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It's the grail among grails for Patek Philippe aficionados and an end-game timepiece for just about any collector. What is believed to be the first Patek ref. 1518, perpetual calendar chronograph with a stainless steel case, is returning to the auction block in a sale that's expected to make history. Phillips, in association with Bacs & Russo, is auctioning off in November the same watch it sold for a record CHF 11 million in 2016. Nearly a decade later, the estimate for the timepiece, produced by the legendary Geneva-based watchmaker at the height of the Second World War in 1943 and sold at a retailer in Budapest, Hungary in 1944, is between CHF 8 million and CHF 16 million. If successf...
Introducing: TAG Heuer Shoots For The Moon With The Carrera Astronomer (Live Pics)
Do you own a watch with a moonphase complication, and wish that you could see more moon, more of the time? Well, fear not, for TAG Heuer has something just for you with the new TAG Heuer Carrera Astronomer. And it might be one of TAG's weirdest watches yet. The new Carrera Astronomer, as its name suggests, utilizes the modern, pre-Glassbox 39mm Carrera case. The dial of all three watches shares a very similar execution. It's structured in three sections a color-accented minutes track surrounds a silver sunray-brushed mid dial, which then surrounds the seemingly complicated markings of the unique take on a moonphase complication. ...
Introducing: J.N. Shapiro's First Complication, A Monopusher Chronograph
Just last night, a small group of collectors in Massachusetts took delivery of a special project from one of America's premier watchmakers, J.N. Shapiro. The new "Escapement" (the name of the group) monopusher chronograph represents a new frontier for Shapiro as it's his first complication. While this watch was made in a small, limited edition run of 14 pieces, all already allocated to collectors from the Escapement group, Shapiro has told me that the concept will be the basis for a future similar release (as one with a dramatically different flair). The watch measures 38.5mm by 10.7mm in steel and is powered by the La Joux Perre...
Introducing: Laurent Ferrier Classic Tourbillon Srie Atelier VII
Very few brands come to mind as fast as Laurent Ferrier when someone asks me what watchmaker makes the most "IYKYK" watches out there. For those less acronym inclined, that means "if you know, you know." It's true. Shortly after its founding, Laurent Ferrier broke ground with an immediate hit in 2010, the Classic Tourbillon Double Spiral, and promptly won the GPHG prize of best men's watch for that inaugural creation. A manually wound caliber with a double balance spring tourbillon, the LF619.01 movement in that watch certainly turned heads at the time and has stood the test of, well, time. This year, as a celebration of 15 years since the Classic Tourbillon's in...
Reading Time at HSNY: Horology FAQ
This post is part of a series, Reading Time at HSNY, written by its librarians. Today's post is by Miranda Marraccini.In the course of my three-plus years welcoming visitors to our library at the Horological Society of New York (HSNY), I've developed a kind of intuition for the types of questions I tend to get asked, horological and otherwise. I don't want to brag, but most people will get only a few words into their query before I have some idea of what they're looking for and how to find it. After all, it's my job, and I enjoy it immensely!Not everyone can visit the library in person to politely pepper me with their inquiries, however. So this month, I've devoted my article to answering so...
Introducing: The Glashtte Original PanoMaticCalendar With A Dial Inspired By The Blue Of Dawn
If you're looking for a high-end watch from the German watchmaking town of Glashtte, there's a good chance you'll encounter an asymmetrical dial. Glashtte Original's Pano line takes this familiar asymmetrical form and uses it as a template for various complications and layouts, with the PanoInverse even featuring an upside-down movement. Today, Glashtte Original introduces a new PanoMaticCalendar, presented in a blue dial that's limited to 150 pieces. German watch naming conventions are refreshingly straightforward, and the PanoMaticCalen...
Are you ready for some football watches? Swiss watchmaker Breitling secured a deal to be the official timepiece partner of the National Football League, the biggest and most successful professional sports league in the world. The new multi-year accord, which expands on a licensing agreement unveiled in 2024, means officially licensed watches made by Breitling for fans to show support for their favorite NFL team with two new models for each team as well as league-branded marketing and advertising in boutiques across the U.S.?It's a significant business move for the Swiss brand to win the watchmaking rights for what's become the world's the richest professional sports league. And it's the firs...
The picture heard around the internetthe one Swifties worldwide have been waiting forTaylor Swift has announced her engagement to Travis Kelce. Our eyes here at Hodinkee immediately gravitated to her wrist, where another piece of jewelry caught our attention: a yellow gold diamond-set Cartier Santos Demoiselle in the small size. This particular Cartier, discontinued for several years now, is undoubtedly about to have its moment, now that one of the most famous people in the world was photographed wearing it in what will likely go down as the most-liked Instagram post in history. Swift, who historically avoided brand affiliations throughout her career, has emerg...
Christopher Ward, the biggest U.K.-based producer of Swiss-made watches, says it will cut prices for U.S. customers hit by weighty tariffs on Swiss imports by shifting its corporate and distribution structure in its biggest market. The company, best known as a direct-to-consumer brand making design-driven, value-priced models including the Bel Canto, Twelve, and Loco, has made its U.S.-based corporate entity the official distribution center for its products in the U.S. That will allow Christopher Ward to reduce the effective import value of its products on which tariffs are applied.?Coupled with a new deal with courier DHL to import its watches in bulk rather than previously delivering watch...
Hands-On: The New Christopher Ward Twelve 660, With A 6.6mm Thin Case
Christopher Ward just released its thinnest-ever take on their integrated bracelet sport watch, the Twelve, with a brand-new trio of models named the Twelve 660. While the British brand turned heads with a very complicated-looking take on the Twelve with the C12 Loco earlier this year, the Twelve 660 couldn't be more different. It's the Twelve pared all the way back, no bells and whistles, just the hours and minutes. I won't bury the lede here the Twelve 660 is impressively thin. That measurement is hidden not-so-subtly right there in the ...
Introducing: Nolan Daniel White Teams Up With Copenhagen-Based TAWC To Launch Limited Edition Watch
If you follow menswear, you've undoubtedly encountered Nolan Daniel Whitethe Montreal-based consultant who is behind your favorite menswear account's favorite menswear account. He has built his career mostly within the fashion industry, but as it turns out, he's also a vintage watch enthusiast, which is why his latest collaboration is of the horological variety. This week, White has announced a limited collaboration with Copenhagen-based design studio TAWC, producing just 25 pieces of the TAWC x NDW Ref. 1677 925. Photo by Aiden Matthews. White drew inspiration from vintage Art Deco aesthetics, starting with a solid sterling ...
If there's one brand known for everything except simplicity, it's Greubel Forsey. They are masters of complications, of movement finishing, and of many other things, but it's always a refreshing moment when you see a new release from them that takes one of their impressive achievements and actually seeks to make it simpler. This is very much the case in Greubel Forsey's new QP Balancier, the brand's new take on a perpetual calendar. It's based on the QP quation from 2015, an absolute showstopping achievement in complicated watchmaking, featuring a high-speed inclined tourbillon, an equation of time complication, and, most impo...
Introducing: The Oris Big Crown Calibre 113
Oris isn't really a brand that I typically associate with complications. It's usually fun dials, funky colors, and lots of bear motifs. But if there's one "complication" that I feel is undeniably Oris, it's the pointer date. This year, at Geneva Watch Days, Oris introduces a Big Crown Pointer Date on steroids with the Big Crown Calibre 113. From afar, this new release might look like a weird chronograph-hybrid of the new Big Crown silhouette, with two prominent subdials. But upon closer inspection, those subdials are the small seconds and non-linear power reserve indicators of the Calibre 113. Yes, the Calibre 113 is back. For th...
Introducing: Oris x Bamford ProPilot Altimeter Mission Control
In a release I certainly never saw coming, one of the community's most beloved brandsOrisis teaming up with watchmaking's undisputed king of blacked out case collabsGeorge Bamfordfor the new Oris x Bamford ProPilot Altimeter "Mission Control." A sizeable 47mm by 16.7mm carbon-fiber composite-cased watch with a built-in display for air pressure and altitude on ascale of 0 to 19,700 feet, this 250-piece numbered limited edition is perhaps the most surprising release from Oris since their Kermit or Miss Piggy watches. The watch features a black dial with yellow, lime, and red details, an altitude scale on the outer dial ring, an...
Hands-On: Earthen Debuts With Three Ceramic Case Field Watches Priced At Under A Grand
At a time when it feels like watch prices are creeping relentlessly higher, there's nothing we like more than a good value proposition from an upstart brand. Say hello to Earthen Company, a fresh marque based in Asia and started by a group of serious enthusiasts and collectors. For its debut, Earthen is releasing 'The Summit Collection,' a trio of pilot and field watch-inspired timepieces housed in scratch-resistant ceramic cases aimed at mountain adventures. And let's get right to the price point they retail at an approachable $899. We got to spend some time with all three watches in the debut collection ahead of their release...
Introducing: The MB&F LM101 Gets The Ultra-Modern EVO Treatment
This year marks a significant milestone for MB&F. Twenty years of oddball creativity and seriously impressive watchmaking are no small feat for Max Busser and Friends, and we've already seen so, so much come out already this year from them. To many, the LM101 remains the darling of the collection. Amongst the insane designs and complications of both the Horological Machine and Legacy Machine lines, the LM101 has always been a breath of simplicity, if you can ever call any MB&F that. So, it's no surprise that the brand's icon receives a new EVO treatment, offering a fresh, more sporty take on the design with the 20th Anniversary LM101 EVO Editions.? ...
Introducing: Doxa's Updated SUB 750T, Now In The Brand's Signature Colors
If you saw the July release of Doxa's SUB 750T "Clive Cussler" limited edition and were wondering to yourself, "Why can't I get that in one of the brand's signature colors?" Well, wonder no longer. The brand hasn't waited long to release its newly resized (but super water-resistant) SUB 750T as a non-limited edition model during Geneva Watch Days. Available on either a rubber strap or a "beads-of-rice" style steel bracelet, with that new 45mm with 47mm lug-to-lug stainless steel case thatat 11.95mm thickshaves 2mm off the original SUB 750T from 20 years ago and is thinner than the SUB 300 (13.4mm) and SUB 300T (14mm) while havi...
Introducing: Berneron Unveils Details Of Second Collection: The Quantime Annuel
Few young brands in the watch space have made such a mark so quickly as Berneron. The Neuchatel, Switzerland-based firm, founded and led by designer Sylvain Berneron, swivelled heads, while winning the attention of influential collectors who snapped open their wallets and quickly snapped up all allocations of his first two asymmetrical Mirage time-only watches, featuring a full gold proprietary movement that debuted in 2023.?For Berneron's next collection, the brand is taking a decidedly more complex and weighty direction. While there have been photos and discussions of the project online, Berneron is now officially unveiling fulsome details of the Quantime Annueltwo platinum-cased calenda...
Business News: Finalists For The Upcoming 2025 GPHG Awards Have Been Announced
The Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genve, the watch industry's biggest awards show, has just announced the finalists for the 2025 edition. The award winners for each category will be officially announced at a ceremony in Geneva on November 13, 2025. Founded in 2001, the GPHG is now organized as a public-interest foundation. Its selection process begins with the GPHG Academyan international body of several hundred members (including a handful of Hodinkee editors, myself included)who help determine the nominees. From there, a 30-member jury convenes in person to evaluate the finalists ahead of the November awards ceremony. IWC ...
Introducing: Dennison Leans Into Peak 70s Glam and Design With New ALD Dual Time
Dual-time watches with two pairs of hour and minute hands on a stone dial are pure jet-set glamourand nostalgia doesn't get much better. If that's a trip you want to take, the new Dennison ALD Dual Time will soon be ready for boarding. It's a new watch model that follows up the revival brand's eye-catching and value-priced ALD (named for the Anglo-American original company founder, Aaron Lufkin Dennison). Rich Fordon wrote smartly and with authority about the historic brand's most recent return last year. The original ALD earned plenty of interest and praise, with designer bonafides coming from no less than Emmanuel Gueit (who designed the original AP Royal Oak Offshore, among others), whic...