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Why is this watch called the Longhorn?
Auction season is upon us. We've now seen the full slate of this year's Only Watch participants, including the HM10 Panda from MB&F. Well, Maximilian Bsser and Friends are back to say that that wasn't the only unique trick the brand had up its sleeve. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the LM1 series (one of the brand's very first prototypes), it has announced the LM1 "Longhorn." Employing the key design language we have come to recognize in the LM1, this watch features two separate time displays with blued hands, with an impressively large balance wheel on an arched bridge hanging over top (the same arch design seen in the LM1 Final Edition). ...
Three New NOMOS Autobahns Featuring A Steel Racing Bracelet
When the NOMOS Autobahn launched in 2018, it was a whole new line and design for NOMOS, made with award-winning German industrial designer Werner Aisslinger. At once quite a bit different from other NOMOS models C most obviously, it incorporated a new design element, a partial luminous ring C the Autobahn was also pretty obviously a NOMOS. Today, NOMOS is announcing three more watches in the Autobahn line in what they are calling the Director's Cut. Named for the major German highways A9, A3, and A7, the three new models are in Aisslinger's favorite colors C hence the name C and they call to mind the brightly colored cars you mig...
I've become your friend who always has a knife. But the funny thing is that rather than Adam Savage or Reddit,?it was a watch that got me here: The James Brand x Timex Expedition North. Founded in 2012, the James Brand is the darling of the EDC crowd ("everyday carry" is an assortment of useful items that someone carries on their person every day). The brand quickly earned a positive reputation in the EDC world for making stylish, minimalist knives that appeal more to the design nerd rather than to the Bear Grylls wannabes (though, in fairne...
It's finally October. Autumn is here. Halloween and Thanksgiving are just around the corner. Holiday plans are beginning to take shape. We're just now getting into the busiest part of 2021. Who could be thinking of 2022 at this time of year?The Swiss watch industry, that's who. Coming in hot from Geneva this morning is an announcement detailing the full assortment of watch companies that will be exhibiting at Watches And Wonders 2022. Thirty-nine total companies make up the initial list we've received, and there are some real heavy hitters in the mix. Right off the bat, the biggest news is the return of Van Cleef & Arpels, joining the rest of its cohorts in t...
The H. Moser Heritage Dual Time
For all its cheeky news-making antics, it's worth remembering that H. Moser is, and has long been, a heavy hitter among watchmakers. The company that designed a watch of Swiss cheese, another mimicking the work of a certain Silicon Valley firm, and yet another that amalgamated the icons of Swiss watchmaking (which was not made), has manufacturing chops that many of its competitors would love to have. Moser makes its own hairsprings, for crying out loud! After the stunts, when Moser releases one of its more traditional designs, like, say, the watch we see here, it has a way of putting us on our back foot. Like when a great comedic...
Seiko President In Frank Interview With Financial Times
Akio Naito has been the president of Seiko Watch Corporation since last April, but most of us in the United States got to know him during his tenure as CEO of Grand Seiko USA. Naito stepped into that role in 2018 and, along with the current US brand president, Brice Le Troadec (who is also global strategy officer for Grand Seiko) presided over a dramatic change in Grand Seiko's market position. This included an introduction of visually striking new models, new movements (including improvements to Spring Drive and Hi-Beat calibers), and as well, a pursuit of higher price points. Though Grand Seiko's market position has changed, the company still offers a...
Black Thought On His Gold Rolex And His Bond With Questlove
Since becoming the house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in 2014, The Roots have gone from respected hip-hop troupe to globally known super-group. Or put another way, The Roots have become Americas house band. Seriously. What other band can you watch perform every night in your living room? In the process, they have brought hip-hop to an even wider audience, collaborated with countless artists, and redefined the role of a late-night band. At the center of the band and their success is the extremely tight bond between its two founding members, Ahmir Questlove Thompson and Tariq Black Thought Trotter. Chances are, if youve been paying attention to The Roots near-daily performances...
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 The Vintage Team is safely back inside after a treacherous Great Outdoors Week here at the 'DINK. We have traded in our NATO-style straps (both one piece and two) for that buttery suede we know and love so much. This week, we are coming to you live from a cozy enclave of Sedona and Bedford watch straps (free...
Which Watch Emojis Are The Best?
Imagine for a moment that you are an emoji. You are yourself, only pixelated. You have your taste, your style, and your same exact budget (sorry). You are an emoji with a soul.?Now imagine that emoji-you is wearing a watch. What would this watch look like? It would be flat, obviously. But what else? Google, Apple, Facebook, Samsung, Microsoft C?the great minds at Big Emoji C have been diligently trying to answer this question, and together they have created enough watch emoji to fill a virtual showroom. Some, like Google, go full Scandi with a crisp, clean dial and leather strap. Others, like Facebook Messenger, embrace the illustrative nature of the task, servin...
Weekend Rewind: It's James Bond Weekend!
If there's ever been a man who makes the watch, and not the other way around, it's Ian Fleming's swashbuckling James Bond. At any given moment, there's something special on Bond's wrist. The British spy's affinity for fine timepieces is a reflection of Fleming's own impeccable taste; he wore a Rolex Explorer 1016 while penning the Bond novels. These days, Bond wears an Omega (that's pronounced O-mee-ga), and his new titanium Seamaster Diver 300M has a role in No Time To Die, released in the US yesterday. Even though Bond is most typically associated with Omega at present, it's certainly not the only watch Bond has worn. Like the ever-changing exotic locations and...
HEY HODINKEE looks at independents, watches to be buried in, and dropping your watch
It's time for another episode of Hey, HODINKEE! C where HODINKEE Editor In Chief Jack Forster fields your questions about all things horological.? In this episode, a reader asks whether or not the long-term reliability and dependability of watches from independent watchmakers is a concern C especially when it comes to parts. Another asks a question most watch owners have asked themselves at some point: If I've dropped my watch (God forbid) how can I tell whether it's been damaged enough to need a visit to a watchmaker? Carpe diem, baby. And finally, a viewer writes in to ask about the idea of being...
IWC's Newest Pilot Chronograph Limited Edition
Gabe Reilly and Asher Rapkin are longtime friends with an interest in watches. With Collective, a community for watch enthusiasts they founded in California in 2018, Rapkin and Reilly have partnered with watch brands on limited edition watches available exclusively for their members. A quick scan of the group's Instagram page shows collaborations with Zenith, J.N. Shapiro, H. Moser, and Urwerk. Though Collective started in California, a new limited edition launching now marks the expansion of the group to the United Kingdom. Today, we've got the latest in the series of collaborations, this time with IWC. The Pilot Chronograph Edition C.03 aims to distill the Coll...
This New Baltic Watch Is A Surprise
Just last month, we got a glimpse of this year's selection of unique pieces set to cross the auction block at Only Watch in November. There were the usual heavy-hitting brands C everyone from Tudor to AP to Journe. One rather surprising entrant was Baltic, a relative newcomer to the watch scene full stop, and certainly a newcomer to the big leagues. While a brand most commonly known to hang its hat on vintage-inspired design with seriously affordable pricing, this was a real "we've made it," moment for the French-based outfit. And it was well worth it, as the Baltic Only Watch stole the show. Instagram and Twitter were flooded with effusive praise of the watch. ...
Seiko Turtle Divers: SRPH55, SRPH57, and SRPH59
Crush from Finding Nemo and Grand Master Oogway from Kung Fu Panda better watch out, there's a new cartoonish turtle in town. Except this one is only available in the US and lives on the caseback of a watch. I'm talking about the latest limited-edition, US-exclusive trio of Seiko "Turtle" divers that are actually inspired by turtles. I bet the Seiko community didn't see this one coming when they nicknamed the 6309 "the Turtle" and the 2015 SRP775 (and variants) the "new Turtle." I certainly didn't, but the signs that something like this could be in the pipeline were there all along: ...
HODINKEE takes a look at the development of high precision moonphase watches
Above, the Jaeger-LeCoultre Perpetual Calendar Quadriptyque, with displays for the Synodic, Anomalistic, and Draconic lunar cycles. Moonphase accurate to one day's error in 1,111 years. The moonphase complication is an easy one to love, if you have a little romance in your soul. It's one of the oldest complications in horology C in fact, you could say that in a way it predates actual mechanical watch and clockmaking, since it makes an appearance in the two thousand year old mechanical computer known as the Antikythera Mechanism. A hypothetical reconstruction of the Antikythera Mechanism. Image, Wikimedia Commons.jpg); recons...
What Watch Is Ryan Gosling Wearing?
Greetings from Hollywood, where TAG Heuer announced not only a refreshed set of Carrera watches last night, but also a new ambassador: Ryan Gosling. The brand threw an outrageous party for the occasion, welcoming the movie star at a Beverly Hills mansion that looked like David Lynch's idea of an Italian villa. Now you might think this is just another actor becoming the face of a major name in Swiss watches, but with Gosling and TAG there's a bit to unpack before we scrutinize the watches themselves. It was just last summer C July 1, 2020 to be exact C that young Frdric Arnault became the company's n...
What Watch Did Humphrey Bogart Wear in Casablanca?
The Golden Age of Hollywood was a different time. Back then they had a system C and assembly line structure C for making pictures. Nowadays we've come to know it, fittingly, as the "Hollywood System." The major studios, namely Warner Bros., Paramount, 20th Century Fox, and RKO, ran Los Angeles by way of sprawling studio backlots. Each studio had a stable of actors on contract, with directors-for-hire who churned out production after production.? In 1942, a film was put into development based on a stage play called Everybody Comes to Rick's. On paper nothing was particularly special about this film. A competent director was hired in Michael Curtiz, and the film wa...
Learn all about the watches of James Bond here
This weekend we're celebrating the world and watches of James Bond with some of our favorite HODINKEE stories from the past few years. This is one. Images of exotic locales, eccentric villains, beautiful women, and perfectly-tailored tuxedos all come to mind when one mentions James Bond. But to HODINKEE readers, the watches of Bond are equally as important. In this story, Heaton (who is far and away the foremost authority on Bond watches) takes a look at the "why" behind all of Bond's watches. While we're here pondering and salivating over the watches, James Bond, in fact, may have thought nothing of them at all. From Heaton's story: ...
This weekend we're celebrating the world and watches of James Bond with some of our favorite HODINKEE stories from the past few years. This is one. Q-Branch has historically supplied James Bond with watches that do far more than simply tell time. Bond's watches have become a plot device that consistently C and sometimes comically C help him get out of a sticky situation. Or in the case of Vesper Lynd, it may have helped Bond get into a situation. In this round-up, we look at our favorite Bond watches and the fantastical functionality they offer. Talk about tool watches! ...
Have you ever seen a James Bond Swatch?
This weekend we're celebrating the world and watches of James Bond with some of our favorite HODINKEE stories from the past few years. This is one. Omega is inextricably tied to the modern Bond franchise, but that doesn't mean other brands can't get in on the fun C well, maybe it does if they're not part of the Swatch Group. Lucky for us, Swatch (the brand), is. Known for cheap horological thrills, they kindly created a set of Bond watches inspired by the movie posters and opening title sequences of six films in the franchise. In this story from last year, James Stacey waxes poetic on why these ...