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Hodinkee Holiday Gift Guide From Hodinkee's Danny Milton
In this year's Hodinkee Holiday Gift Guides, our editors round up their top gift picks across a range of price points from all corners of the internet and our very own Hodinkee Shop. No matter who you're shopping for this season, we've got you covered. I like gifts. I like giving gifts, and I like receiving gifts C especially surprises. I have this delusional take that you can influence whether or not I like something by sheer virtue of surprising me with it. Let me know in advance? Give me time to think it over? That's just too much mental gymnastics. So in the interest of the impending holiday season (wasn't it just Halloween??), I'm putting together a li...
Oren Hartov's Vintage IWC Caliber 89
In Watch of the Week, we invite Hodinkee staffers and friends to explain why they love a certain watch. This week's columnist is Oren Hartov, an LA-based writer, guitarist, songwriter, and reserve paratrooper, as well as several other things he can't remember. I was on a bus headed to Tel Aviv's famous Jerusalem Beach when the glint of precious metal caught my eye. After fumbling for the bus's yellow "stop" button and dodging the notoriously aggressive drivers of King George Street, I suddenly found myself up against the glass partition of a vintage watch and jewelry shop. Rolex, Tissot, and Omega were all present in the window displa...
Steal Vs. Splurge: Intergalactic Design From Rado And Patek Philippe
One wonderful thing about "space-age" design is how, over time, it's gone from futuristic to retro-futuristic. Nobody today thinks the future is going to look like The Jetsons. But however charmingly ungainly those 1960s and '70s designs might appear in retrospect, they do retain a glimmer of glamour. And watchmakers are still playing with the aesthetic. The Rado you see here is a modern reinterpretation of a model that wholeheartedly encapsulated its time period. When it came out a couple of months ago, we couldn't help noticing its resemblance to the Patek Philippe ref. 3580 from 1971. Both have oblong cases, three hands, and geometric shapes for hour markers. ...
Photography is a Hodinkee hallmark. We care about our pictures as much as we care about our words C and we know you do, too (because every time we don't have a close-up dial shot, we hear about it). Original photojournalism is painstaking and expensive, especially when shooting all over the world, but we think it's worth the investment. Most watch photography looks the same. We're trying to show you something you've never seen. Which brings us to our new magazine cover. For Vol. 11 of our premium print journal, we've increased the size of our cover image C all the better to showcase Neige Thbault's beautiful photograph of Guillaume Gaulis, the man behind the coo...
New Vintage Watches In The HODINKEE Shop
To view the entire current selection of vintage watches available in the Hodinkee Shop, click here. Our next guest needs no introduction, but here is one anyway. For many, the Rolex Daytona is the ultimate. In the words of former Talking Watches guest Alfredo Paramico, the Crown's chronograph is "the quintessence of watches, a true milestone, an iconic watch." Yes, there are always those who collect in a different direction, but to many collectors around the world the Daytona is the pinnacle of not only Rolex collecting, not only chronograph collecting, but, in terms of a serially produced wristwatch, the peak of all watch collecting. Statements such as this have...
The Watches We Recommend To Our Non-Watch Friends
What watch should I buy? Chances are, we've all been there, and the truth is it's a sweet question. Not only does it show that your friend trusts your taste in watches C possibly with a pile of money C but you now have the chance, no, the opportunity, to create a new watch enthusiast. It's an honor, and it certainly beats being asked if you can get them a Daytona at discount, no?? So I put the question to our editors to see where they would land when trying to suggest a great watch for a friend who has no existing watch knowledge, but they know you know about watches and they have some sort of a budget. The rest is captured below.? Om...
Is OMEGA Seamaster 300 A Good Watch?
Pulling from the Omega archives, the Seamaster 300 offers loads of vintage appeal while keeping up with any modern diver. The bracelet, bezel, and mid-century design all evoke the scuba-diving boom of the 1950s, even though it is a modern release from 2021. It's hard not to imagine whitecaps and teak decks just from hearing the name Seamaster. Toss on that nautical cable-knit sweater and let the Seamaster 300 show off its sea legs. Wrist Size: 6.5 in | 16.5 cm To begin a laundry list of attributes, the Omega Calibre 8912 is antimagnetic, METAS-certified, carries 60 hours of power reserve, is finished beautifully, and shows it ...
articles about personal relationships to watches
When I was a kid, I wanted to grow up and wear a Cartier Tank. I thought that was the watch that would show the world how sophisticated and glamorous and rich I had become. Well, I grew up and I am not particularly any of those things, and the watch that suits me best has changed. My ideal watch as a child. I was never so sure of this as the other night when I was watching The White Lotus Season 2, and I saw Daphne Sullivan (played by Meghann Fahy) with her balayaged and straightened hair, Pucci-meets-soccer-mom halter top, and pearlescent manicured diamond-ringed hand wrapped around her Aperol spritz. On her...
The New Unimatic Titanium Watches
Earlier this week, Unimatic took a load off their fans' wrists, so to speak, by releasing three new watches in titanium C versions of their Modello Uno, Modello Due, and Modello Uno GMT. All watches are in the same case shapes the brand has been known for but they're now 45 percent lighter. Modello Uno ref. U1S-T-MP The dive watches have matching phantom ladder hand sets, the reverse lollipop second hand with double domed anti-reflective sapphire crystal, and a screwed-in caseback to give 300m of water resistance that match the rust-resistant titanium case. The Modello D...
Pre-Owned Picks: Six Dress Watches That Are Cest Magnifique And Under $5,000.
As temperatures drop, so too do the leaves, signaling the beginning of another holiday season. It's the time of the year when we say hello to family we seldom see and gather with our co-workers for some end-of-year cheer. This is when we put away the work-from-home sweatpants, and take out the long-awaited suit or dress, so we can start to socialize in person. If you are an avid reader of this site, the conundrum of what watch to wear might be more important than what outfit to wear. The dress watch is an obvious choice. These are simple time-only watches that are meant to add to the sophistication of the evening, instead of bringing too much attention to your wrist C I am looking at you, Ri...
GPHG 2022 Winners And Analysis
The 2022 edition of the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genve (GPHG) C?the watch industry's top awards show C?just wrapped up in Geneva. All the categories have been announced, including the highly coveted Aiguille d'Or, the event's top prize, which this year ended up in the very deserving hands of one of the watch world's most popular personalities.? Max Bsser at the 2022 GPHG, holding the Aiguille d'Or. The GPHG is the best showcase the watch world has to highlight its best and brightest. It's not perfect by any means, and a number of important and influential watchmakers decline to take part. You'll notice that there were no w...
Have you heard of Open.ai yet? What about Midjourney? ChatGPT? ?I'm Joe Wyatt, a human who is very much not a bot. I work in the video world here at Hodinkee. I'm usually editing our latest Spec Sheet or working on Watches In The Wild, but recently I've been drawn to a new technology, artificial intelligence.? I'd heard of AI before, but it is new to me in the sense that it is now becoming an essential part of post-production. When I use a tool to stabilize footage or remove noise from audio, there is some form of AI being used to automate the process. Now it's reached the point of becoming an option for creating digital art and photorealistic images. ...
An Evening With Leica In The Nation's Capital
On November 3rd, Leica and Hodinkee hosted a group of camera and watch enthusiasts at the Leica Washington D.C. boutique for an in-depth look at the L1 & L2 watches.?Hodinkee editor and photographer James Stacey and Hodinkee Leica expert Myles Kusaba hosted a vibrant panel discussion with Mike Giannattasio, President of Leica Camera North America. This dynamic trio led an engaging conversation that spanned?the brand's rich culture and their foray into the world of precision watchmaking. The panelists specifically focused on the visionary design and unmatched quality of the Leica L1 & L2 timepieces.The evening was captured in a series of photos, all shot on Leica. ...
This niche watch hobby-turned-career (I still can't believe I do this for a living!) has given me the opportunity to handle quite a few watches from a whole bunch of brands in all sorts of price ranges. Early in my journey, it was easy to fall in love with almost any new watch sent my way because everything was still so fresh and exciting. Oh, how naive young Brandon once was (and probably still is C it ain't been that long). However, with time, my watch taste buds developed just a tad, or at least enough to say with confidence that the F.P. Journe Chronomtre Bleu is officially my favorite watch that I've ever had the chance to spend a week on the wrist with (so far, at least). ...
HODINKEE Magazine Volume 11 Launch Party Pics
In celebration of the launch of Hodinkee Magazine Vol. 11, we threw a big bash befitting our biggest issue yet, at Little Ned in NYC. From both new and long-time collaborators to old friends of Hodinkee and up-and-coming movers and shakers in the watch world, the room was packed with great people, interesting conversation, and C of course C fantastic watches. It probably goes without saying but even after a few events already under the belt following that long break from in-person gatherings, it was still wonderful to see so many great folks in one space. We had a photographer on-hand to capture the scene, so have a peek at all the familiar faces C watches and pe...
Four + One: This Complecto Founder's Collection Mixes New And Old, Big And Small
Jason Gong is the 38-year-old founder of Complecto, a community and platform focused on increasing diversity and inclusion within the watch industry and collecting community. He may have created something new and needed in the watch space, but his origin story is a tale as old as time (well, the '80s). "I got my first watch on my eighth birthday," he says. "A blue Swatch. I was always fascinated with the sea. Growing up in New York, you're around a lot of water but the beaches are kind of gross and the water's really murky, so I always fantasized about being someplace where I could go in the ocean, like the tropics. And when I got that watch, it brought that fant...
Watch Of The Week: The Watch My Mother Gave Me Reflects Her Astounding Strength
In?Watch of the Week, we invite Hodinkee staffers and friends to explain why they love a certain watch. This week's columnist is Gabriela Ulloa, writer and co-host of the podcast Thoughts May Vary. Today, she's telling us the story behind her Datejust.? Sometimes I wonder what it's like to be my mother. Memories of her coming down for her morning coffee in a silk robe with remnants of the perfume she put on the night before trailing behind her live rent-free in my brain. That, and a visual of her cleaning out my freshman-year dorm in a full white outfit and loafers. Ask me if she ended the day with even one stain. She's the defi...
Aaron Rodgers On The Watch He Wears
In Watch of the Week, we invite HODINKEE staffers and friends to explain why they love a certain watch. The author of this story is quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the future Hall-of-Fame quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. We caught up with him a few weeks ago in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Here's what he had to say. Early this year I officiated the wedding of one of my best friends, David Bakhtiari, one of the Packers' offensive linemen. "Bak" and I have played together for a decade now C 10 years of him literally watching my back on the field and keeping me safe. In return, in March I was able to show my love and support for him in o...
Announcements: The Horological Society Of New York Library Undergoes Major Expansion
The Horological Society of New York (HSNY) was founded in 1866 as a guild created by watchmakers for watchmakers. One of the first initiatives agreed on was to start a library, which would include reference texts of the times. Although modest in size, the HSNY library has always been an important resource. Today, HSNY announces a major expansion and naming of its library with the establishment of the Jost Brgi Research Library, now one of the world's largest horological libraries, containing over 25,000 items on all aspects of the study of time and timekeepers. A panoramic view of the Horological Society of New York's Jost Brgi Research Library. ...
The Specs Of The Zenith Chronomaster Sport
The Zenith Chronomaster Sport is like a modern remastering of Zenith's greatest hits. The El Primero inside is the product of decades of development, resulting in an iteration on the cutting edge of watchmaking: the El Primero 3600. This is a high-beat, automatic, column wheel chronograph capable of timing to 1/10th of a second. All visible through the sapphire caseback, of course.?Until the Chronomaster Sport arrived on the scene, the El Primero 3600 was only available in a long-sold-out limited edition reference of the Chronomaster, this being the first time the movement has seen serial production. Wrist Size: 6.5 in | 16.51 cm ...