Best Super NEWS Watches
Introducing: The H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner Centre Seconds
The H. Moser Streamliner Centre Seconds Matrix Green doesn't look like any of the other stainless steel integrated bracelet watches that have been trending in 2019 and 2020. It follows the design of the Streamliner Flyback Chronograph released at the beginning of the year, but this time around, it features a time-only configuration and a brilliant green fum dial. The stainless steel integrated bracelet sports watch can often be full of designs that are certainly iconic, but often appear derivative. That's because most of the designs stem from two creations from one man, Gerald Genta: the Royal Oak and Nautilus.? But the Streamli...
Introducing: The Grald Genta Arena Bi-Retrograde Sport
Grald Genta's work in the watch world is nothing short of prolific. He's the man behind the design of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak and the Patek Philippe Nautilus, of course, but that's just half the story. Genta created his own eponymous label in 1969, and through it, he explored a bevy of designs, one of them being the "Biretro" layout that's been revived in 2020 through the new Grald Genta Arena Bi-Retrograde Sport. The watch is a follow up to the 2019 release of the Grald Genta 50th Anniversary Arena Bi-Retro. Both watches use the arena case, named for its resemblance to an actual arena, and both feature a jumping hour window at 12 o'clock with a minute track along the top half of th...
HODINKEE Radio: Episode 101: Actor & Entrepreneur Miles Fisher
Subscribe to the show: (Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn). Already heard it once or twice? Please leave a short review, and tell us which guests we should have on! Were back! This week, we've got episode 101 for you, kicking off the next season of HODINKEE Radio, and I couldn't be more excited for what we've got coming. We decided to start things off with a bang, so this week's episode is devoted entirely to my conversation with Miles Fisher. Now, if that name sounds familiar to you, it's for good reason. You might know Miles from his viral YouTube channel; you might know Miles from his acting career, which included a promine...
Introducing: The Girard-Perregaux Laureato Infinity 42mm
Geneva Watch Days are here, and Girard-Perregaux has launched several new models, including this limited edition version of the brand's Laureato sports watch. This new Laureato Infinity Edition marks a new exclusive German distribution agreement between Girard-Perregaux and Wempe. With a 42mm steel case and bracelet, the Laureato Infinity Edition is differentiated by its use of a black onyx dial, pink-gold markers, and will be made in a limited production run of 188 units.? Initial Thoughts GP is also making a 38mm version that has a diamond-set bezel and is limited to 88 pieces, but we'll focus on the 42...
The Video Vault: Inside The Workshops Of Philippe Dufour, F.P. Journe, And Roger Smith
One of the great pleasures of video production is going back and revisiting projects years later, recalling how they came together and reliving the shots and editing choices that add up to the final cut.?Below, I have curated three videos on independent watchmakers that bring back fond production memories, and which I think are special in their own ways C?owing to the gravitas of the subjects, as well as the time and access they granted us.Longtime HODINKEE readers have likely seen the pieces below, but I'd wager many newer readers likely have not. Whichever camp you are in, I invite you to travel back in time to Le Solliat in 2013, Geneva in 2015, and the Isle of Man in 2016. I believe thes...
Sunday Rewind: The 1mm-Thick Movement
Citizen makes some really strange and wonderful watches, and the brand, famous for its development of Eco-Drive solar charging, has always had an eye for advanced technology. Earlier this week, Cole brought you a hands-on with Citizen's Satellite Wave GPS F950 Titanium 50th Anniversary LE, a watch that packs a remarkable amount of tech into its 14.7mm-thick case. But what if you want something a bit easier to slide under your shirt cuff? As it turns out, Citizen does that too.? Take a trip back with Jack to when, more than four years ago, he took a closer look at the Citizen Eco-Drive One, an impossibly low-profile solar-powered ...
Introducing: The Bulgari Aluminium & Aluminium Chronograph (Live Pics & Pricing)
Bulgari has established itself as a serious leader over the last few years when it comes to making sleek, lightweight sport watches. The Octo Finissimo is one of the most iconic new watches of the last decade, and I don't use that term lightly at all. That's not the only arrow in the Roman design house's quiver though, and its got plenty of history to draw from as well. Sometimes that means dipping back into la dolce vita of the 1960s, but it can also mean looking back to the end of the last millennium, when Bulgari was experimenting with different materials and working on refreshing its design language for the years ahead. What we've got today is a trio of thin, lightweight sport watches th...
Just Because: The Pros And Cons Of The Different Types Of Travel Watches
A question that periodically arises when we cover multi-time-zone watches is, what is it that really sets one apart from the other? There are a number of different solutions to the problems of showing the time in more than one time zone and, while some of them resemble each other superficially, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, and each offers its own unique take on showing you what time it is both where you are and where you are not.? The multi-time-zone watch?is an interesting complication C unlike many other complications, such as the moon-phase and equation of time, and even the perpetual calendar, it is not based on recurring natural events, but...
Introducing: The Girard-Perregaux Free Bridge Infinity Edition
With Geneva Watch Days underway, Girard-Perregaux has announced two models, the Free Bridge and the Free Bridge Infinity Edition. One model is a standard production watch cased in stainless steel. The other C and the one that we will focus on here C is the Infinity Edition, a steel DLC-coated case, with 18k pink-gold accents throughout, limited to 88 pieces only. This is a distinctly modern timepiece, as evidenced by the case finishing, but with several design cues which pay tribute to the brand's heritage.? Initial Thoughts The stated intent behind this watch's design is to quite literally bridge the tra...
Introducing: The Ulysse Nardin Blast
Though it's been nine years since he passed, the late Rolf Schnyder comes to mind almost every time I sit down to look at a new watch from Ulysse Nardin. He was a larger-than-life figure in the watch industry and one of the key people behind its resurrection in the years following the quartz crisis. Clearly someone who was not bound by what had already been done, Schnyder employed technology and avant-garde design to breathe life into a centuries-old brand best known for its conservatively designed wristwatches and ship's chronometers. Then an independent marque, Ulysse Nardin was the first Swiss watchmaker to use silicium, and though many others soon followed, it was UN who showed the way, ...
Introducing: The Breitling Endurance Pro
Although many watches are aimed at folks with an active lifestyle, they often feature cumbersome stainless steel cases and fragile mechanical movements. Think of a "sports watch," and it probably checks both of those boxes. But with such a clearly defined intended use, why wouldn't the watch be fashioned from something light, and wouldn't a robust quartz movement handle shocks and impacts better than a mechanical movement?? This is the driving ideology behind the development of the Endurance Pro, a watch with a design that's congruent to its intended use. It's aimed squarely at active watch enthusiasts, and Breitling is even laun...
Introducing: The Carl F. Bucherer Heritage Tourbillon Double Peripheral In White Gold
On the face of it, what we have here is a conservatively styled gentleman's dress watch in white gold with a visible tourbillon. But if you look a bit more closely, you'll see that this is quite an interesting and innovative take on a complication that has come, nowadays, to be viewed with somewhat less awe than it was several years ago. The Heritage Tourbillon Double Peripheral, which first appeared in a rose-gold version about two years ago, is notable not only for its tourbillon C which is controlled by external gearing, giving the impression it is floating within the aperture at 12 o'clock C but also for its peripheral windin...
Introducing: The Bulgari Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Chronograph Skeleton Automatic
If you cast your mind back to the ancient storied days of, I don't know, seven or eight years ago, when the world was young, and we greeted each sunrise joyous of heart and light of spirit, you wouldn't have thought that there was much of a percentage in going hard on ultra-thin watches. The whole genre has been, for much of the entire history of watchmaking, something of a niche endeavor. First, making any sort of true ultra-thin watch at all is so technically demanding that it is often considered a complication in its own right, and second, it becomes exponentially more difficult to coax good performance and reliability out of a watch as it gets thinner. For this reason, wristwatches desig...
Introducing: The Girard-Perregaux 1945 Infinity Edition
While Girard-Perregaux is known for its mastery of technical horology, the introduction of the 2020 Infinity Editions shows a side of the manufacturer that eschews high complications and next-generation materials in favor of restraint and simplicity. The Infinity Editions include interpretations of historic Girard-Perregaux references from 1945 and 1966. We'll be taking a look at the Vintage 1945 Infinity Edition, a watch inspired by a reference from, you guessed it, 1945. Not only did 1945 mark the end of the Second World War, but it was also a particularly interesting time in horological design. ?Precision chronographs had become quite popular, with Longines 13...
Introducing: The Girard-Perregaux 1966 Infinity Edition 40mm
There is something to be appreciated in the classics, in drawing inspiration from that which came before. In that spirit, Girard-Perregaux has released its new 1966 Infinity Edition. This is a relatively thin, 40mm dress watch, in stainless steel, with a dial?fashioned from polished black onyx. The brand describes the design of the dial as invoking "the depth of the universe and its infinite mystery," which, honestly, sounds pretty cool. In terms of styling, the 1966 Infinity Edition is meant to capture the essence of a black-tie soire?e. That being the case, a watch like this should have a tuxedo thrown into the purchase just for kicks.? ...
Introducing: The MB&F + LEpe 1839 TriPod
The TriPod is the second of what promises to be a trio of objects that MB&F and L'Epe 1839 have designated their "Robocreatures" C half robot, half animal C and the company's 13th collaboration more broadly. Chances are you probably know of the two-legged T-Rex, the first in the Robocreatures series.?At its launch last week, the new clock went by the name Trinity, but has sinced changed to TriPod in light of the former's use by a prominent jewelry line. The TriPod name follows in the footsteps of previous creations such as the OctoPod and the AquaPod. In the design of the TriPod, we see the number three echoed multiple times...
Introducing: The Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Nekton Edition
Life, as we know it, started underwater. The oceans cover more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface; that being the case, the majority of life on our planet is aquatic. To think, with all that water, the oceans are just about as unknown as the infinity of outer space, with only five percent having been explored to this point. As our climate changes, it is increasingly imperative to continue aquatic exploration in order to preserve and protect the oceans from forces hitherto unseen. Beginning in the mid-twentieth century, watches (specifically dive watches) became integral to marine efforts, both scientific and exploratory. Figures like Jacques Cousteau, Jacques Piccard, and C yes C even Ja...
Introducing: The Panerai Submersible Azzurro 42MM Limited Edition
The Panerai Submersible is the most robust watch Panerai makes today, a highly water-resistant dive watch with large luminous indexes and a unidirectional bezel. Until recently, the Submersible was part of the larger Luminor collection, but since 2019, it's been broken out as its own proper collection of tool watches. Today, we're looking at the limited edition stainless steel Submersible Azzurro, Italian for "light blue." Its design blends those of the two core steel Submersibles released early last year: PAM00683, with its black dial, and PAM00959, with its blue ceramic bezel insert. The movement is also the same, with the same...
Introducing: The Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomtre FB 2RE
We've done several Editor's Picks already this year, and this latest watch from Ferdinand Berthoud kind of illustrates the issues with picking favorites before the year is actually over (albeit, we've qualified them all with "so far," or at least I think we have). The Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomtre FB 2RE is a watch about which there is a great deal to say, and within which there is a great deal to see, but more than anything else, it is, like its predecessors, a spectacular elevation of mechanics to art, and a demonstration that followed through with a sufficient degree of obsessive concentration, purely technical solutions can transcend the purely technical and become ... well, we'll see w...
Introducing: The Breguet Tradition Quantime Rtrograde 7597
The Breguet Tradition wristwatches are an especially challenging base on which to build complications. The collection is based on Abraham Louis Breguet's famous souscription watches, which were designed to be relatively affordable but very high quality timepieces, which reduced the master's watchmaking philosophy to its essentials. Today's Tradition timepieces use the architecture of the souscription watches as the basis for their design, but what was hidden behind the caseback in the originals is moved to the dial side of the watch and made visible in the modern watches. The 7597 Quantime Rtrograde. Due to the fact that the...