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Welcome to another installment of "My Watch Story," a video series starring HODINKEE readers and their most prized watches. The submissions continue to stream in, and we couldn't be happier to share them with the watch community. Today, we have five new stories submitted by Max Pinilis and Regan Hakes, Michael Verlatti, George Beebe, Arya Johari, and Henry Alonzo.Feeling inspired, or just discovering this project? Please scroll down to the bottom of the page to learn how to submit your own video. But first, we hope you enjoy this installment of My Watch Story. Max Pinilis And Regan Hakes And Their Omega Seamaster Aqua Terras ...
Culture Of Time: Groundhog Day's Best Supporting Actor Is A Bedside Alarm Clock
Groundhog Day means two things: A ritual observation of the namesake animal on February 2, and (thanks to a certain Bill Murray movie) the feeling of living the same experience over and over and over. Groundhog Day has been unstoppably popular since 1993, to the point where the film itself feels like it's on an endless loop. And the device that sets its whole plot in motion is the Panasonic RC-6025 radio alarm clock, whose satisfying flip action signals another morning just like the last by blasting an immortal folk-schmaltz ditty courtesy of Sonny & Cher.? The RC-6025 pulls a helluva performance. No doubt you can still picture its black flaps with their no-n...
Introducing: A Double Shot Of Limited-Edition Seiko
A hundred and forty years ago, Kintaro Hattori opened up a clock manufacturing facility that would eventually become the Seiko we know today. To honor almost a century and a half of existence, the Japanese watchmaker has released two limited-edition models, SLA047 and SPB207, in the Prospex range. Their deep green dials mimic the verdant jungles and mangrove swamps on Iriomote island in Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture C an island with a tropical climate that sustains, among other creatures, the only 100 Iriomote cats on the planet.? These two dive watches underscore Seiko's knack for finding inspiration in the natural world, and then translating those abstrac...
Hands-On: The Latest Irreverent Piece From The Brand That Made A Watch From Cheese
H. Moser may share its hometown of Schaffhausen with another very Swiss watch marque, but it feels a world away from the traditional centers of Swiss watchmaking C Geneva, Neuchatel, the Vallee de Joux. This distance, both physical and metaphysical, confers upon Moser a mischievous independence. After all, this is the brand that gave the world a watch made of Vacherin Mont dOr cheese. Then it created a design (which was not ultimately made) that cobbled together a kitchen sink of treasured Swiss icons. Its CEO has even broached the idea (blasphemy!) of taking Moser across the border to neighboring Germany.? The company is now ca...
Valentine's Day is rapidly approaching. Over the next two weeks, we've mixed in a few more unisex-leaning vintage watches, just in case your significant other is bare-wristed this winter (or you're in the proverbial dog house). For this week, included as well are the more usual suspects from Rolex, Universal Genve, and Breitling. Picking out a theme, any of today's watches would make an outstanding gift to someone you love or even yourself. 1960s LeGant Caliber 146HP Chronograph For Montgomery Ward By Zenith 1951 Patek ...
One To Watch: The Young Japanese Watchmaker With Original Complications
What names come to mind when you think of Japanese independent watchmakers or brands??Probably Masahiro Kikuno and Hajime Asaoka (members of Acadmie Horlogre Des Crateurs Indpendants C AHCI). Or perhaps HODINKEE Japan regular Naoya Hida & Co., or the Japanese watchmaker duo Kikuchi Nakagawa. (Kudos if you knew all three.)?Norifumi Seki has not created his own brand just yet, but he's a young Japanese watchmaker we should be following closely.? Who is Norifumi Seki? Norifumi Seki. Age: 23Born: Tokyo, JapanBackstory: Seki has been known for his handicraft talent since a young age. Growing up, he ...
The Patek 5711 Is No More. Here's What To Buy Instead.
So now you can't buy a 5711. Me neither. Let's get real, I never could. But that's okay! There are plenty of other terrific luxury steel sports watches C and even though none of the below can replace the 5711, each has enough similarities to give you the same general feel. Plus, none of them have a 10-year waitlist. Yet. Bulgari Octo Finissimo Automatic in Steel This one feels like the most obvious choice, but somehow also the most overlooked. The Octo Finissimo was first introduced back in 2014, touted as Bulgari's newest luxury sports watch C and it's since become part of the canon. The most recent iter...
Recommended Reading: The Ultra-Rare Reverso-Cased Pateks You Probably Never Heard Of
I should probably preface this by saying that despite the headline, you may very well know all about these watches. But to me, they came as quite a remarkable surprise. I'm actually not entirely sure how I ran across them C probably researching production dates for Reversos, which is how I spend my wildest Saturday nights C but they certainly seem rare enough, both in terms of numbers and in terms of how frequently they show up at auction (spoiler: never, or nearly never) that they seemed more than worth sharing. Okay, so what are the watches? They are Patek Philippe Reversos C watches cased and branded Patek Philippe, but with Reverso cases, provided to Patek in...
Introducing: Omega Drops A 2022 Olympic Watch Before The 2020 Olympics Even Start
So, it's 2021 C in case you didn't know C but this summer, Tokyo plans to host last year's Olympics, and meanwhile, Omega has just released a watch in celebration of next year's Olympics in Beijing. That's right, the 2020 games have not even been played, and we already have ourselves a 2022 commemorative watch. Omega is a longtime partner of the Olympic Games, having served as its official timekeeper for almost every event since 1932. The brand has also created a host of fun Olympics themed watches over the years. This one adds to that legacy. The newly unveiled Omega Seamaster Diver 300M "Beijing 202...
Hands-On: The Benrus Type 1 Limited Edition
When I was a kid, growing up first in rural central Pennsylvania and then equally rural upstate New York, a staple of afternoons and weekends with the rotating cast of characters that constituted my gang was something we just called "playing army." The rules were simple. You picked your favorite toy gun (toy companies in those days tried to make them as reasonably realistic as they could, consistent with also making them as cheaply as possible), picked sides, and then tramped off into the woods, heedless of ticks and mosquitos, to hunt down the opposition. Cap guns were generally not in favor thanks to their entirely too realistic propensity for running out of ammunition, and so the quiet of...
Interview: The Baker Behind The Internet's Favorite Watch Cookies
Toronto baker Lindsey Gazel has run her namesake business, Lindsey Bakes, for more than a decade C and in that time, she's made confections shaped like Larry David, Charlie Brown, Michael Jackson, SpongeBob SquarePants, the cast of?The Simpsons, a pack of Marlboro reds, and a Blackberry phone complete with keyboard. Brands hire her to reproduce their logo C and fans hire her to reproduce their favorite products C all in the form of a cookie.? Every so often, her mind-melting?Instagram page?lights up with delightfully surreal cookies modeled after a high-end mechanical watch. Below, she explains her process. In case you're wondering, the cookies are $4 apiece. Shi...
Hands-On: The Omega Speedmaster That Has Everyone Over The Moon
Risk-taking in the watch world is one thing. Fun is something else entirely. To be honest, it's the harder of the two to come by.? Omega, with its near two centuries of watchmaking heritage, still knows how to party. It experiments with bold colors and wild limited editions (hello, Mr. Bond) all the time.? This time, the brand has put a cartoon beagle into a rocket ship and sent it flying through space.? We're talking, of course, about the Omega Speedmaster "Silver Snoopy Award" 50th Anniversary C a watch that pays direct homage to the very first Silver Snoopy award presen...
HODINKEE Radio: The Call-In Show, Volume 3
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! As soon as we realized how long it had been since the second installment of a HODINKEE Radio Call-In Show, we knew Volume 3 had to come ASAP. So this week, I've got Cole, Jack, and Jon in the virtual studio to help me answer your most burning queries. We got dozens of voicemails last week with a rich variety of questions about the watch industry, collecting tips, how to care for vintage watches, and a lot more. You'll just have to listen for all the details (and to ...
Hands-On: Aquatic Adventures With The Certina DS Super PH500M
"If you're not a little nervous, then there might be something wrong with you," Jeff Milisen, the divemaster, says as our dive boat cruises out from the Honokohau Harbor under the cover of darkness, toward our dive site about five miles off the coast of Hawaii's Big Island. "This is meant to get you out of your comfort zone, and we have self-preservation mechanisms for a reason. It's okay to be apprehensive."? And I am. Three other divers and I are about to perform a "blackwater dive," where we'll be attached to a 60 ft. tether and drift above 4,000 ft. of pitch-black water. One of the world's most ma...
Sunday Rewind: Three Watches Not Named 'Nautilus'
Over the last two weeks, discussion here at the 'dink has been focused on the recently discontinued Patek 5711 C aka the blue-dial Nautilus in steel. The topic always comes back to the same place though. So, it's gone, but it was also incredibly hard to get even when it was around. Well, there are other fish in the stainless steel, integrated bracelet, sea.? In the wake of the Patek news, Cara wrote a great piece on 5711 alternatives that you can buy now, so it seems like an appropriate time to return to this Three on Three from a few years back. Stephen, Jack, and former HODINKEE Editor Arthur Touchot compare the Vacheron Consta...
Auctions: Following Racing Legend Phil Hill's Legacy Through His Watches
It would be inaccurate to say Phil Hill was given watches for winning races.? Rather, he earned them. "It all seems so unreal," the American racing legend said at the close of the 1961 Italian Grand Prix, where he was named champion C the only American-born driver to ever win the?Formula One World Drivers' Championship. He and teammate Count Wolfgang von Trips raced for Scuderia Ferrari, the winningest team on Europe's road courses and racetracks during the '50s and early '60s.? Hill made quick work of the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, conquering the circuit in two hours, three minutes, and 13 seconds. His...
Why Watches And Cars Have So Much Crossover
Over the weekend, popular automotive blog Jalopnik ran a piece titled, "Can Someone Help Me Understand Why Car Enthusiasts Are Often Also Watch Enthusiasts?" In it, writer Elizabeth Blackstock ponders the connection between the two hobbies, using the recent TAG Heuer and Porsche collaboration as a jumping-off point: Is it the technology crossover? Are gears just cool no matter where you find them? Is it the subtle flex of owning a very nice watch that only other watch people will understand, the same way rich people like to buy their subtle rich people cars? Is it the unattainability? Is it the thrill of collecting? ...
Watch Spotting: Referee Sarah Thomas Wearing A Timex Ironman At Super Bowl LV
Last night's game was seemingly nothing new. Tom Brady brought the PatC I mean, the Buccaneers to victory. A pop star sang at the halftime show. And a handful of commercials made me cry (I'm looking at you Toyota!). But there was one thing we had never seen before: a female referee at the Super Bowl. ? Her name is Sarah Thomas.?Now, I'm no sports expert, but it seems safe to say that football stands as a?bastion of masculinity. So Thomas' appearance is badass representation if I ever did see it. And what I love about it even more is that she was rocking a Timex Ironman on the field.? Image courtesy of the NFL. ...
Cara Barrett On Why All Watches Should Be Unisex
Ever since I dove into this weird and wonderful industry almost a decade ago, I have always preferred watches with a little heft. A little grit. Sure, I love the occasional dainty diamond for special occasions. But usually, what I want is something that makes me feel strong. When I look at my collection, I don't see any conventional ladies' pieces. I see watches that were marketed to men, but that I happen to like. It's enough to make me wonder: Why are these considered "men's" watches at all? Why aren't they just...watches?? It's crazy to me that the watch industry continues to make this distinction at a time where more and more brands C and more and more humans...
Introducing: Six Reasons We're Excited About Satan's Favorite Dive Watch
The year is 1972. The Vietnam War is raging on, and the Watergate Scandal is in its first months of discovery. Out the mud and mayhem, it arises: a creature of steel and darkness. The Bulova Oceanographer, nicknamed the Devil Diver, a watch rated water-resistant to precisely 666 feet.? Now, in a turbulent year almost a half-century later, that same dive watch has returned in a refreshed but unmistakably vintage-inspired style. Carrying on the lineage of the original orange Oceanographer, the new reissue is a cheeky and unusual take that offers collectors a solid dive watch with uncommon looks at an accessible price point. Here's why w...