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To say that CODE 11.59 debuted to mixed reviews is to say nothing at all. While many enthusiasts were impressed by the technical firepower on display C the collection featured a host of new movements, including AP's first in-house self-winding chronograph movement C as well as the elaborate case construction and obviously high level of craftsmanship throughout,?the dials, especially in the simpler models, were very divisive. However, the CODE 11.59 collection isn't going anywhere. Audemars Piguet has committed itself to the collection for the long haul, and both as a token of that commitment and as an indication that the collection will continue to evolve, AP has just released the latest ver...
Each and every Wednesday, we present a fresh installment of "My Watch Story," a video series starring HODINKEE readers and their most prized watches. The submissions continue to stream in, and we couldn't be happier to share them with the watch community. Today, we have five new stories submitted by Eduardo Fonseca, Christoph Lentsch, Elias Gharios, Aure Delgado, and Tyler Case. Feeling inspired, or just discovering this project? Please scroll down to the bottom of the page to learn how to submit your own video. But first, we hope you enjoy this installment of My Watch Story. Eduardo Fonseca And His Patek Philippe Aquanaut Travel Time...
Hands-On: The Omega Constellation 36mm and 39mm
The very first Omega Constellation was launched in 1952, which is five years earlier than the debut of the Speedmaster. The Constellation collection is known for its long history, but it has also been a pioneering platform for Omega, incorporating new technologies and calibers before other models. In recent years, you might remember the Globemaster featuring an in-house caliber 8900, which has antimagnetic properties up to 15,000 gauss.We reported this new collection when it was announced, and you might find the watch not really newsworthy with its integrated bracelet design, which is flooding the market recently. However, you will start seeing the details that other manufacturers can't easi...
The Grey NATO: Episode 117: Summer EDC With Kyle Snarr
Subscribe to the show: (Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Google Play and Spotify). Already heard it once or twice? Please leave a short review here, and tell us what topics you'd like us to chat about (or email [email protected]). thegreynato The Grey NATO - Ep 117 - Summer EDC With Kyle Snarr Fresh off of a week of vacation, the TGN boys are back with plenty of dock jumping energy. Jason kicked back cabin style and reports on the trips frivolities while James has become a shepherd to a flock of excellent new dive watches. From Tudor in blue to Seiko, Sinn, and Oris, too, this is an episode most summery, and we havent even hit the m...
Introducing: The TAG Heuer Carrera Sport Chronograph 44mm Calibre Heuer 02 Automatic
We're halfway through 2020, which happens to mark the 160th Anniversary of TAG Heuer, and it's already shaping up to be a very big year for the Carrera. Launched in 1963, the Carrera is one of the iconic, early lines first designed by Jack Heuer. Heuer had become captivated by a Mexican road race known as the Carrera Panamerica, and he alighted on the evocative name, which means "race" or "career," for his highly legible racing chronograph design.?While there have been many Heuer chronographs named after races or racing place-names, the Carrera chronograph is one of the best-known, having spawned numerous versions over the years at various price points and with both vintage-style and contemp...
Science explains why watch hands are set to 10:10 in ads
One of the most ubiquitous features of wristwatch advertisements C and, for that matter, wristwatch photography in general these days C is the position of the hands. It doesn't matter if it's the most humble Swatch or the most elevated Patek. The hands are invariably going to be set to 10:10, or very close to it, and as it turns out, this is something that might actually make you more inclined to buy the watch. Behind the subliminal message is a phenomenon called pareidolia. The word has Greek roots (all the best words do) and comes from "para" which means roughly, "beside" or "instead of" and "eidolon" which means an image or shape. The word refers to the tenden...
The Nivada Grenchen Datomaster Is The Coolest Revival Of The Year
Nivada Grenchen is releasing another line of Datomaster watches, following up on a recent C surprising C 36mm release that used a Seiko Mecaquartz movement. This time, the brand is returning to its mechanical roots with a slightly beefier and larger 39mm model that pays direct homage to a classic mid-century Datomaster. There are two dial options to choose from but no shortage of customizability within those two. There's a white dial, and a sunray gray dial C each with orange accents via the central chronograph seconds hand and the three o'clock subdial. The dial text is sparse but vintage in aspirati...
Cate Blanchett Wears An Iconic Pilot's Watch In Ocean's Eight
Everyone loves a heist movie. It's a tried-and-true genre that was turned on its head and injected with a syringe full of whimsy, wit, and sarcasm by auteur Steven Soderbergh with his 2001 film, Ocean's Eleven C itself a remake of a much worse, Rat Pack-starring movie from 1960. Soderbergh put together a cast highlighted by George Clooney (as Danny Ocean), Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, and Matt Damon, that gave new meaning to ensemble filmmaking and eventually led to an immensely popular trilogy. Soderbergh's take was a remake of a movie nobody liked that turned into a successful film franchise. And as we all know C in today's movie landscape, film franchises n...
An appreciation of the recently discontinued Octo Finissimo in rose gold
It has been said by both the wisest sages and the greatest lovers of clich that nothing is permanent except change, and you would think that the fact would be ingrained more firmly than not in the mind of anyone who writes about watches and time for a living. Very few particular watch models stay in catalogs for more than a few years and those that do are memorable precisely because of their persistence C the Royal Oak Jumbo, the Omega Speedmaster, the Submariner, are all watches which, while they have changed over the decades, have been in continuous production since their introduction and have gone through relatively few design changes, despite receiving...
How Are Auction Houses Preparing For A Potential Economic Downturn?
A few days ago, I published a story that discussed 10 of the most prominent trends I noticed during this year's spring watch-auction season at Christie's, Phillips, and Sotheby's. As I was working on that story, I spoke with a number of auction-house watch specialists and other key players in the watch world's growing secondary market to get their opinions and perspectives on everything they saw over the past few months and what the immediate future might look like.? I came away with a number of interesting observations I wouldn't have otherwise noticed, many of which I highlighted in last Thursday's article. However, even after ...
A Hands-On Review Of The Glashtte Original Annual Calendar
One of my favorite facts about Glashtte Original (GO) is that the company produces approximately 95 percent of its movements C?down to the screws C?internally at its Glashtte headquarters. The company's in-house manufacturing capabilities as well as its German location grant it a certain degree of autonomy compared to the Swiss-based companies that form the rest of the Swatch Group's, GO's parent organization, portfolio. That autonomy allows Glashtte Original to offer a genuinely varied and rich catalog, built around designs and complications that are difficult to find elsewhere. The company has such a diverse approach to watc...
A Visit to Holstein, The City That Oris Built
In my work as a National Geographic Explorer, I've focused on the abstract concept of community C people bound not just by geography or history, but by the emotion of shared experiences and responsibility. I recently took this perspective with me to a small Swiss valley in the Jura mountain range. Even the architecture of the place speaks to a complex past and a community whose rise, struggles, and rebirth have gone hand-in-hand with the pastel-pink factory in the town center. Signage on the Oris headquarters in Ho?lstein, Switzerland Welcome to Holstein, home of Oris. ...
Sarah Miller Tries To Make Her Own Watch
Do you remember my Hublot Tutti Frutti? I sure do. It wasn't just that this watch was extremely beautiful and looked so good on me. Our relationship also marked the first time I fell so in love with a watch's outsides that I cared what was inside. I knew, a year into my newbie-dom, that the moment had arrived to form an appreciation beyond the obviously beautiful exteriors of watches and begin to contemplate their less-widely-celebrated movements, which are less widely celebrated by normal humans but equally beautiful in their own ways C and more widely celebrated by watch nerds. Pretty much all I knew was that every watch ticks. But the components that mad...
Tough Seikos And Rough Land Cruisers At A Meet-Up In Utah
Last Thursday, roughly 200 Seiko fans gathered at the Land Cruiser Heritage Museum in Salt Lake City to chat watches and take in one of the finest collections of Land Cruisers in the world. What was this crazy celebration of two things I love C my birthday?! Actually, it was.? The event was put on by the Horological Society Of Utah, and there was plenty of Japanese whiskey, sushi, and even an assortment of delicious Japanese Mille Crepe cakes to go along with all the cars and watches. It's always great meeting new folks and catching up with old friends at these events C and seriously, what better place to have a Seiko meet-up than an old foundry festooned w...
Review Of The Vacheron Constantin Overseas Tourbillon Skeleton in Titanium
Vacheron Constantin made a big splash earlier this year with the relaunch of its Les Historiques 222. While prices had risen in recent years as the original 222 became a cult classic, the watch was eclipsed in general notoriety by the famous watches from the other members of the Holy Trinity of Watchmaking. There's something kind of funny in the fact that the newfound popularity of the 222 partially overshadowed Vacheron's announcement, earlier this year, of two watches C one movement in a pair of metals C that represent the extreme end of a design progression that started with the 222: the Overseas Tourbillon Skeleton. After gi...
Value Proposition The Citizen Promaster Professional Diver 300M Eco-Zilla
I have a long-standing and long-abiding love of some watches which are perhaps a little bit oddball in their appeal. Some of them are watches which I bet most HODINKEE readers except for the more long-lived and determined have never heard of. To pick two just at random, the Ikepod Sea Slug is one and the one-handed Audemars Piguet "Philosophe" C which is as diametrically opposed to the Brutalist vibe of an Offshore as a watch can be C is another. Right up there on the list, rubbing shoulders with some exceedingly refined and rarefied mechanical watches (like, I don't know, this one) is an ocean-going titan of the deep known to all and sundry as the Eco-Zilla, but...
The Unconventional Path Of Vintage Seiko Dealer Nicholas Ferrell
Like many of us, Nicholas Ferrell was predisposed to like watches. Both of his grandfathers were watch enthusiasts and ushered in his start in collecting with the likes of American pocket watches and vintage Heuers. The grandfatherly hobby led him to something he could afford, even as a high schooler C vintage Seiko. Ferrell, now in his 40s, worked as an Intelligence Analyst for the Department of Defense, and later as a diplomat with the Department of State. Ten years ago this month, Ferrell founded DC Vintage Watches as an outlet for his fascination with Seiko, Heuer, and Omega. He started the site with just ten watches, including an example of his favorite reference, a Seiko 6139. ...
New Vintage Watches In The HODINKEE Shop
To view the entire current selection of vintage watches available in the HODINKEE Shop, click here. This Week's Vintage Watches We would like to think that the selection of watches that hit the HODINKEE Shop every Wednesday morning say something about our brand. We're not like all the other online retailers C or so we think! Last week we went with three under-the-radar picks while this week we have three watches that sit more down-the-middle, coming from brands that we have been covering for over a decade now: Rolex, AP, and Universal Genve. We are going for a bit of high-low C or low-high in this case. ...
The HSNY 2022 Online Charity Auction
Our friends at the Horological Society of New York recently announced that their annual charity auction will once again take place online, hosted by Phillips. One hundred percent of the proceeds, including the standard buyers' premium, will be donated to the HSNY, helping the organization provide leading educational programs and impressive scholarships.The watches up for grabs have all been donated by the HSNY's various sponsors, and they include a wide range of recent limited edition pieces, as well as some very cool vintage watches. Massena LAB donated a "Friends and Famil...
The Watches We're Wearing This Summer
With the hopes of squeezing every last drop of summer out of the warmer weather and extra-long days, we return to a round-up that we haven't done in a few years but remains core to our end-of-spring experience C picking a proper summer watch. It's a game-time decision at this point but your summer watch needs to be grab-n-go, comfortable in the heat, and suit the summer of your dreams. Maybe that's ros in the park, or evenings by the campfire, or maybe you just need to jump off a dock to feel whole. There's no wrong choice as summer does allow for more fun, for a sleeve-free consideration of a bold wrist presence, and some recreation to match. We asked our team to weigh in with their summer...