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Interview: The Woman Behind The Watch World's Hottest New Instagram Account
If you've been on watch Instagram over the past year, you've likely come across @dimepiece.co C a super fun and unapologetically fizzy look at watches through the eyes of celebrities and pop culture. The account was started by Brynn Wallner, 30, a former Sotheby's producer and current freelancer who noticed a dearth of female-focused watch content and decided to do something about it. While many watch accounts haughtily focus on rarity, complexity, and the niche, @dimepiece.co shows watches through the lens of a giddy new enthusiast. She's ecstatic to find a vintage shot of Aaliyah wearing a G-Shock, or an Elle throwback of Christy Turlington emerging from the se...
How To Wear It: Should You Match Your Watch To Your Clothes C Or Your Clothes To Your Watch?
My name is Sid Mashburn. Im not a freak about watches like I am about clothes but I like them a lot. My dad collected early American clocks and had his workshop on the other side of the carport, so Ive been around timepieces my entire life. Compared with him, my collection is pretty tight C Ive got just three watches in the rotation. An everyday watch (Rolex Explorer ref. 1016 from the '80s), a crossover watch (a Tudor Prince from the 1960s with a handmade camel suede strap), and a dressy watch (an early '70s gold Zenith, usually with a navy NATO strap.) So its kind of a spartan selection but covers a lot of ground. In the bullpen, I have a couple of old He...
In-Depth: This Oris Was Made By The Enthusiast Community
On May 11 of last year, as the coronavirus pandemic swept the world, Oris USA sent an email to HQ back in Switzerland. In it, North America CEO VJ Geronimo outlined a particular request that he kept receiving from enthusiasts: They wanted an Aquis with a red dial in a moderate case size. The feedback came from more than a dozen online meetups Oris had held as a result of the pandemic. The first was on March 23 with RedBar Milwaukee, and from there, the brand polled enthusiasts in other cities. Toronto. Austin. Atlanta. Ottawa. "We have earned a reputation for engaging the watch community in a very grassroots way," Geronimo says. By the time May 11 rolled around, ...
One To Watch: The Baltimore Watch Brand Making Movements In Maryland
It doesn't get more blue-collar, roll-up-your-sleeves, and do-it-yourself than Baltimore. That's why it should come as no surprise that an independent watch company has emerged from the city creating high-quality watches C at an affordable price point C and writing its own playbook. Tsao Baltimore is a four-year-old brand producing striking watches in all manner of complications and styles. At the helm of this namesake brand is 32-year-old Alan Tsao. He's been hard at work transforming his company from a producer of predominantly quartz timepieces to a real name in American hand-assembled automatic movements. He doesn't have aspi...
The G-Shock Frogman Borneo Rainbow Toad Reviewed By A Frog Professor
Meet Professor Indraneil Das. He likes to go by Neil. He's a Professor at the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation, Universiti of Malaysia Sarawak. His field is herpetology (which means he studies amphibians), and in 2011, he rediscovered the Borneo Rainbow Toad C a species thought to have been extinct since 1924 C in the tall trees of Gunung Penrissen. The discovery of this reclusive rainbow toad caused quite a stir, and not only among herpetologists. It also inspired the designers at G-Shock to create the Frogman Borneo Rainbow Toad Limited Edition, a rare watch created to celebrate the rare amphibian. As we were considering who s...
Business News: 'BreitlingSelect' Brings A Watch Subscription Program To Your Wrist (Updated)
From fashion to smartphones, geek gear, and even cars, subscription services have been on something of a tear lately, and Breitling has taken notice. Launching today in the U.S., the brand's new service C BreitlingSelect C allows program members to try a Breitling or two before buying. BreitlingSelect allows undecided buyers the chance to try up to three different models over the course of a year, after which they can pick one of the three and buy the watch via a special offer. So how does it work? Once registered with the platform, the service requires a 12-month contract, a one-time subscription fee of $450, and a monthly payment of $129. The year includes the ...
Think sushi is best when it's the freshest? The Dry Aged Fish Guy would disagree. "Fresh is boring" is Liwei Liao's tagline, and he's bringing the age-old technique of dry-aging fish like New Zealand Ora King salmon, blackthroat seaperch, and Baja kampachi to LA's ever-trendy food scene. Before serving his fish, he hangs them in a dry-aging chamber for anywhere between seven to 15 days. Liao grew up on the New York waterfront. "I would ditch school at Bronx Science to go fishing, and my dad was okay with it," he says. "English and history were not my strong suit, but I did well in physics, bio, and math." Skipping high school in ...
'80s Week surprised us here on the vintage team. While restricting our curation to a single decade sounded like a chore at first, the result broadened our horizons and tastes. Sourcing, learning the details of, and listing watches like the Seiko "Ashtray" and the TAG Heuer 1000 Series was a welcome change-up. Given our druthers, with the whole range of vintage decades at our disposal, this week's selection has actually taken a bit of influence from our experience during '80s Week C the often overlooked 10 years is growing on us. Of course, the core group is more akin to what we've all come to expect from HODINKEE Vintage with a 1970s Heuer chronograph, a 1950s Rolex sport watch, and an IWC d...
The Grey NATO: Episode 140: Under-Appreciated Watch Brands We Love
Subscribe to the show: (Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Google Play and Spotify). Already heard it once or twice? Please leave a short review here, and tell us what topics you'd like us to chat about (or email [email protected]). thegreynato The Grey NATO C 140 C Great Under-Appreciated Watch Brands Ever wonder why some brands just don't seem to get the love they deserve? For this episode, Jason and James dig into this concept by jumping into the start of a big list of brands that they feel are overlooked C or at least don't get the credit they deserve. From Damasko and Stowa to CWC and Scurfa, there is a little something for everyon...
Happenings: A Conversation With Christian Selmoni, Vacheron Constantin Director Of Heritage & Style
Ready to add a little horological spice to your week? Our own Editor-in-Chief Jack Forster will be hosting a virtual chat with Christian Selmoni, Vacheron Constantin's Director of Heritage and Style. Focusing on Vacheron Constantin's mastery of the chronograph and the brand's very special Les Collectionneurs watches, we are thrilled to have Mr. Selmoni joining us and feel confident in saying that it's going to be nothing short of a fascinating event. Previously the Creative Director for Vacheron Constantin, Mr. Selmoni is a veteran of the watch industry and one of the guiding forces behind Vacheron Constantin's continued success ...
My Wishlist: A Culinary Icon And The Watches He Covets Most
It's no secret. Eric Ripert, the perennial three Michelin star holder and co-owner of New York seafood temple Le Bernardin, has been a watch guy for quite some time. Ripert started fairly young, when his mother gave him a Cartier Santos Ronde upon his graduation from culinary school at the? age of 17. He still has that round Santos in his collection, and he has since added several watches from other brands, including Rolex. Eric Ripert, chef and co-owner of Le Bernardin. (Photo by Nigel Parry) But it's through the people of Vacheron Constantin, a brand that Ripert has long been a client of, that an...
Introducing: The Blancpain Tribute To Fifty Fathoms No Rad Limited Edition
In a letter to the editor published in The New York Times in 1959, a reader responded to a recent article reporting that traces of radiation had been found on a Pan Am transatlantic flight C but that a Public Health Services investigation found the radiation levels to be less than that of a wristwatch coated in radium paint. This reader was curious, "If the statement is based on fact, shouldn't the Public Health Service also be investigating radium dial watches?" The use of radium in watches became a hot button safety issue in the 1960s, as our New York Times reader was somewhat early to point out (though the dangers were certainly known at that time). The mid-ce...
Recommended Reading: The Iconic Watches That Inspired Apple Watch Faces
We've covered the Apple Watch at length, but from an enthusiast perspective. With Arun Venkatesan's essay "The iconic watches that inspired Apple Watch faces," we're treated to the perspective of a professional designer. Venkatesan walks us through the history of every single dial option available on the Apple Watch and gives both design and historical context in an academic fashion supported by wonderful media, like scans of old ads, gifs, and uniform die-cut watch shots. The essay isn't simply about the Apple Watch. In studying every design detail, Venkatesan illustrates the notion that the Apple Watch represents a brief history of horological design at large s...
Introducing: The Piaget Polo Skeleton
Piaget's Polo Skeleton, available in slate gray or Piaget-blue versions, infuses the brand's sport-chic collection with two of its long-practiced specialties: ultra-thin watchmaking and skeletonization. At just 6.5mm thick, the Piaget Polo Skeleton is 30 percent thinner than other Polos. Yet, even with its mechanical guts laid bare, there's nothing delicate about this edgy, yet elegant, 42mm stainless steel sport watch, which traces its lineage back to 1979. Initial Thoughts Polo debuted at the dawn of the "greed-is-good"...
Recommended Reading: Taking Dive Watches Way Too Deep
Water resistance is a crucial consideration when it comes to watch design, but how deep can a dive watch really go? Thanks to the YouTube channel Beyond The Press, you can watch as two simple dive-style watches (one 100M resistant Citizen, and one 300M resistant Dugena) are both tested not only to their rated water resistance, but also for the maximum pressure possible for the testing device C 300 bar, or, you know, 3,000 meters. Watch the video here. That's no typo. The channel, which does all sorts of experiments (many with one of those awesome hydraulic presses), is using an HPC Deep Sea Chamber to...
We're back, baby! After a too-long hiatus, I'm happy to announce that our flagship video series returns tomorrow, March 17. For episode 55, we've cooked up a special installment, hosted by Danny Milton, that showcases an impressively eclectic collection of 15 pieces ranging from the Lange Zeitwerk Striking Time, 41mm Rolex Submariner, and custom Ochs und Junior you see below to the F.P. Journe Centigraphe, Vacheron Constantin Overseas, and Casio G-Shock by John Mayer you see above. Our guest, you ask? Well, you'll have to tune in tomorrow for the full 18-minute episode to find out. In the meantime, let's just say he's a multiface...
Adventure Time: The Two Watches I Carried On Mt. Everest
Humans understand time. We didn't invent it, and we can't control it, but our sense of it is innate. Our first connection is at birth. We become more aware with age and experience, figuring out what to do with time. We mark it with a birthday, once a year seeing ourselves age. Perhaps there's a point where we realize how insignificant human time is. This becomes particularly obvious when we view time geologically or astronomically. Through this prism, we become ever more aware of how precious each moment is. Eventually, we will cease to exist, and the carbon that is our body will repurpose itself on a journey that began 4.54 billion years ago. What we do with the time we are given is life's ...
A lot has happened since we last touched base with a vintage selection in the HODINKEE Shop: The Grammys, springing forward for Daylight Saving Time, the Ides of March, and, today, March 17, is St. Patrick's Day. If you're an NCAA college basketball fan, or even if you're not, March Madness tips off tomorrow, March 18, and continues into next month. What better way to celebrate the world gearing up for better weather and better times than with a new (vintage) watch? We went ahead and adjusted all the timepieces for DST before posting them here, so you have one less thing to worry about. 1950s...
Steal Vs. Splurge: Red Bezels, Black Dials
A few weeks ago, we introduced a selection of pre-owned watches in the HODINKEE Shop. One that caught my eye was a first-gen, complete-set Tudor Black Bay Red "Smiley" in excellent condition. I work on the Shop team, so I see pretty much everything that comes in C and I wanted this one bad. I wrote it up for the Shop Journal. I bit my knuckle and tried to justify copping it for myself. But I already own a Black Bay Fifty-Eight, and I'm not in the position to buy another on a whim. (Someone else snapped it up anyway.)So it was serendipitous, then, that I saw a similar piece come into the HODINKEE Shop at around the same time: An aesthetically comparable and more affordable option from Timex. ...
Introducing: Doxa Returns To America, Brings Extra Carbon
With the announcement of a new and non-limited line of carbon-cased Doxas, it's been a good week for Doxa fans, but that's only part of the story for U.S.-based Doxa devotees as the brand also announced a brand new retail partnership with Watches of Switzerland. This means that you'll be able to see a Doxa in person before buying and, if your tastes align with my own, you can spend at least a few minutes eyeballing the new Sub 300 Carbon COSC. Initial Thoughts Let's start by focusing on the watch, which is a non-limited expansion of the Sub 300 Carbon Aqua Lung U.S. Divers Limited Edition. I love this wat...