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Into The Heart Of Leica: Cameras, Watches, and More
This week we have a special treat for all of the camera nerds in the audience and it comes straight from one of the defining brands in photography C Leica. Last week, my colleague Myles Kusaba and I traveled to Germany to attend the 2021 Leica Oskar Barnack Awards, as well as several other special events. While visiting Leitz Park C that's Leica's home, near Frankfurt C Myles and I had the opportunity to record two fun and varied chats, both of which form this episode.? Kicking off the show, we have a talk about the creative side of Leica and photography with the NYC-based photographer and director Mark de Paola, who has shot with Leic...
HEY HODINKEE looks at Calatravas, Office G Shocks, And How To Be A Watch Writer
Hello everyone and, welcome once again to another episode of Hey, HODINKEE! where you ask watch questions, and we give watch answers. As always, HODINKEE's Editor In Chief, Jack Forster, is here to take your questions, with Deputy Editor Nora Taylor as the Voice Of The Hodinkee Community! Today we've got three great queries in the hopper. You've probably heard the term "Calatrava" applied to Patek Philippe watches but in recent years collectors have started using it as a more general term for a certain kind of watch. What kind of watch, and where did the term come from? Check out the episode to find out. We've also got a question from a reader who's taking on a n...
Fashion Designer Todd Snyder's Favorite Watches
In the late '80s or early '90s a young Todd Snyder thumbs through a J.Crew catalog when he notices one of the models on the cover is wearing a watch. "I kinda knew it was a Rolex," the menswear designer says. "I remember thinking, 'Wow, that's really nice.'" From that moment on Snyder started looking into watches and seeing what people wore on their wrists. "But it didn't really take off until I moved to New York and started working for Ralph Lauren." From the world of Ralph, he learned that everything vintage and rare can be a story. While he has an appreciation for contemporary watches, Todd Snyder remains a vintage watch lover through and through. He only star...
Curated Collection Of Vintage Military Watches In The HODINKEE Shop
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? Click?here. This Week's Vintage Watches Weeks ago now, a longtime friend of HODINKEE and all-around great chap, Grahame Fowler approached the Vintage Team with a small collection of military watches that had run their course in his collection. While we are sure Grahame was sad to see the group go, we asked only the necessary questions and gladly accepted the offer. From there...
The New HODINKEE Magazine Is Out Now
We didnt set out to make HODINKEE Vol. 9 a themed issue. This is not the Space Issue or the Power Issue, or, um, the Co-Axial Escapement Issue. To fill these pages we simply pursued our interests, seeking out fascinating tales from the world of watches and the culture of time. And yet, looking back, its clear that a theme emerged all on its own. The stories here have a contrarian streak. They celebrate rebels and renegades. They challenge everyone who loves horology to reconsider their assumptions. The watch world revolves around Switzerland? Well, maybe. But our subjects hail from Russia, Nigeria, and the Isle of Man reflecting h...
Apple faces the same challenges as every other watchmaker in moving to more sustainable manufacturing. But its sheer size, and the enormous number of watches it produces, exponentially amplify the problems it must solve. Since theApple Watch launched in 2014, its combination of versatility, clean design, and increasingly powerful suite of applications (including class-leading fitness and wellness apps) have made it the smart watch to beat. Cupertino doesnt breakout its Apple Watch sales separately from other products, but in 2019, industry analysts estimated that the company made close to 31 million Apple Watches.Thats more watches than the entire Swiss watch industry combined. ...
How They Made It: The Chopard LUC Full Strike Dia De Los Muertos Minute Repeater
Writing a "How They Made It" story about a minute repeater C any minute repeater C is an interesting undertaking because it has been true for hundreds of years, and remains true, that making any minute repeater is not exactly a walk in the park. The complication chimes the time "on demand" C you "demand" to hear the time by pushing a slide in the case, or pressing a pusher. The repeater will then chime the time on two gongs C one is tuned lower than the other. The hours strike first, on the lower-tuned gong. The number of quarter hours past the hour then strike on both gongs C there's a double strike for each quarter. If for instance, it's 3:45, you'll hear...
How Many Military Submariners Does Grahame Fowler Have?
Yesterday we announced the release of HODINKEE Magazine Volume 9. As part of the launch, you'll find a few pieces from the latest (and dare we say greatest?) issue hitting the site for your reading pleasure. One of those stories was centered around watch collector extraordinaire, and friend of the 'dink, Grahame Fowler. We all know him for his namesake New York City men's clothing brand, and his enviable collection of military watches C but now we can add his unique collection of vintage Italian Lambretta scooters to the mix.? For now, in the spirit of Daylight Savings, let's fall back to a video from the days of yore (well, 2013...
Zoe Abelson's Favorite Watches
Zoe Abelson is fearless. The luxury watch dealer and client advisor recently struck out on her own after 10 years in the industry, founding her company Graal Limited where she sources and buys for private clients C?and beginning the development process for a new watch-trading app. Along with all that shes an integral part of the female watch collector community, running her Instagram account Watch Girl Off Duty, hosting meetups around the country, and after putting out a call for women who love watches on the gram who want to connect, shes the unofficial mayor of one of the most active and interesting WhatsApp groups in the game. These are just a few accomplishments in a young career full ...
The Omega Speedmaster Owned By Ralph Ellison Coming Up For Auction At Phillips
It is said that a prophet is without honor in his own country, and while you cant say that novelist Ralph Ellison is exactly without honor, hes not quite the household name that other watch-adjacent celebrities are C say, Paul Newman, to pick the obvious example. Ellison, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1913, passed away at the age of 81 in New York in 1994 and had to his credit, exactly one published novel during his lifetime. Original cover, Invisible Man, 1952. Image, Wikipedia Invisible Man is one of the 20th centurys most revered works of American fiction. It invites analysis but defies synopsis. Influenced by ever...
Hands-On With The Tudor Pelagos FXD
After months of speculation and more than a handful of leaks, Tudor has officially announced the Pelagos FXD C the watch born of their revived connection with the Marine Nationale. Something of a more specific and specialized take on the Pelagos format, the FXD has been designed with direct input from the Marine Nationales combat swimmers, the Commando Hubert, in the hopes of fine-tuning Tudors popular titanium dive watch to suit their needs for underwater navigation. The result is an exacting evolution of the Pelagos that includes several small tweaks and a few big changes. Im sorry to do this but lets dive in. First, Id l...
Happenings: The Horological Society Of New York To Hold Weekend Classes In Miami
The?Horological Society of New York's?award-winning classes are on the road again! HSNY is returning to Miami over the weekend of December 10 and 11, 2021, with hosts?F.P. Journe. At HSNY's?Horological Education classes students discover what actually makes a watch tick under the guidance of the HSNY's staff of professional watchmakers. Students work on a mechanical watch movement, studying the gear train, winding and setting mechanisms, and escapement. The weekend half-day classes cover everything taught during the individual evening classes held in New York. In addition,?New York City in-person classes?are available. All HSNY ...
In the year 2021, does a tool watch really mean anything? Some say yes, some say no.?Naturally, we say yes. A tool watch can be anything to anyone. A dive watch, a GMT, a chronograph, a field or pilots' watch. It can be complicated or simple, bland or exciting, really anything you want it to be. In honor of Tudor's revival of its Marine National partnership that culminated in the release of the new Pelagos FXD yesterday, we've gathered six of our favorite watches currently available in HODINKEE Pre-Owned that iterate on the tool watch identity. You can explore the full selection of watches available in HODINKEE Pre-Owned right here.? Tudor Pelagos LHD ...
Only Watch, Mega Auctions Results, And The Why Of The GPHG
For this surprise bonus episode, Jack and I had a chat with Logan while he was on-site in Geneva for a handful of the watch industry's most illustrious affairs C including Only Watch, the fall auctions, and of course the 2021 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genve. Looking at massive charity-funding results from both major and indie brands at Only Watch and the continued success of Journe at any and all auctions (even when it's just an empty box), and the growing relevance of the GPHG, Logan takes us inside the room at these high-power and exciting events. ? Thanks so much for listening, we have another extra-nerdy episode coming Monday mor...
Tudor Collector Breaks Down The Pelagos FXD
Last week, shortly after having a chance to see the new Pelagos FXD in the metal, I knew who I had to call for this episode of HODINKEE Radio C Ross Povey. Ross is the man behind TudorCollector.com and he has a deep love for all things Tudor and a special interest in the brand's historical work with various military outfits, including the Marine Nationale. As you can imagine, the Pelagos FXD is firmly in his wheelhouse.? Ross was kind enough to jump on a call from his home in the UK to offer the collector and historical context for this oddball dive watch. We get into the lineage of the Pelagos, the hi...
Adam Wade On His Favorite Swatch
In Watch of the Week, we invite HODINKEE staffers and friends to explain why they love a certain piece. This week's columnist is a veteran storyteller from The Moth, and the author of the bestselling audio memoir, You Ought To Know Adam Wade. I grew up in the 1980s and early '90s in Manchester, New Hampshire. My family lived right on the Manchester-Hooksett border so we were in a suburban-rural area. An ideal childhood setting in a lot of ways, but there weren't a lot of other kids around, which meant that I spent a ton of time with my brother and only sibling, Matt, who is four years older. The only ...
HODINKEE At Geneva Auction Week 2021
I have returned. My six-day sojourn into the Genevois wilderness has come to an end. I wrote before I left that I expected the entire week to be an extended dalliance with absurdity C?the kind only found in the Swiss watch industry C?and I wasn't wrong. I witnessed broken record after broken record, insane amounts of money being thrown around, and an industry surging to new heights in both interest and intrigue, all while inching closer and closer to a post-pandemic world, whatever that may be. This was a genuinely novel experience compared to the New York auctions I've attended in the past. As far as...
This past week we observed Veteran's Day here in the U.S. To further honor those who served we thought we would look back at a story deep in our archives. We're talking 2011, a full decade ago. This is a story about a watch C but it's one that really gets to the core of just how important a timepiece can be. In the story, we're introduced to Charles Woehrl, a veteran of WWII and a POW who purchased a Patek Philippe watch during the war. Jason Heaton examines the connection between a man and his watch, and recounts a decades-long story that we won't spoil here. Enjoy this one on your lazy Sunday. Click...
The History Of The Cartier Crash
Kanye West wore one. Tyler, the Creator, too. Even Jay-Z.?But the Cartier Crash is way more than a watch that happened to grace the wrists of a few famous people. Way.?Also, lets get this out of the way: It was never the result of a car crash. Urban legend has it that the molten, fiery configuration of a Cartier Baignoire Allonge involved in a car crash was taken into Cartier London, where designers were so inspired by the surreal shape that they created the Crash.In reality surreality? the Crash was the amalgamation of a few different forces coming together at Cartier London and in the city of London itself in the 1960s. The Swinging Sixties saw an increased interest in bold fashion...
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? Click?here. This Week's Vintage Watches Pivoting away from a loosely themed collection last week, the Vintage Team is back with a more standard drop. Highlighted by a tropicalized dial from a brand we don't feature too often in the Shop, this collection is one we are quite proud to offer. Last week was great but we sure did miss offering the classics. Of course, you know we h...