiss timepiece in department stores or airports alongside more commonplace offerings, dismissing it as merely another "mall watch" would be a mistake. The Geneva-based, family-owned brand has been quietly elevating its design language in recent years, crafting pieces that can speak to serious collectors while remaining accessible to newcomers. This particular model exemplifies that evolutionit balances classical horological elements with contemporary sensibilities, delivering genuine Swiss industrial craftsmanship at an approachable $2,000 price point. For Raymond Weil, long k...
Three On Three: The Best Summer Watch (Video)
After a year and a half on the back burner, one of Hodinkee's favorite video franchises, Three On Three, makes its triumphant return (again). Back like the McRib, this edition pits three editors against each other, all prompted with the simple question, "What is the best summer watch?" The greatest trick the watch gods ever pulled was convincing the world that Summer, the season of fun in the sun, is the worst time of year to wear your favorite watches. To many, the summer is more of a season of sweat-stained Cordovan straps, swollen wrists necessitating micro-adjust clasps, and wristshots resembling a floating tube of flesh without the context of a shirt sleeve....
Introducing: Farer Refreshes Its Aqua Compressor Line With Three New Designs
The Farer Aqua Compressor has returned, in three new models for this year's offering. While the line has been part of Farer's collection since 2017, this year's trio of designs marks the first time the Aqua Compressor will say goodbye to Sellita and features an updated movement via the La Joux-Perret G101. First adopted by the British brand in its three-hander collection, it has now made its way onto these fun divers. The case design remains the same, featuring a cushion-style compressor case made from grade 2 titanium. It's certainly a ligh...
Magazine Feature: These Watch Dealers Want You To Feel Very Special
As you may already know, Hodinkee Magazine Volume 14 is officially out and alive in the world. It always feels a little surreal when a new issue drops, but it's also one of the most gratifying parts of what we do. As part of the launch, I wanted to share one of my favorite stories from the issue. The online version is live now, with a few extra photos that we couldn't squeeze into print.If you've been thinking about picking up Volume 14, or want to be ready when subscriptions for Volume 15 go live, click here.?And now, over to Very Special Very Special's brand color is purple a deliberate choice by their creative director Mike Tran (who has also been design di...
Gatherings: A. Lange & Sohne in Focus: UBS House of Craft Shines a Light on German Craftsmanship
Watch enthusiasts tend to have strong loyalties to their favorite brands, but there's a special level of fervor reserved for German watchmaker A. Lange & Sohne. The reasons for this are many and varied, but most can be distilled down to a single word: craft. For the latest edition of UBS House of Craft, Charles Langlois, A. Lange & Sohne's Brand President of the Americas, joined Hodinkee's Mark Kauzlarich for an exclusive evening of cocktails, conversation, and an exquisite showcase of haute horlogerie. UBS House of Craft is a global initiative celebrating excellence in craft across diver...
Introducing: A New Generation Of The Breitling Superocean Heritage
The Breitling Superocean Heritage has just undergone its most significant refresh since 2017, with a substantial collection overhaul launching today. For those like me, who have always found the divers a bit too large (with the smallest models measuring a generous 42mm), keep reading. This new generation introduces a brand-new size that I think will make many people happy that's right C it's a brand-new 40mm Superocean Heritage. The cases have been slimmed down, with the 40mm Superocean Heritage coming in at a 48.2mm lug-to-lug and surprisingly reasonable 11.73mm thickness. The lug design and fully polished case remain the same, although a more distinctive, mus...
Tuesday afternoon at Sotheby's on York Avenue in Manhattan, the gavel fell for the final time this spring and early summer, wrapping another auction season. With a moment to breathe after sales all across the world from the four major houses, we can begin to digest. These days, at the end of this season as well as at the end of the sister winter auction season, are the best times of the year to step back and evaluate the ever-turning gears of the collector watch market. Image courtesy of Phillips. Are the major watch auctions overly grandiose and weirdly champagne-filled at times? Sure. But if boiled down to the core, this is ...
Business News: Roundup: De Bethune CEO Departing, Chrono24 Rebrands
In mid-week watch business news, there's a significant change in the corner office at independent brand De Bethune, while the biggest online dedicated marketplace for pre-owned watches is sporting a different look and message under its new CEO.Pierre Jacques is stepping aside as Chief Executive Officer of Swiss brand De Bethune, a role he first assumed in 2011, the company announced on LinkedIn on Wednesday. Jacques will become Honorary President as the brand, co-founded by master watchmaker Denis Flageollet in 2002, undergoes "a seamless transition,'' the company said. Pierre Jacques (left), Denis Flageollet (center), and Justin Reis (right), executive...
Last summer, Uncle Jeff came to town and thudded an old Ziploc on the table. "Brought some of your dad's old stuff," he declared. A single hand hovered over the bag. "Got it from your aunt." In the thirty years since my father was killed in action, many similar bags and boxes have been handed over. Over time, the cracked Rubbermaid containers stacked up to my attic's rafters, a quarter-inch of dust crowning their ancient lids. But every box of Dad's old stuff was a thrill to open. Each produced new mysteries, memories, oddities More than once, I pulled a sword from a box. But never a watch. As a midd...
Introducing: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Automatique C Now In 38mm
Today, Blancpain is releasing two new Fifty Fathoms models in a 38 millimeter case size, for the first time ever, according to the brand. And though this may feel like an end to the sizing cold war standoff that's bruised so many a dainty-wristed ego, a cease-fire is never that simple. Blancpain says these two new watches, each of which features mother-of-pearl dgrad dials, are specifically made and designed for women. Gender aside, a Blancpain Fifty Fathoms in a 38 millimeter case has been a long time coming. Enthusiasts and collectors have been pining for a vintage-sized but modern-built vers...
Introducing: MB&F HM8 Mark 2 Gets A New Limited Edition In Purple
Today, MB&F releases its latest limited-edition HM8 Mark 2. When the Mark 2 version of MB&F's wildly stylized take on the driver's watch debuted in 2023, a standard production white colorway was introduced along with a yearly limited edition. In 2023, British racing green adorned the watch, while last year we saw a glossy blue colorway. This year, the 33-piece limited edition comes in a vibrant metallic purple, a color all too familiar to fans of MB&F. As with prior editions, the automotive-inspired, highly shaped case is made out of grade 5 titanium, with panels of CarbonMacrolon on the top and bottom to sandwich the...
Introducing: The Tudor Black Bay 54 "Lagoon Blue" [Updated: Live Pics]
Today, Tudor is extending its Black-Bay 54 line by delivering a new 37mm icy baby-blue dial variant. The Black Bay 54 "Lagoon Blue" holds much of the same specs as the original 2023 release but comes with a mirror-polished relief-style bezel, a five-link bracelet, and, of course, the new sand-textured "Lagoon Blue" dial. The original BB 54 was revolutionary in modern terms for a gal like myself, offering a pared-down case profile and vintage-adjacent proportions. Intended as a modern take on Tudor's first dive watch (the reference 7922 of, you guessed it, the year 1954), this new variation with blue dial carries pretty much all t...
Editors' Picks: Picking Father's Day Watches For Our Dads
The watch world runs on tradition. Ask any collector how they got started, and nine times out of ten, you'll hear, "My dad got me into watches." (The other one out of ten? "I got into them after I started reading Hodinkee.")* With Father's Day approaching this weekend, we decided to flip the script. Instead of dads passing down their passion, what if the watch-obsessed kids were the ones doing the gifting? In this spirit, we asked our editors to choose one watch they'd give to their fathers, with two simple rules: it needed to have been launched in recent history, and it needed to be readily available at retail, so no sold-out LEs.Whether you're scrambling for a last-minute gift or just curi...
Happenings: The Horological Society Of New York To Hold Classes In Orange County and Las Vegas
The Horological Society of New York's award-winning classes are on the road again! HSNY is visiting Orange County on August 30 and 31, 2025, hosted by Chopard and Rezvani Motors. Then HSNY heads to Las Vegas on September 13 and 14, 2025, hosted by LV Luxury at Bellusso.At HSNY's Horological Education classes, students discover what actually makes a watch tick under the guidance of the HSNY's staff of professional watchmakers. Students work on a mechanical watch movement, studying the gear train, winding and setting mechanisms, and escapement. The weekend half-day classes cover everything taught during the individual evening classes held in New York.Enrollment is now open for the classes, and...
On a chilly August night in Paris in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, I settled in on a bench to watch as the Olympic beach volleyball tournament got underway. Shortly after the start, a stranger sat next to me with the new Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150m Ultra Light on his wrist C the latest version that had just launched with pole vaulting phenom Mondo Duplantis C and we hit it off. That mystery man was Gregory Kissling, then Omega's Vice President of Product. But he also had another secret. At that moment, Kissling had already known for two months that he was in line to lead the Swatch Group's second oldest house: Breguet. Now celebrating its 250th Anniversary,...
Introducing: The SpaceOne WorldTimer C An Extra-Terrestrial Watch For Time Zones On Terra Firma
SpaceOne is the ultimate multi-hyphenate brand for 2025. The hyper-futuristic-yet-affordable avant-garde (brand led by entrepreneur Guillaume Laidet, with design by Olivier Gamiette and watchmaking chops from young indie phenom Theo Auffret) returns with its third model, the new SpaceOne WorldTimer. We previously covered the brand's Tellurium and original Jumping Hour on the site, and I'm a fan. Yes, some of the designs draw inspiration from elements like the De Bethune Dream Watch 5 (in the case of the Jumping Hour), and the blued hues of the case are often another De Bethune signature. However, the horological prowess demonstra...
Happy Friday, and welcome back to Bring A Loupe! As we come down from the highs of last week's New York sales, we're weaning off auctions a bit. There are two great sales that I want to direct your attention toward, but if you're an auction hater, don't worry, they're not at major houses. We'll be taking a trip to France, stopping off at a small town called Tours, which, funnily enough, is best known as a starting point for Loire Valley castle tours, and we will eventually touch down in Paris. And if you stick around until the end, you'll be rewarded with an eBay pick. We're well covered with results click here for my full auction recap so let's get straight ...
Hands-On: The Longines Legend Diver Gets A Summer-Ready White Dial
Earlier this summer, Longines introduced a new colorway to the 39mm Legend Diver series, and it's so perfect for the model that it's a wonder it took this long to arrive. The resized 39mm version of the Legend Diver, first launched in 2023, has gone through its fair share of colorways. From the original blue and black dials to last year's trio of green, grey, and "terracotta" dials, it's been clear that the 39mm Legend Diver has been a popular option. So, when I got a preview of the white dial, I knew that I had to get my hands on one. While...