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Review of the Citizen Promaster Aqualand Lume Dial
Sometimes there are releases so solid and yet understated that I just take for granted that we might not have covered it. Hodinkee has long been a place to espouse love for the Aqualand. The ana-digi dive watch is not just one of Citizen's most iconic watches, it's a feature-packed diver's tool that straddles the line of dive computer and daily-wear tool watch. This year, it turns 40. And yet, we didn't cover the most recent twist on the Aqualand to make it to U.S. shores last fall. So I'm correcting that today. It's an unfortunate truth that Japanese brands don't bring their best products to the U.S. market, but the demand for t...
Auctions: Sotheby's x Heist Out's Thematic Watches & Wonder Week Auction Returns As 'Area_51'
Last year, during Watches & Wonders week, Sotheby's and creative watch collective Heist-Out collaborated for a weird and wild "Rough Diamonds" auction held deep inside a Geneva wine cave and featuring rock formations as displays. The auction focused on often-overlooked designs from names like Gilbert Albert, Charles de Temple, and Jacqueline Dimier, and with a lot of bling to boot.?Now they're back with "Area_51," a UFO-themed wristwatch exhibition in Geneva beginning on 1 April, followed by an evening reception on 2 April, and culminating in the live auction on 3 April. If you're in Geneva during Watches & Wonders, it's well worth checking out.? ...
One To Watch: Vanguart C The New High Complication Specialist On The Block
Back in 2021, a new brand launched as a high-complication specialist based in Switzerland while also hitting one of the highest price points I can recall on a brand's first release. That brand was Vanguart, the watch was the Black Hole Tourbillon, and the price was CHF 320,000 for a case in platinum or gold. If you were like me and reflexively reacted in shock and moved on to other things, you've missed something new worth looking at C even if you're not shopping deep in the six-figure bracket. Photo courtesy Vanguart. Vanguart was founded in 2017 by four people. A few weeks ago, I talked to two of them, CEO Axel Leuenberger a...
This is a big year for Audemars Piguet. Not many watch brands get to celebrate the big one-five-oh, and still, not many that do can claim a continuously family-owned history. With an anniversary this big, it's only fitting that a brand known aside from its horological prowess for its big marketing splashes would host the kick-off to its 150th anniversary on its home turf C Le Brassus. This trip was, surprisingly, my first visit to the Valle de Joux. Having been in the industry for years and having loved watches since, well, forever, how have I never made my pilgrimage to the birthplace of Swiss watchmaking?! Then I remembered the one time I was in Geneva many ye...
Happenings: HSNY Announces Lots for 2025 Charity Auction
The Horological Society of New York's annual charity auction plays a vital role in supporting the future of watchmaking education. This year, the charity auction will take place at HSNY's 159th anniversary Gala on Saturday, March 22 at the iconic Plaza Hotel in New York City. One hundred percent of the proceeds raised from the charity auction benefit HSNY's ongoing educational initiatives, including supporting watchmaking students with scholarships. The annual auction is supported by Christie's, Phillips, and Sotheby's and is hosted in a rotating format. For 2025, the auction will be hosted by Christie's. All lots offered without rese...
If youre going to do something with a finite resource, it better be interesting. Thats the task that Ming was challenged with their new Project 21 C the brands take on an extra-flat dress watch powered by the long-run but now-defunct 20mm by 1.75mm Frdric Piguet 21 movement.?The result is a 35mm by 6.9mm tantalum-cased watch in two series C with either blue or copper (salmon) dial plates. While the blue souscription dial has already sold out (more on that in a second), the copper dial is open for orders today with a 30% deposit. Photo courtesy Ming. P...
Introducing: The Nodus x 'Beers And Cameras' Obscura C A Watch For Analog Photographers
Do you have a fridge full of Portra 400? If so, Nodus has a new watch for you. Created in collaboration with Beers And Cameras, a photography community and online platform with chapters in several cities around the United States, and dubbed "The Obscura," this new Nodus collab features a newly patented feature called the Exposure Gauge Complication. It allows the bezel and rehaut to gauge exposure following the Sunny 16 rule. We'll get to the novel functionality in a moment, but let's start with the basics. The Obscura is a steel sports watch with a dive-style layout on a 38mm wide case that is 40mm across the bezel, 11.7mm thick...
A story I wrote a while back called "Five Things I Still Can Not Believe Are A Thing In High-End Watchmaking" really seemed to strike a chord with our audience. It was one of the most popular C?and shared C stories we've published in years. Which is great, because it was basically just me whining about really great watches in the way that I do to my friends every day, just this time on Hodinkee. Number five on that list was "Perpetual Calendars That Require Manual, Pusher Style Correctors With A Stylus", a complaint that was seemingly solved with AP's introduction of its entirely new caliber 7138, which allows everything to be set from the crown. Two ne...
Hands-On: Going Head-To-Head With Two New IWC Ingenieurs In Steel And Black Ceramic
When we first saw the previews of this year's Watches and Wonders, it instantly became obvious what the story of the brand would be. With Ingenieurs in precious metal, different sizes, even complications, this was a bigger year for the collection than when it was relaunched two years ago. But what I didn't expect was that the team would be so divided about what the best release of the bunch would be. I had strong feelings. So did my colleague TanTan. Instead of two big stories on watches with specs we've already covered, I thought we'd go head-to-head and make our best argument for each. Sometimes, A Small, Verdant Change Goes A Long Way [TanTan Wang] ...
Brew Watches and Worn & Wound are going for a hat trick with their third collaboration. Following the success of their previous collaboration, a trio of Metric Chronos with a special regulator dial layout and some fun color schemes, this upcoming release sobers up a bit during the day and saves all the fun for the night. The new Metric Chrono Regulator Lumint is pretty straightforward if you're familiar with the past collaboration, which James Stacey covered in 2023. Like all other Metric Chronos, the regulator-dial version still features the rounded square 36mm case and "integrated style" bracelet. It's a very compact case in brushed stainless steel with a s...
Introducing: The Return Of The Cartier Tank Guichets
Cartier Priv is reviving the Tank Guichets C a seldom-seen but much-beloved version of the iconic model that was first seen by the brand in 1928. Imagine how futuristic a watch would have been to have a digital time display, visible through small apertures on the dial, and coming only seven years after the official launch of the Tank Normale in 1919. Today, the tough, brutal design is brought back in two styles C one true to the original design and another limited edition reinterpretation. Above is the limited edition release, a platinum case measuring 37.6 x 24.8 mm and only 6mm thick, just like the rest of the releases this ...
Richemont executive Emmanuel Perrin is taking over as Chief Executive Officer of Panerai and will exit the role as head of the Swiss luxury conglomerate's Specialist Watchmakers division. Perrin, an industry veteran who has led the Specialist Watchmakers unit since 2017, will return to an operational position at the Panerai brand following the departure of Jean-Marc Pontrou after seven years in the job. The Specialist Watchmakers division will continue to operate as a separate entity reporting the financial performance of Richemont watch brands, including Panerai, Jaeger-LeCoultre, and IWC, according to people familiar with the matter. However, Perrin's role as head of the specialist watchm...
Introducing: The Hublot Big Bang MECA-10 Aspen One
Earlier in February, Hublot revealed the aptly titled Big Bang MECA-10 Aspen One, the third timepiece in the brand's long-standing partnership with ski resort group Aspen One. This partnership is certainly unique, as I associate winter sports sponsorships with specific athletes or events, not a parent company overseeing ski and mountain operations, hotels, and retail. Indeed, the partnership seems successful enough to continue since 2019. It's been a decade since I've been on skis, but I'll do anything to capture this view. Shaun White, Gaon Choi, Yuto Tosuka, and Hublot's Natacha Lamour-Nahim ...
Introducing: The Louis Vuitton x Kari Voutilainen LVKV-02 GMR 6 (Live Pics, Pricing)
This morning in Phuket, Thailand, Louis Vuitton, under the direction of Jean Arnault, announced its second watch in a five-part collaboration with some of the greatest living independent watchmakers. This time, the brand has tapped Kari Voutilainen for a watch that blends horological prowess with artistry. The result is the LVKV-02 GMR 6, a direct-impulse, dual escape wheel GMT with miniature-painted enameling from artisans at La Fabrique des Arts Louis Vuitton and hand guilloch from Voutilainen's workshop, cased in a mix of tantalum and platinum. The brand simply calls it the LVoutilainen. It's been a year and a half since the ...
Introducing: Ressence Debuts Its First GMT And A New Case Design In The Type 7
In 15 years of making watches, Ressence has always managed to stay outside of common watch industry trends. This is no surprise, given that founder Beno?t Mintiens has given the brand's watches a systematic and instantly recognizable (to a watch nerd, at least) design language. So what happens when the brand releases its first integrated bracelet tool watch? You get the new Type 7. Made from Grade 5 titanium, the Type 7 features Ressence's take on a tonneau case, with prominently flat sides and polished bevels. The case measures 41mm in diameter with a thickness of 14mm and connects directly to the integrated bracelet. This bracelet features screwed-in links and ...
Introducing: The A. Lange & Sohne 1815 Gets A 34mm Case
When I first caught wind that A. Lange & Sohne would be releasing a standard 1815 with a blue dial, it seemed like a solid albeit extremely safe release for the brand. Not that I would be complaining C Lange doesn't actually produce a lot of blue dials, certainly not in standard production models. But when I started diving into the details it seemed there was more to this watch than initially met the eye. Yes, there are two new blue dial 1815 variants C one in white gold and one in pink gold. But these 1815 models come in a brand new case size at a dainty 34mm, a big difference from the current 38.5mm sizing of the current models with silver dials and heat-b...
Introducing: The Chopard Alpine Eagle 41 XP CS Platinum (Live Pics)
For the first time in the Alpine Eagle collection, Chopard is introducing platinum to the mix. Undoubtedly influenced by the success of 2023's extra-thin salmon dial Alpine Eagle XPS with a LUC movement, the LUC movement returned. In this case, it is rendered in very bright 950/1000 platinum and a fitting cool "Shades of Ice" fum blue dial. The brass-stamped dial continues to sport the signature eagle's iris pattern on the dial, radiating from the center post. Applied brass hour markers are infilled with X1 Super-LumiNova, and baton-esque hands are crafted from the brand's ethical white gold.?The hour markers are the same as the...
Introducing: The Laurent Ferrier Classic Auto Horizon
Laurent Ferrier, the 15-year-old independent watchmaker, is placing the Classic Auto permanently in its catalog, and it's doing so in icy blue style. The Classic Auto Horizon arrives as a fresh take on LF's latest "model," introduced as a Srie Atelier piece for Geneva Watch Days 2024. The Horizon swaps the copper-toned dial of the previous and long-sold-out Sandstone for a new lacquered blue inspired by the open sky and shifting light. If the name sounds familiar, that's because the Classic Auto borrows its moniker from the Auto caliber, the LF 270.01, first seen in the Sport Auto model. It's right there in the name, the Class...
Introducing: The Chopard L.U.C Quattro, A Fresh Look With The Same Nine-Day Power Reserve
As part of a restrained, three-piece Watches and Wonders for Chopard, the brand has refreshed its second-oldest L.U.C collection model with the new Quattro. This is the longest power reserve model in the L.U.C collection, which has always featured a power reserve indicator as a main design aspect. Here, Chopard has moved the indicator to the movement side of the watch, making way for a much cleaner look on the wrist. In 2000, Chopard Manufacture introduced the caliber 98.01-L as its second movement development. Building on the budding groundwork at the time, laid by the caliber 96.01-L in 1996, the Quattro featured an unprecedent...
Introducing: The Alpina Heritage Tropic Proof
For Watches and Wonders 2025, Alpina Watches has announced a group of new models, the most important of which, to my vintage-loving heart, is the Heritage Tropic Proof. Following the successful launch of the Heritage Automatic and other vintage-inspired pieces, Alpina is bringing back one of its best time-only options of old, reinterpreted for the modern watch enthusiast. Offered in two dial variants, the 34mm in diameter, stainless steel Tropic Proof very clearly references the vintage Alpina models by the same name, many of which featured cases supplied by the great Fran?ois Borgel. A water-resistant case specialist, Borgel cas...