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New York Watch Auction Recap Winter 2023, Including Patek, Rolex, And Cartier
Last week, the three big auction houses held sales in New York, capping one of the most eventful, controversial, and downright confusing auction years in awhile. The results were relatively strong, especially considering the recent discourse around auctions, but also helped illustrate what continues to be strong in a slowing market, and what's on the downswing. Let's talk about both.? A Quick Note On Christies, Featuring Andy Warhol The action started at Christie's on December 5. The house has had a rough go of it the past couple of months, with the cancellation of Only Watch, the confusion and subsequent civil suit around Mohammed Zaman...
The Best Complicated Watches Of 2023
With the holidays just around the corner and the year having nearly come to an end, for watch enthusiasts, that means it's time to look back on 2023 and reflect upon some of our favorite watches of the year. Earlier this week, we took a look at our favorite budget watches, sports watches, and dress watches, but today, we're taking it up a notch C our picks for the best-complicated watches of 2023. From RD mic drops to Patek grand comps, we've put together a solid list of some seriously complicated and exciting watches.? Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Universelle RD#4 C Mark Kauzlarich There have been a lot of grea...
The interconnected histories of horology and motorsport is a tale as old as time C or is at least as old as motorsport itself, to be more accurate. In the age before the smartphone and pocket-sized digital devices became king, it was up to sophisticatedly designed tools like the humble and hardworking chronograph to be an accurate timekeeper in the world of racing and beyond. While we are now definitively in an age where other devices have become ubiquitous, the world of watches retains its steadfast dedication to the chronograph, upholding the rich history of the beautiful shared space between the watch and rac...
The Most Slept-On Watches Of 2023
With the holidays just around the corner and the year having nearly come to an end, for watch enthusiasts, that means it's time to look back on 2023 and reflect upon some of our favorite watches of the year. So far, we've covered budget watches, sport watches, dress watches, and complicated watches, but today, we hit what is likely my favorite topic for a year-end round-up C watches that we believe didn't get enough shine (that's attention) when they dropped C aka. The most slept-on watches of 2023.? Habring Chrono Felix Top Second C?Rich Fordon Habring continues to be slept on as an entire brand. The Erwin is...
The Watch Collection Of Fran?ois-Henry Bennahmias, CEO Of Audemars Piguet
There is nobody like him C in watches or out C and today, we're here to let him share his own story in his own words. Fran?ois-Henry Bennahmias (or FHB) is, right now, as we publish this story at 9 oclock AM Eastern Time on Wednesday, December 20th, celebrating his very last day as global CEO of Audemars Piguet. He is departing AP as one of the very few billion-dollar brands in watchmaking C the one brand that somehow combines fine haute horlogerie (the likes of which garner the respect of world's leading experts at the industry's most prestigious awards) while maintaining a brand presence that makes *actual* normal people want to go out and buy them by the caseload. By some accounts, AP is...
The Best Titanium Watches Under $10,000 In 2024
Titanium watches have taken off in popularity in the past few years. The lightweight metal has been used in watchmaking for at least 50 years, but only recently has it proliferated across brands big and small, at prices high and low. From Rolex's first foray into commercially "available" titanium with the Yacht-Master to more affordable watches from Citizen, Baltic, and others, there are options aplenty. For this edition of Three on Three, we're talking titanium. With so many titanium watches available, we wanted to narrow it down a bit. So we picked three very different titanium watches under $10,000 and debated their respective merits: the Tudor Pelagos 39, Gra...
Welcome to Watches in the Wild: Paris. I spent some time during mens fashion week meeting up with friends (old and new), attending shows, visiting museums, and exploring vintage watch shops C all in the name of research (!) and to cement my theory of course: fashion and watches can, and do, intersect.?Paris has played a huge role in my life as a stylist and editor. It's been the backdrop to countless trips for photo shoots, fashion shows, and market appointments. I've lived and studied there, I've made lifelong friends with whom I've eaten countless meals at a countless number of brasseries. I've shopped at Colette (RIP), spotted John Galliano wandering through the Marais with his dogs, con...
Happenings: The Horological Society Of New York To Hold Classes In Vancouver and Hong Kong
The Horological Society of New York's award-winning classes are on the road again! HSNY is visiting Vancouver on January 27 and 28, 2024, with host Lugaro Jewellers. Then, on February 1-4, 2024, HSNY returns to Hong Kong with host The Armoury. 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. Enrollment...
Shohei Ohtani Wears A Grand Seiko During His Record-Breaking Dodgers Announcement
Shohei Ohtani continues to prove that he might just be the biggest thing baseball has ever seen. And now he has a contract to prove it. Last we C in the watch world anyway C heard from the two-way superstar (that means he's one of the best pitchers and batters in the league, for those not sports-inclined), the Japanese-born player was doing his thing with the Los Angeles Angels, racking up hits and an incredible pitching performance for the season. It was exactly what made Ohtani a star Seiko is glad to have as an ambassador. That's why they launched a Japanese-market exclusive Seiko Prospex diver in his honor. But despite an unf...
Everything You Need To Know About The Omega Seamaster 300
This story appears in Hodinkee Magazine Vol. 12. When we released Volume 10 of Hodinkee Magazine, we did so with a traditional Reference Points installment. The subject for that issue was the Royal Oak. When we released the video for that story we did so with a bit of explanation C for the Royal Oak was more than just a singular reference, but more an entire saga of horology. With Volume 12 now out, it is time to release another iteration of Reference Points in a similar fashion. This is Reference Points: The Omega Seamaster 300. Omega Seamaster 14755 "FAP" Peruvian Air Force. ...
When I develop an obsession with a watch that I don't (yet) own, I exhibit a few very distinct behaviors C involuntary, maybe a little embarrassing, almost as if I've got an unrequited crush. All the usual early infatuation stages are the same: I talk about it non-stop, I snap selfies with it, I stare longingly at it as if this new object has the power to fundamentally change how I feel about the world and improve who I am as a person (well, in this case how I look more than who I am C but you catch my drift). There's no better feeling (and there's equally no worse feeling) than borrowing a watch and immediately feeling like it's yours. I'm not talking about wear...
The Watches And Action From The Monaco Legend Fall Auction
I'd like to tell you this is just a photo report on Monaco Legend Group's fall auction, but it's really not that simple. It's really a photo report from a gathering of friends who get together to catch up, have a few drinks, some nice dinners, and talk about and C yes, of course C?buy and sell a few watches as well. The last time I was in Monaco, I was so overwhelmed I had to put together two photo reports (part 1 and part 2 are here). This time, I tried to pare it back. The auction attendees didn't get the memo to be more reserved, however. Sure, the partying was a bit more controlled this time, but both the watches and the bois...
Louis Vuitton Announces Finalists For Its Inaugural 2024 Prize
A year after announcing the creation of the Louis Vuitton Watch Prize for Independent Creatives, LV has announced five finalists for the inaugural edition, to be presented in Paris on February 6, 2024. According to Louis Vuitton, its first Watch Prize drew nearly 1,000 submissions. From these, 20 semi-finalists were pre-selected and presented to a committee of 45 watch enthusiasts. Now, five finalists have been chosen, who will present their timepieces to a five-member jury to select a winner.? Louis Vuitton announced the biennial prize in November 2022, designed to celebrate "the creative talent and audacity of the independent watchmaking industry, to support an...
Kermit The Frog Sits Down With Hodinkee Founder Ben Clymer
Quincy Jones, Ralph Lauren, Jack Nicklaus, Kevin Hart, LeBron James C these are just a few of the absolute legends I've had the chance to sit down and talk with over the years. But my guest today might actually hop over them all. Kermit the Frog was born in the swamps of Mississippi in 1955 alongside about 2,353 brothers and sisters. He's since gone on to star in both Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, plus dozens of TV specials and films. Kermit goes official with his new Oris! Kermit is, quite literally, the most famous person... I mean frog... I've ever met. He's also one heck of a goofball with some great stories to tell a...
In-Depth Review Of The 2023 TAG Heuer Carrera Glassbox
TAG Heuer is one of the most recognized watch brands around. But it's fallen out of favor with watch enthusiasts over the years. That may have changed this year with the release of the TAG Heuer Carrera "Glassbox" in 39mm. It's even been called the best TAG Heuer in years. As a long-time lover of the Carrera C I've owned a couple of vintage ones over the years C I wanted to spend a week with it on my wrist to see if it lives up to the praise. On the surface, it's a well-sized, modern watch that pulls on Heuer's heritage without overdoing it. But I wanted to dig deeper into the Carrera Glassbox to see what it's all about, and what...
7 Of The Best Vintage Patek Philippe Calatrava Watches
Over on Patek.com, it is described as "the very essence of the round wristwatch" going on to claim "it charms each new generation of watch lovers by its timeless understated perfection." Many overtrodden statements are used to praise it, not only those made by Patek Philippe themselves. It is among the most archetypal watches ever made. It is the Calatrava. Nearly every watch brand in the 20th century produced a round, time-only wristwatch with simple hands and markers. Only one brand can claim to have made a Calatrava. Officially, Patek did not claim the Calatrava name until 1985, yet the reference that we now consider the first, the reference 96, was introduced...
Jean Arnault's Watch Collection
Jean Arnault is the Director of Marketing and Development for Watches at Louis Vuitton. In his short tenure shepherding the brand, beginning in 2021, he has made considerable noise in the industry and proven that while he's here to change things for the better, he hasn't lost sight of the past. You can see his hand in the LV Watch Prize and the recent announcement that both the Daniel Roth and Grald Genta brands would be revived via La Fabrique du Temps (the manufacture owned and operated by Louis Vuitton Watches). That's Arnault's day-to-day. And he's still thinking about watches when he's off the c...
The Complete Guide to the Vintage Heuer Carrera
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A guide to Chanel watches and watchmaking.
Chanel isn't just one of the most recognizable fashion brands in the world, it's a global empire. Like Nike or Coca-Cola, its branding and logo are identifiable on a mass scale, which stems from it being a brand that is synonymous with luxury, sophistication, and a hard-to-put-your-finger-on-it kind of "Frenchness." The legacy of the house and its pivotal role in women's fashion starts with Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel and the key visual pillars she created for the brand: the little black dress, the quilted bag, the tweed suit, two-tone shoes, camellias, pearls, and Chanel No. 5 perfume. All of these Chanel trademarks functioned (and still do) as a kind of fashionable...
Photo Report: Racing The 2023 Mille Miglia
As we pull into the center of Rimini, Italy, our 1955 Porsche 356 Speedster whips into the oncoming lane around about 20 cars stopped at a red light, and smoothly settles into the intersection in front of them. A 1954 Mercedes 300 SL (that I'd later find out had been plucked from Cuba in a story worthy of its own novel) follows suit and I see the man in the driver's seat next to me nod to the neighboring car and say, "Go?" The driver of the Gullwing nods back. A 1952 Zagato Fiat 750 Berlinetta piloted by Hidemoto Kimura of Japan. The light turns green, and both cars peel out, racing at 90+ km/h toward the Arch of Augustus in t...