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Introducing: The Zenith Defy Classic Black Ceramic
Today we have one of our first previews of what Zenith will formally unveil in Geneva next month. It's the latest in the company's Defy range, a collection whose name evokes a conflict with overtly traditional aspects of watch design. For a brand that to many is largely defined by a chronograph movement that came out in the late 1960s, Defy might seem like Zenith's chance to get out from under the shadow of its own estimable legacy, but this actual case design is in fact heavily influenced by the original Zenith Defy, which came out back in the 1970s. The watch looks like it might be pretty complicated at first glance, but it's actually a fairly simple automatic openworked three-hander with ...
H10: Livestream: The Why Of Dive Watches
What is it about dive watches? From actual divers to desk-diving super-collectors, join a panel of experts on a deep dive into the worlds favorite sport watch. With hosts Jason Heaton and James Stacey and guests Rolf Studer (CEO, Oris Watches) and Reza Ali Rashidian (a notable Rolex dive watch specialist and collector), this is not a panel to miss if you prefer your watches with bright lume and big water resistance. As dive watches become less of a required tool and more of a general luxury, where does the heart of the dive watch lie? With input from all sides of the dive watch world, this lively conversation will contrast modern watch production with both the diving and the collector persp...
H10: Livestream: How Vintage Watches Are Really Bought And Sold
Ever wonder how vintage watch dealers source their watches? Here, three of the top American dealers will chat about how they became experts, how they find the best watches on Earth, and how they run their businesses. How did they get started? What was it like in the 1980s and 90s? Where is watch collecting today? This one will offer you an inside look at the contemporary vintage watch market and how it really works behind the scenes....
H10: Livestream: A Conversation With Aurel Bacs C Embracing The Controversy
Aurel Bacs, acclaimed vintage watch auctioneer, will join founder Benjamin Clymer for an incredibly candid conversation about the state of the vintage watch market. Topics will include a debate on the future value of restored watches, just how involved are watch manufacturers in inflating auction prices, does money laundering happen in the watch world, how has social media changed the role of the expert, and finally, is there really a bubble about to burst?...
H10: Livestream: How I Collect C What Makes Five Watch Lovers Tick
What makes a great collection? Well sit down with noted watch collectors Grahame Fowler, Howie Kendrick, Aldis Hodge, Wei Koh, and Kevin Rose to tease this topic out and, hopefully, arrive at a something close to a definitive answer. Each of these gentlemen approaches his watch collecting from a slightly different angle, from Fowler, who loves vintage Rolex; to Hodge, who designs watches in his spare time and brings a creative perspective to the hobby; to Koh, who built a successful magazine around his interest; to Rose, whose passion for watches led him to found Watchville before joining HODINKEE in 2015. While each panel members collecting skews toward fine mechanical pieces, theres con...
H10: Livestream: The Independents C The Future Of High-End Watchmaking
While the vast majority of watches are mass-produced for mass consumption, even at the high end, a few independent watchmakers continue to produce individualized timepieces in very small numbers for a selective global audience. The Gronefeld brothers, Maximilian Bsser, and Roger W. Smith each represent particular approaches to this most challenging path, and will discuss the difficulties and rewards of their work, as well as share their thoughts for the future of independent watchmaking in a universe increasingly dominated by big group brands....
H10: Livestream: HODINKEE Radio (Live!) With Alton Brown
Talking Watches alum and famed chef Alton Brown joins us for a live recording of HODINKEE Radio. Hosted by HODINKEE managing editor Stephen Pulvirent, we will chat watches, cooking, that lost Omega, personal style, and more. There will be time for Q&A at the end, so be sure to come equipped....
This is probably the single most exciting piece of movement-related information I've seen in over 20 years of reading and writing about watches. As every watch fan knows, the movement that was used in the Speedmaster Professionals that were sourced by NASA for the Apollo missions was the caliber 321 C a remarkably tough, beautifully built classic lateral clutch chronograph movement that represents one of the most important high water marks in modern chronograph design. No less a luminary than Roger Smith recently sang the praises of the 321 in Talking Watches (and he's a guy who may be presumed to know something about movements). As every watch fan probably also knows, it's been many decades...
Introducing: The A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1 '25th Anniversary'
It's been 25 years since Walter Lange and Gnther Blmlein announced the first wave of new watches to come out under the reorganized A. Lange & Sohne. Among those very first pieces was a design that was to go on to become Lange's icon, the watch that could be seen across a room and instantly identified: the Lange 1. Compared with other icons like the Calatrava or the Submariner, the Lange 1's 25 years make it young. Still it's difficult to think of a single watch family that has meant more to a brand than the Lange 1 has to A. Lange & Sohne. For the 25th Anniversary of what is by all accounts Lange's best-known timepiece,...
Introducing: The A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon With Salmon Dial
When it launched in 2016, Lange's Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon debuted with a platinum case and a black dial. It was easily one of the biggest and baddest releases of the that SIHH. Today, we're witnessing a subtle twist on that popular complication-packed uber-watch. This new batch of 100 limited edition pieces has a salmon dial because, I think, when it comes to watches, pretty much everyone seems to like salmon. The displays are straightforward. Going clockwise from the big-date display just below 12 o'clock, we then have a 30-minute chronograph totalizer that is also used for the month and the leap year. At six o'clock we have the moon phase indicator. ?Bet...
Introducing: The Ressence Type 2
Last year around this time, Ressence unveiled the Type 2 e-Crown Concept, a concept watch that first introduced the world to the idea of the "e-Crown," an electronic device fitted inside the mechanical watch that would allow the watch to essentially reset itself to the correct time after the power reserve has run down (among other things). I was pretty excited when it was first announced and got even more excited upon seeing a prototype during SIHH 2018. I wasn't the only one, either: My colleague Jon named the concept watch his most exciting independent watch of 2018 just a few months later. At the time though, the watch wasn't yet ready for full production and still needed a few tweaks to ...
Introducing: The Panerai Submersible Carbotech
This year Panerai seems to be doubling down on its Submersible line, the toughest, most no-nonsense watches in its collection. The models you see here are classic Submersibles in profile, but they're rendered in Carbotech, a proprietary material based on carbon fiber that Panerai has been using since 2015. There are two models, one 47mm version and one 42mm version, and while the two have different dimensions and different movements inside (the larger model features an in-house caliber while the smaller features a ValFleurier-based movement), the two share the same sleek looks. The matte black Carbotech case is complemented by bright blue accents found in the dial markers, dial printing, and...
Introducing: The A. Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk Date
The Zeitwerk, along with the Lange 1, is a distinctly A. Lange & Sohne creation. It first debuted back in 2008 and was totally revolutionary, with its jumping digital displays for the hours and minutes and the extremely complex movement, complete with constant force escapement.?Since then, Lange has released a few variations on the original theme, including the Handwerkskunst and the Decimal Strike. Today we're getting yet another new Zeitwerk, the first with an additional "small" complication, the Zeitwerk Date.Just looking at the watch, it's pretty obvious what's going on: You've got the classic Zeitwerk (with the hours, minutes, seconds, and power reserve all on display) with the addi...
Introducing: The Panerai Submersible 42mm
With newly installed CEO Jean-Marc Pontrou now at the the reins of Panerai, it's looking like the Submersible figures to be an area of focus for the Swiss watchmaker with Italian roots. After all, there are several new introductions to Panerai's lineup of dive watches C the simplest and smallest of these being the Submersible 42mm, which we have right here. Another indicator may be that each of these new watches is now simply named Submersible, the name Luminor no longer preceding it.?Of course, the cushion shaped case is still of the Luminor type, with its tell-tale trademarked crown protector. Each new reference also features water resistance to 300 meters and a unidirectional rotating be...
The Grey NATO: Episode 72: Watch Resolutions
Subscribe to the show: (Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Google Play). Already heard it once or twice? Please leave a short review here, and tell us what topics you'd like us to chat about.? Its a new year, and that means a chance to consider the successes of last year and how to best navigate 2019 for maximum adventure (and watches). For episode 72, the guys chat about a handful of watch-related resolutions, dropping camera gear, and a selection of predictions and wishes for the show season at SIHH and Baselworld. Will Tudor expand their use of Breitlings chronograph movement? Will we see a steel sport watch from Lange? Is two-tone the next big trend?? ...
SIHH 2019: Follow Along With The Entire HODINKEE Team
The glow of the holiday season might be fading behind us, but fear not: It's new watch season! The 2019 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) kicks off bright and early on Monday morning in Geneva, thus starting the avalanche of new watches being released over the next two months or so. If you're at all horologically inclined, you're probably already hitting that refresh button over and over, waiting to see what's coming. Well, luckily for you, we've got the biggest plans yet for an SIHH. Of course, we'll still have tons of up-to-the-minute coverage of the new releases, with specs, photos, pricing, and availability (in fact, it's already started), plu...
Introducing: The IWC Pilots Watch Perpetual Calendar Chronograph Edition 'Le Petit Prince
What we have here is a solid gold perpetual calendar chronograph that sits right near the top of IWC's most complicated timepieces. It's also a special edition in the Petit Prince sub-collection, named for the classic children's book written by the French aviator and author Antoine de Saint-Exupry, and characterized by midnight blue dials.?This is also the second appearance of the IWC 89630 movement that debuted in IWC's Da Vinci line, and the?first time that IWC has offered a perpetual calendar chronograph as a pilot's watch. At 43mm in diameter and close to 16mm thick, this is no doubt a large watch, but that's in keeping with IWC's design style. This is a complicated watch, for sure, but...
Its that time of the week again, where we get into the nitty-gritty with a selection of noteworthy vintage watches from around the web. This week, nearly all the picks are crafted in stainless steel C save for a lone bezel and crown C though their similarities end there. Whether its a sporting chronograph from Heuer, a smaller Tudor Oyster now best suited for a ladys wrist, a left-handed Ovettone, or a crispy Breitling Premier, weve once again got you covered. As a bonus, weve included a Beyer-signed Calatrava (once again in stainless steel), because who doesnt like a quality example of stealth grandeur? Time to get the ball rolling.? Heuer Camaro 7220N ...
Introducing: The Laurent Ferrier Bridge One
Laurent Ferrier is known amongst collectors of independent watches for a number of things C the natural escapement found in many of his movements, his mostly understated aesthetics, and, of course, the softly rounded Galet case shape. The watch you see here though has none of those things. The Bridge One is something totally new from Laurent Ferrier, with a dramatic stainless steel case inspired by the Passarelle de l'Ile bridge in Geneva (which Mr. Ferrier could see from his childhood bedroom) and a new shaped movement that makes use of a more traditional lever escapement. Now, I'm sure the new caliber is finished to an unbelievably high standard, just like the movements found in LF's other...
Introducing: The Ulysse Nardin Freak X
Today, we have a new version of Ulysse Nardin's Freak to introduce. As one of the very first lines of watches to experiment with silicon components and an early example of an unconventional tourbillon C the watch is a tourbillon, with the escapement itself also playing the part of the display C the Freak collection was instrumental in making Ulysse Nardin's name back in the early days under the company's late reviver and former owner Rolf Schnyder.? The main things to know about the Freak X are that it is available in several versions (the one seen above is titanium with a black DLC/PVD finish), that it has a conventional crown (unusual among Freaks, which are us...