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New Vintage Watches In The Hodinkee Shop
To view the entire current selection of vintage watches available in the Hodinkee Shop, click here. There's just something about wearing a precious metal watch. In gold C be it yellow, pink, Moonshine, etc. C the wrist presence is evident at a glance, but even in white gold or platinum, there is a uniqueness in the way these watches wear on the wrist that is unmistakably more special. Being precious metals, they are inherently more valuable and, therefore, the watches tend to be more expensive than their steel or titanium counterparts. But beyond that, their weight on the wrist provides a constant, almost tactile sense of confidence. There's a reason that a gold ...
Review: Zodiac's Super Sea Wolf Compression Whitecap
I have worn a number of nice watches in the year or so I've been writing here, but I have never really worn one that does anything other than tell the time, and maybe the date, and Be Pink.? I figured it was time to explore the world of complications, but I didn't want to go crazy with chronometers or sonneries.?A dive watch seemed the right speed. And maybe not even an official dive watch, because the sum total of my underwater adventure is that I've gone snorkeling exactly once. But I do swim a lot in fresh water C?and I swim late into the season, without a wetsuit?C?and so I thought maybe I'd try a...
Pre-Owned Picks of racing watches in the Hodinkee Shop
The world of watches has historically intersected with other circles of passion: Diving flourished hand-in-hand with new waterproof watches, aviators who were pioneers of flight needed specifically designed, easy-to-read watches, and the necessity to time every lap intertwined the history of auto racing and timepieces. It's easy to imagine that after the first time someone jumped into the driver's seat of a car and sped away, they were wondering how fast they were going. Clocks in cars turned into chronographs in race cars, capable of timing laps and accurately keeping track of pace around the circuit. These in-car chronographs inspired the first racing chronographs for both the pocket and t...
Hands On - The Bremont Supernova
Just a little over a year ago, Bremont took the wraps off of their brand-new automatic movement, the ENG300. The movement was quickly put to use in the limited edition Longitude, and we now have the first look at how Bremont plans to use the movement for production models, including the new Supernova. With a steel case and a fully integrated steel bracelet, the Supernova has Bremont throwing their hat in a ring that is stacked with both incumbent and challenging players. The question is, does a new movement and a Bremont-specific execution give the Supernova a fighting chance amongst the fray? Bremont, now in its 20th year of ope...
Talking Watches With Ferdi Porsche
A couple of months ago, I traveled to Austria to meet a man with a well-known last name C Porsche. Yes, that Porsche. Ferdi Porsche is the son of Dr. Wolfgang Porsche and the nephew of F.A. Porsche, who is widely known for designing the Porsche 911 and later founding Studio F.A. Porsche, the home of Porsche Design. Among the many things that F.A. would design, one of his most influential pieces of work was a watch C the Porsche Design Chronograph 1 of 1972. It's a chronograph with real automotive influence, carrying a first-ever fully black case and bracelet. It established a design language that endures today through Porsche Des...
Pope Francis Swatch Auction For LaViolette Foundation
It's not every day C or really ever C that you see the Pope's personal watch come up for auction. In fact, you could say that about many of the watches at Wright Auction's "Once Upon A Time Watch Project" in support of The Brian LaViolette Scholarship Foundation. Also included in this charity watch auction, running now through November 30, are watches from well-known figures like Randall Park, Kenny Rogers, former Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, Condoleeza Rice, and Green Bay Packers kicker Mason Crosby; but the headliner is Pope Francis' personal Swatch. For those more ingrained in the watch world, there are also a number of picks from other watcherati (h...
An Interview with Mark Cho on His Auction with Phillips
In my time getting to know collectors of all levels, it seems that there are two overarching philosophies behind collecting. Both groups can be equally discerning and meticulous, in love with the watches, the dream, or, the thrill of the chase. Some are cohesive collectors, others more whimsical. The difference? One group collects with the intent of keeping their pieces for life, or they become reluctant to let them go. The other is content to buy, study, enjoy, and experience all the same, but knowing that one day they'll be happy to bid farewell to any portion of their collection. Mark Cho is firmly in the latter group. ...
Entry Level: A Quick Coast-To-Coast Trip With Tutima's Most Affordable Offering
In Entry Level, we consider the least-expensive watches from luxury watchmakers. They're still not cheap, but hey C every brand has to start somewhere. I often think that there's no better measure to judge a company than studying its most affordable watch. At the end of the day, a brand has to stand by every watch they make and understand that for a lot of enthusiasts, an entry-level watch is the first exposure a potential customer might have to the brand. Sure, anyone can put in the time and effort and charge whatever price it takes to make a highly finished watch. But if they can't put together a decent watch at its base, how ...
The whole time I was talking to luxury expert and writer Kristen Shirley, her foster cat was crawling around on the back of her light gray sofa. "Her name is Crystal, and she is the most friendly cat in the whole world," says Shirley, who is also extremely friendly. Example: when I ask her, more than once, how to pronounce Bulgari, she doesn't laugh at me.?"BULL- gari," she says,? and then repeats it several times, with a smile whose kind encouragement can not be diminished by Zoom. "I have asked all the dumb questions about watches you could ever ask," Shirley assures me. "Like, I remember the first time I went to Baselworld, I asked this watchmaker,?'What are j...
Gatherings: An Evening With Blancpain In NYC
On November 9th, Blancpain and Hodinkee hosted a group of watch enthusiasts and environmentalists at the Blancpain New York City boutique for an in-depth look at Blancpain's Ocean Commitment initiative.?Hodinkee editor and diving enthusiast James Stacey was joined by Renee Capozzola, photographer and 2021 Blancpain Female Fifty Fathoms Ocean Photography Award recipient, and Jonathan Frank, Director of Global Corporate and Celebrity Partnerships at Oceana, for a deep-dive into Blancpain's ocean preservation efforts. Surrounded by a beautiful array of Blancpain timepieces, there was no shortage of watch talk, especially regarding the legendary Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, which will be celebrating...
Hodinkee Holiday Gift Guide: Gary Shteyngart
In this year's Hodinkee Holiday Gift Guides, we're featuring special guests with their top gift picks across a range of price points from our very own Hodinkee Shop and beyond. No matter who you're shopping for this season, we've got you covered. I am usually pretty thrifty throughout the year (except when it comes to booze and coffee), but when the mercury plunges, I start to run around like a hamster shocked by electrical current as I spend, spend, spend! With that in mind, Hodinkee asked me to compile a gift list for the holidays from their store and the world at large. Here we go ...
The New Mickey Mouse Watch Review
Last year, during Geneva Watch Days, Bulgari released a revival (of sorts) of the Grald Genta Mickey Mouse Retrograde watch. As interesting as this modern take on the '90s character watch was, the buried lede was Bulgari's announcement that it would continue to produce Grald Genta watches as its own brand. This meant that future releases C like the Mickey watch C would not be collaborations between Bulgari and Genta, but rather the re-platforming of Grald Genta as its own thing. Of course, that wasn't technically news. The Genta brand was acquired by Bulgari in 2000.? After the launch of the 2021 Mickey Mouse watch, we were on the lookout for future watches un...
Talking Watches With John Goldberger, Part 2
One week in Geneva (of the hundreds I've spent there) stands out for me above the rest. The year was 2013, I'd been asked to be a sitting member of the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve for the first time C?the first digital journalist, the sole American, and certainly the youngest at the time. That same week, a young Aurel Bacs would be putting on the first thematic watch auction called Daytona, Lesson One. It would be the first time we'd see crazy results of Rolex watches, including the first time a Daytona would crack $1 million (it was an Oyster Sotto C?remember when those were cool?). As an aside, our dek on that recap story was "50 Watches Sold, 50 Records Set" C yeah, those were heady...
I don't dive but I own a Seiko dive watch. It cost about $200 when I picked it up some five years ago. Do I even need to say what it is? You know the one: The inimitable Seiko SKX007. That watch has proven itself to be essential to the collecting journey of most. I bought one for my younger brother on his birthday. He has a few great watches in his collection, but he wears the SKX more than any other. It's a Seiko diver. It's no-nonsense, sporty, and its price point grants you the ability to bang it around and not worry too much about it.? We've covered the SKX007 here on Hodinkee numerous times (and the smaller SKX013, too). I'd be hard-pressed to find someone o...
The Value Proposition: The Zodiac Super Seawolf Ceramic
Though ceramic has been used in watchmaking since the mid-'80s C when IWC launched the 3755 QP C the material hasn't really trickled down into the more accessible layers of the watch market, especially when it comes to sport watches. Sure, Chanel has had the J12 in ceramic for some time, and the Swatch Group has leveraged ceramic in many forms, from the sleek perspective of ceramic's champion, Rado, to Omega's Dark Side of the Moon and the deeply cool Bathyscaph line from Blancpain. In more recent years, we've seen Longines and Tudor both offer ceramic dive watches, not to mention competition from Bell & Ross, and of course, ...
Hodinkee Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts For All Price Points
In this year's Hodinkee Holiday Gift Guides, our team rounds up their top gift picks across a range of price points from our very own Hodinkee Shop. No matter who you're shopping for this season, we've got you covered. One of the first decisions one needs to make when searching for that perfect holiday gift for that someone special in your life is: What is the budget? For most people, the ability to spend without a budget might not be an available luxury. With that in mind, the Hodinkee Shop team has put together a gift guide with ideas for every price range. From thoughtful gifts that are affordable to budget-busting luxury, the Hodinkee Shop has covered all you...
Hodinkee Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts Were Giving
In this year's Hodinkee Holiday Gift Guides, our team rounds up their top gift picks across a range of price points from our very own Hodinkee Shop. No matter who you're shopping for this season, we've got you covered. With all the recommendations rolling out in the Hodinkee Holiday Gift Guides, we clearly have some ideas when it comes to how to spend someone else's money. For this gift guide, we're going to give you some ideas about what we would put our own cold hard cash toward C the perfect gift, of course. If you are the horologically-minded friend or family member of someone at Hodinkee, it's possible one of these gifts may be headed your way this holiday s...
Holiday Hodinkee Gift Guide: Stocking Stuffers For Watch Lovers
In this year's?Hodinkee Holiday Gift Guides, our team rounds up their top gift picks across a range of price points from our very own Hodinkee Shop. No matter who you're shopping for this season, we've got you covered. Stocking stuffers are all about the small things. They are rarely the big gift, but the small, thoughtful present that was picked up along the holiday shopping route. A useful item that someone keeps forgetting to buy or an object with a bit of whimsey can both find a home in that oversized sock above the hearth.?The Hodinkee Shop has put together the perfect list to help you round out your holiday shopping. If you're lo...
Hodinkee Holiday Gift Guide: For The Person Who Has Everything
In this year's?Hodinkee Holiday Gift Guides, our team rounds up their top gift picks across a range of price points from our very own Hodinkee Shop. No matter who you're shopping for this season, we've got you covered. The hardest person to shop for is the one who buys themselves everything they already want. Their needs are met, and their interests are placated. To find the right gift for this person, you must dig deep and find the unusual C items they didn't even know they were missing. For this gift guide, we went through every corner of the Hodinkee Shop to bring a spotlight to those unique items that are as well-crafted as a luxur...
Marc Newson Interview On History of Ikepod Watches
The only way to really understand Ikepod is to understand Marc Newson, the designer behind the brand. The Australian megatalent is perhaps the world's most prolific modern designer. You've no doubt encountered his work just going about your daily life C he's worked with companies from Apple to Ferrari to Nike to Heineken. In 2015, someone paid $3.7 million for one of his Lockheed Lounge chairs, making it the most expensive object ever sold from a living designer. He is also the founder of the watch brand Ikepod, a company that C since its founding in 1994 C has been profoundly influential on the rest of the industry for its bold approach to design. ...