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A Complete Newbie Buys Her First Adult Watch
And so it came to pass that my habit of staying up late looking at watches on the Internet began to verge on addiction. I wanted a lot of watches, but mostly, it seemed, I wanted this Rolex, this Omega, and also this Omega. My tastes did not seem to have much to do with universal desirability or potential for increased value. I just liked what I liked, and, often, what I liked happened to be blue or (like me) from the late 1960s. I had great admiration for watch collector Michael Williamss landmark 2007 decision to spend some large percentage of his then-small salary on a Tudor, and I thought often about copying him. Ultimately, I reminded myself that Williams m...
Inside The Design: Would You Wear a Watch Made From a Gun?
A gun is a very expensive piece of scrap metal. Most often built from an alloy steel, the weapon is designed to withstand high heat and any bangs or bruises that come its way. Generally speaking, the metal used to make guns exists in a different metallurgic universe than something like the high-grade stainless steel found in most watch cases and bands. Gun metal is heavy, its sooty, and you probably dont want to wear it on your wrist. Unless, of course, you do.For the past few years, Swedish brand Triwa has been making watches from melted gun metal, though you wouldnt know it by looking at them. The metal is found in Triwas Time For Peace line, showing up as ...
Auctions: Nine Highlights From Only Watch 2021
The watchmakers participating in Only Watch, the biennial charity auction, have just announced their contributions to the sale, set to take place November 6 at Christie's Geneva. With 54 brands and collaborations in the 9th edition of the event benefiting research to fight Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, there's a lot to look at. Here are nine highlights. The full list of participants and watches can be found on the Only Watch website. Audemars Piguet 15202 Jumbo Dedicated To Only Watch The reign of the 15202 as the current production heir to the original Audemars Piguet Royal Oak comes to an end in 2021. Wh...
Sunday Rewind: Three Manually Wound Chronograph Heavyweights
Many of us are in the midst of a nice, long weekend. For some, that means cookouts and beaches, and for others it means taking your sweet time with a truly meaty piece of watch writing. Since you're here, you're probably the latter, so allow us to point you in the direction of a classic Three On Three where we compare the bountiful merits of manually wound, in-house chronographs from A. Lange & Sohne, Vacheron Constantin, and Patek Philippe. It's not just the watches that are impressive - the debate team itself is stacked. Ben Clymer, Jack Forster, and Nicholas Manousos plead their relative cases in text, and Ben, Jack, and K...
Introducing: Fossil Beats The Buzzer With These Looney 'Space Jam' Watches
Space Jam: Legacy, starring LeBron James, is set to dunk all over the weekend box-office (and HBO Max) on July 16. Ahead of its release, Fossil is unleashing a torrent of character watches featuring the Looney Tunes characters, and King James himself (in Tunes form, of course). Fossil announced three collections of Space Jam-themed watches and accessories. Each Capsule Collection, as they're calling it, offers a different set of timepieces and swag, such as backpacks, wallets, and figurines (10-year-old me would be all about the figurines. Okay, present-day me is, too). The figurines that come with the limited edition "Tune ...
Introducing: The New Hublot Big Bang Unico Summer
Hublot has never shied away from flamboyant use of color. Case in point C the latest Big Bang chronograph by way of the limited edition Unico Summer. In an execution that can only be described as profoundly turquoise, this summer-themed creation uses the blue-green color for the case, the dial, the pushers, and even the strap. Interestingly, especially when compared to the recent crop of brightly colorful Big Bangs, the Unico Summer does not use a ceramic case. Rather, the case and bezel are made of anodized aluminum. With a mix of brushed and polished elements, this aluminum case is 42mm wide and 14.5mm thick and houses Hublots...
Rewind: Making Magic With Dan White
Welcome back to our admittedly on-the-nose 4th of July rewind line-up. For our second trip down memory lane, we're revisiting Episode 38 of HODINKEE Radio with magician Dan White. Intrepid host and serious magic fan, Stephen Pulvirent, sits down with White to discuss his Rolex, watches in general, and yes, magic. It's hard to think of a better way to spend a holiday Monday than listening to two adults celebrate the art of being surprised for a little over an hour. Come for the Daytona, stay for the sleight of hand.Click here to listen to the full episode of HODINKEE Radio: Episode 38....
Rewind: The Oris Big Crown Pointer Date
Happy 4th of July (observed), to all who celebrate. Today we'll be spending the holiday with three very special HODINKEE stories. First up, James Stacey's time with the Oris Big Crown Pointer Date With Red Dial. James recently deemed this year "colorful watch summer" and the deep-red dial of the Oris is a solid match for someone who wants to participate in CWS but can't fully commit to turquoise. Even if a red dial isn't your thing, there's still a nice moment of contrast between the steel bracelet and deerskin strap options available for the watch and an early mention of the now extremely popular green watch trend.You can read "...
Rewind: Return To The "Blue Lagoon"
Two summers ago (were we ever so young?), Stephen Pulvirent decided to take a closer look at the Zodiac Super Sea Wolf "Blue Lagoon." Along with a great nickname, the watches themselves offer a decent value proposition, especially in the world of approachably-priced dive watches. Another strong contender for Colorful Watch Summer, S.P. was a big fan of the bold blue hue, saying, "For the most part, I just like that these blue colors are a bit different from the muted, meant-to-be-masculine tones that we're used to seeing on dive watches." For more of his thoughts on whether you should spend your green on a watch this blue, check ...
Editors' Picks: The Biggest Watch Surprises of 2021 (So Far)
This sort of half-open first half of the year has been chock-full of watch surprises. During Watches & Wonders, this spring, we were zooming our way through new releases and staggering into the office, person by person, to check out certain models in the metal. Now that the watch world is opening up a bit more, we're seeing more watches (and people) with our very eyes. We decided to take stock of the year thus far, and highlight a few of the watches that have caught us by surprise C and don't hesitate to chime in with a few of your own. Tissot PRX Quartz; Auto I didn't expect to buy a Tissot when the ...
Introducing: The Ming 20.11 'Mosaic' Puts A Miniature Metropolis On The Wrist
Ming watches, I like to say, are Ming's watches, by which I mean that in a world of wristwatches characterized mostly by looking to recognizable icons from the past for inspiration, you get, instead, watches that are not only instantly recognizable but also unlike anything else out there. Since Ming Thein started his eponymous company in 2017, with the 17.01, he's retained the basic signature elements of his designs, but also expanded the available movement stable to include not only more affordable calibers from suppliers like Sellita, but also more refined and very highly modified movements from boutique movement supplier Schwartz Etienne. ...
Photo Report: 45 Watches That Stole The Street-Style Show At Pitti Uomo
Street style is equal parts envy and inspiration. You see someone doing something you probably do C walking C looking how you would probably like to look C exceedingly cool C with such ease. There is no greater moment for off-the-cuff men's fashion photography than Pitti Uomo, the annual menswear trade show in Florence. We sent photographer Robert Spangle to capture the best watch moments, and the stylish folks pounding the strada did not disappoint. Franco Mazzetti; @franz_1955 Hes owned this 1968 GMT Master for more than 40 years and is particularly att...
Introducing: The Six-Figure 'Space Jam' Tourbillon That Is Perfect For Somebody Out There
LeBron James and his team of Looney Tunes are set to take on the Goon Squad in a game of basketball on July 16th. So far, we've seen Fossil release a whole slew of movie-themed merch and watches in anticipation of the movie. But that's not all folks. Kross, the Swiss design studio, is upping the ante and calling game with this new Space Jam: Legacy-inspired tourbillon. You heard that right, a tourbillon designed in celebration of an animated Warner Bros/NBA crossover movie. And this watch isn't holding anything back in the design department. The watch is sized at 45mm with a tall sapphire crystal housing a wild design. The dial f...
Introducing: The *Very* Red Ressence Type 1 Slim Red
Ressence is peerless. Since Belgian industrial designer Benoit Mintiens founded the company 11 years ago there hasn't been a watch quite like it. "The essence of Ressence," as my former colleague at iW, Mike Thompson, once headlined, is built around an orbital display that is totally unique. ROCS, short for the Ressence Orbital Convex System, is a mechanism that allows for a regulator-style display showing the hours, the seconds, and the day of the week in their own satellite subdials, with the minutes taking up the central part of the display and emanating from the center, more or less. As the minutes unfold, the other displays rotate, a carousel of easy-reading time. ...
Watch Spotting: Jay-Z Puts A Lighter Up While Wearing A Richard Mille Piece Unique
Jay-Z has been roc-a-wearing Richard Mille watches since before Blue Ivy was but a twinkle in his and the Queen B's eye. His most famous watch from the hyperbole-inducing brand has to be his custom, $2.5 million dollar, sapphire Richard Mille 56 that reportedly took over 3,000 hours to make. Nicknamed 'The Blueprint' because of the notoriously tough material and Jay-Z's sixth album, the watch is about as eye-catching as they come. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Beyonce? (@beyonce) This weekend Hova almost outdid himself in the watch department. Clad in all-white, he was captured on A$AP Ferg's Instagr...
Introducing: Fratello x Czapek Antarctique Passage de Drake Viridian Green Limited Edition
We here at HODINKEE have a well-qualified fondness for collaborations. A huge part of the fun comes from the small tweaks to a design that can help to create a watch that is both recognizable and yet distinct in its own right. Announced earlier this week and going on sale tomorrow, Thursday, July 8th, the Speedmaster-obsessed team at Fratello Watches recently partnered up with the talented folks at Czapek & Cie to create a limited edition version of the brands Antarctique Passage de Drake featuring a brand-new green dial. Reborn in 2011, modern Czapek has been establishing itself as a player in the high-end independent marke...
Introducing: All of Audemars Piguet's Newest Novelties
Just as we were all recovering from our long Fourth of July weekend here in the States, Audemars Piguet lit off fireworks from Le Brassus, Switzerland, dropping a whole mess of watches in its Women Novelties collection C but don't call them women's watches. The releases are plenty, in all manner of sizes and materials, so let's cut the small talk and have a look. Royal Oak 34mm in Black Ceramic I think it best to start with the heavy-hitter. When news dropped of these releases, my eyes were immediately drawn to this watch. Black ceramic is certainly all the rage right now (her...
To view the entire current selection of vintage watches available in the HODINKEE Shop, click here.Questions? Send us a note, or let us know in the comments. Want to sell your vintage watch through the HODINKEE Shop? Click here. Want to sell your pre-owned watch through Crown & Caliber? Click here. This Week's Vintage Watches There is just something special about a black dial on a vintage watch. Be it glossy or matte, in a deep dark onyx tone, almost grey, or even that "tropical" brown, nothing ages quite like a black dial. With each batch, even of the same watch or reference, the dial paint or finish used by our favorite brands s...
HODINKEE Radio: Liz Stinson Wants More Thoughtful Watch Design
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! There are so many misconceptions about the word "design." Some think it's abstract and meaningless. Some think it's outright pretentious. Others don't realize that an object's design is about a whole lot more than just the way it looks. Luckily, we've got Liz Stinson to clear all of that up. Our resident design columnist, the executive editor of the AIGA Eye on Design, and a Wired veteran, Liz is someone who thinks deeply about how material things come to be in the ...
HODINKEE Radio: Lange-Palooza 2021
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! Less than a week ago, Lange dropped the Cabaret Tourbillon Handwerkskunst, the biggest surprise from the venerated German watchmaker in quite some time. It revives a Lange classic, but in a superlative, limited execution that shows off the best of what the brand is all about. To get the inside scoop, I sat down with Lange CEO Wilhelm Schmid, who is one of my favorite interviews in all of watchmaking. He's honest, he's seemingly allergic to BS, and he's a thoughtful ...