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HYT Returns With Industry Veteran Davide Cerrato At The Helm
Davide Cerrato has been at the forefront of the Swiss watch industry for years. He started his career at Panerai before overseeing the launch of the original Heritage Black Bay at Tudor in 2012. He then went on to Montblanc, inheritor of the Minerva legacy of fine watchmaking dating back to 1858. There he furthered the integration of the historic Minerva into the Montblanc brand and championed a vintage aesthetic. The 51-year-old industry veteran's current assignment is about as different as can be. As the CEO and creative director of the recently revived HYT, Cerrato is giving new life and direction to what was once among the mo...
The Argument For More Countdown Bezels
The countdown bezel is having a bit of a moment. After appearing on recent buzzy releases like the Mido Decompression Timer, the Blancpain Air Command, and the Oris Caliber 400 Limited Edition for HODINKEE, the counter-clockwise timing bezel hit the big time late last year on the Tudor Pelagos FXD, its most mainstream application in decades. The Tudor Pelagos FXD This story has been a long time coming. I've always thought the countdown bezel was a far more functional alternative for daily life than the "count-up" approach used to measure elapsed time that is conventionally found on dive-watch bezel...
Best Watches For Under One Thousand Dollars
$1,000 is a good chunk o' change. Whether it's the budget you've allotted yourself for your first big watch purchase or what you've got to spend your 25th year into collecting, you can get a solid and attractive watch well worth a spot on your wrist. We asked 10 esteemed members of the H team how they would spend $1k of their watch-buying dollars and they offered up a range of choices. From some old classics to new brands C with some way way under budget and others skirting right up against the ceiling C here are our best bets for sub-$1,000 watches. Seiko Alpinist SPB209 The retired, incognito CIA offic...
Greetings one and all, and welcome to another episode of Hey, HODINKEE! C that freewheeling, anything-goes locus for the horologically curious. Today, we've got a fine set of four questions from inquisitive viewers to tackle. First, why is it that Arabic numerals are called "Arabic" numerals? Another viewer wants to know why replacement parts and refinished dials, which are perfectly okay in collecting, say, vintage cars, are so severely verboten in collecting watches. A fan of the Seiko Street Fighter series wants to know if Hey, HODINKEE's Jack Forster has any other pop culture collaborations he'd like to see (and he does, but it'd be expensive, expensive, expe...
The GP Ice Race, Winter's Coolest Motorsport Event
Suddenly the chatter in the helicopter went quiet while we made our way through a small snow skiff. The view out the windshield was obscured by a complete white-out as the craft gently bobbed and weaved for a moment. Such is flying in the Kitzbhel Alps. Beyond the skiff, a beautiful view snapped into focus: Zell Am See-Kaprun, a series of bucolic villages on the shores of Lake Zell, tucked in the shadow of the majestic Schmittenhohe mountain. This valley leads to the Gro?glockner-Hochalpenstra?e, one of the best driving roads on the planet. We headed to the landing zone on the grounds of Zell Am See's GP Ice Race, a winter-th...
Ulysse Nardin and Girard-Perregaux's CEO On Purchasing The Brands From Kering Group
This January 21st, the Kering Group, which counts among its brands Gucci, Balenciaga, St. Laurent, and many others, announced that it would sell 100 percent of its stake in Sowind Group SA, which owns Ulysse Nardin and Girard-Perregaux, to its current management, headed by Patrick Pruniaux. Kering, which earned revenues of over 7 billion in 2020, said that the sale " is in line with Kering's strategy, giving priority to the Houses with the potential to become sizable assets within the group, and to which it can provide decisive support over time." Patrick Pruniaux, who will continue leading both brands moving forward, has held seni...
Happenings: Christian Selmoni And Suzanne Wong To Lecture At The Horological Society Of New York
Beyond seconds, hours, and minutes, the calendar organizes our days, weeks, and months. With that in mind, it makes sense that calendars were among the earliest complications added to clocks and watches. Understanding the calendar complication can lead to a deeper understanding of what makes a mechanical watch tick, as well as the effort that goes into designing and manufacturing them. Vacheron Constantin Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication Movement of the Vacheron Constantin Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication At the February 2022 meeting of the ...
HODINKEE Weekend Edition: The Watch As Kinetic Art
Watches can be many different things to many different people. Sometimes they're tools, sometimes they're toys, and sometimes they're even C well, a loud-and-clear signal of reproductive fitness, shall we say? And sometimes, they're over-the-top miracles of mechanical complexity that represent hundreds of years of accumulated horological knowledge.? But one thing they have also been, ever since the first portable timepieces were made five centuries ago, is miniature works of decorative art. Machines at the birth of the machine age could sometimes be highly ornamented but today, watches represent an intersection ...
Giorgio Galli is on top of the world these days. After a career spent working behind the scenes, his name is finally on the dial of a watch C and it's not just any watch.?The critically acclaimed Giorgio Galli S1 Automatic breaks new ground for Timex at the $500 price point, bringing in a refined design language and more premium materials than we typically associate with the mass-market company.? We here at the 'Dink have grown close to Galli over the past few years. We've collaborated with h...
Recognize that charming fellow asking the questions? Yes, it's our beloved former colleague Stephen J. Pulvirent. He's now out on his own in Los Angeles, and we're grateful to have him as host of this episode.? Few creatives right now are as in tune with contemporary culture as Rhuigi Villase?or. The man behind old-school Swiss luxury house Bally and new-school Los Angeles fashion line Rhude was born in the Philippines and raised in LA, where today youre just as likely to find him power lunching at the Beverly Hills Hotel with a media executive as you are to find him courtside at a Lakers game with a Grammy-winning rapper. He designs clothes for musicians, write...
Patek Philippe Nautilus, Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, And More
Things are busy at HODINKEE HQ. As we enter the second month of 2022, HODINKEE Pre-Owned continues to roll along C?with new listings posted daily! C?and this week we decided to lean into the watches and makers that continue to dominate the discussion in watchmaking: the stainless steel sport watch. We've highlighted your classics in this round-up, such as the Patek Philippe Nautilus, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, and the OMEGA Speedmaster, but we've layered in a few oddballs in other metals, as well.?Check them all out now in the HODINKEE Shop. Patek Philippe Nautilus 5712A First conceived as the ref. 3712 in 2005 before being replaced a...
One Of Our Favorite Photographers Traces His Career Path
As the watch industry explodes, there's more interest than ever in the professionals behind the scenes. So this new series, How I Got Here, will tell their stories. We'll meet creatives, executives, and other power players who make the business tick. And for our first installment, I spoke with the ever-talented and always affable photographer and artist Atom Moore. Having worked for years as a photographer's assistant and digital tech, Moore rose in the ranks of NYC photography by developing a detail-obsessed style that eventually landed him as the Art Director for Analog/Shift. These days, Moore, 40, operates his own studio in New York City and produces commerci...
Check Out the Official Watch of the US Olympics Biathlon Team Made By Horage
The Olympic event known as Biathlon can be traced back to Scandinavian tradition. The Norse god Ullr and goddess Skadi are linked to both skiing and hunting. Biathlon officially became an Olympic sport in 1955, and its modern-day format involves athletes skiing through a cross-country course divided up into "shooting rounds." Missing a target is penalized by adding more time and distance, lowering the athlete's score. US Biathlon athlete Chloe Levins. Image courtesy of Team USA "Biathlon is the most-watched winter sport in Europe with millions tuning in on TV and thousands in attendance at each event.? Across the pond, in the ...
Robert Redford Wore A Seiko Diver?
1700 nautical miles from the Sumatra Straits. All is Lost (2013), starring Robert Redford (and Robert Redford alone) opens with this simple title card against an empty abysmal black background, before fading into the endless ocean at magic hour. This low budget, critical darling, about a solo yachtsman stranded at sea after his vessel is attacked by all manner of misfortune C including a massive storm C? features almost no dialogue. It does, however, set sail with a voice-over by the iconic Redford. It's his character (named, aptly, Our Man for crediting purposes) writing a letter to his loved ones in the face of his impending death as a result of said stranding....
Alexander Kraft On Why He Loves The Ralph Lauren Automotive Flying Tourbillon.
In Watch of the Week, we invite HODINKEE staffers and friends to explain why they love a certain piece. This week's columnist is renowned international entrepreneur Alexander Kraft, chairman & CEO of Sothebys International Realty France - Monaco, designer and CEO of an eponymous fashion line (Alexander Kraft Monte Carlo), owner of boutique hotel-restaurant La Maison Bleue in Provence, and a recognized style arbiter with more than 280,000 followers on Instagram. I have been collecting watches for more than 25 years. And even though some setbacks, such as the occasional robbery, temporarily shrunk my collection, they could not diminish my horological passion. ...
Sarah Miller Is HODINKEE's 'Complete Newbie'
This week, I'm thrilled to have Sarah Miller and Nick Marino on the show. Sarah has been functioning as HODINKEE's "Complete Newbie" since the spring of last year and since Nick, who is HODINKEE's SVP of Content, came up with the idea and got Sarah to take her first writing gig in the watch space, the pairing only made sense. It's a silly, personal, and curious conversation about Sarah's personal (and evolving) perspective on watches, Nick's drive to make the world a bit more open and welcoming, and how being able to operate as a newbie can grant an uncommon perspective in a niche environment. ? If, for whatever reason, you've not dug ...
Sarah Miller Considers The Merits Of A Vintage Omega De Ville
The moment I found out that I was going to be writing about watches, not quite a year ago, I started googling vintage watches for sale. I am still not very interested in new watches, not yet. I like old fonts and burnished metal, the austerity of the 1940s and 50s mixed with the space-age-ness of the 1960s and 70s. To my eyes, old watches are clay courts; new watches are asphalt. These feelings could change, but this is how I see it right now C though I admit that the modern Lady Datejust, the Patek Philippe grand complications, and the Zenith Defy Midnight (womens or mens) have turned my head. ...
HODINKEE In-Depth Look At Temperature And Precision In Watchmaking
Watch on ice: photographer and explorer Cory Richards wearing a Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph, on Mt. Everest. One of the most interesting of the many interesting things about the history of precision timekeeping is that every solution also tends to bring with it the unpleasant surprise of new, unexpected problems.? For instance, the first watches and clocks had no balance springs and you were lucky if you were within an hour (or two) per day. Balance springs, which began to be used in 1675, suddenly made it possible to have a watch with a precision of a few minutes per day (the invention of the pendulum clock and anchor es...
The New Reverso Tribute Enamel Tiger
Nicknamed the Grande Maison, Jaeger-LeCoultre is housed within a sprawling manufacture that grew around the original farmhouse workshop, expanding to meet the skills the company added its roster. Today, Jaeger is viewed as a brand blending tremendous manufacturing capabilities and nerdy niche watchmaking appeal, but going back several decades it was an important Jura-based supplier for the heavy-hitting Geneva-based names of the 20th century. In recognition of the Lunar New Year and the opening of a new boutique in Shanghai, China, Jaeger-LeCoultre has made its latest Reverso Tribute with an enamel dial and caseback featuring gra...
HODINKEE In-Depth on the latest version of the Moonstruck: The Blast Moonstruck
In 2009, Ulysse Nardin organized a press trip to Nice, to visit the Nice Observatory, which is located on Mont Gros, 372 meters above the Mediterranean Sea. The occasion was the launch of Ulysse Nardin's latest astronomical watch: the Moonstruck, designed by horologist Dr. Ludwig Oechslin. Oechslin had been an essential partner to Rolf Schnyder in the resurrection of Ulysse Nardin as a brand and had created (among other things) the famous Trilogy Of Time watches, each of which featured a different group of astronomical complications.? The Ulysse Nardin Tellurium Johannes Kepler, From The Trilogy Of Time The Ulysse Nardin Tellurium Johannes Kepler, wi...