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Auctions: A Live Preview Of This Weekend's Fall 2025 Monaco Legend Auction
We are about to enter an auction season that could be unlike anything we've seen before. Monaco Legend Group moves first in the market's annual game of chess. The MLG auction, taking place this weekend on Saturday, October 18, and Sunday, October 19, has certainly brought out a wide range of options for collectors across various price points. A bit further along in this preview, I'll break down my picks for watches at three different price points. However, here are a few key lots to highlight. This auction includes two significant F.P. Journe watches, including a Chronomtre Rsonance (ref. RN, Lot ...
Happenings: New York Watch Week (Less Than A Week Away!)
If you're a watch nerd in New York, chances are, you've already blocked off next week on your calendar many months ago. And it's for good reason. Next week will see the return of two of the largest watch events in the US, aimed squarely at enthusiasts, right here in the Big Apple. For the big, crazy, and high-end stuff, WatchTime magazine is bringing WatchTime New York back to Gotham Hall right smack in the center of Midtown, from October 17-19th. While the Friday evening cocktail party is sold out, the main show is open to the public on Saturday and Sunday. Impressively, this year marks the 10th anni...
Sotheby's has just announced a special collection of timepieces that will be the centerpiece of their upcoming United States fall auction. 'Exceptional Discoveries: The Olmsted Complications Collection' represents six decades of collecting from the late Robert M. Olmsted, a prolific yet private collector who assembled an enviable collection of historically significant (and sometimes literature-changing) timepieces of both exceptional complication, quality, and provenance. Some of his watches and clocks were owned by titans of industry and collecting, like Henry Graves Jr. The auction house is already revealing a few of these timepieces, and they're the kind of things that lovers of history d...
Introducing: The TAG Heuer Connected Calibre E5
TAG Heuer has just announced the next iteration of its Connected smartwatch series, one of the few Swiss entries that continue to offer a luxury-segment alternative to the ever-ubiquitous Apple Watch. It's been three years since the E4 generation of the TAG Heuer Connected was announced, and though it might not be so in the mechanical watch world, in any consumer technology, three years is an eternity. So better now than never, is the new Calibre E5 generation of the Connected, most notably now coming in a much more reasonably proportioned 40mm case size. While the previous iterations were all in larger sizes, having the smallest option to date is now a welcome s...
Today, Glashtte Original introduces three new watches as part of a brand new collaboration. But no, it's not with a retailer, publication, or collector group. It's actually between Glashtte Original and MEISSEN, Germany (and Europe's) first porcelain manufacturer, founded all the way back in 1710. This new trio, as you might expect, consists of three new porcelain dials. Set in 40mm red gold cases with heights of 10.23mm and lug-to-lugs of 47.09mm, the three dials are all made out of thin slices of porcelain, fired at extreme temperatures ...
Swiss watch buyers and industry executives say physical in-store sales will continue to be the preferred way to buy and sell watches, with brands scaling back expectations for growth in online sales as the sector adopts a defensive stance amid significant economic and geopolitical pressures, according to a report by audit and consulting firm Deloitte Switzerland. About two-thirds of brands and retailers surveyed by Deloitte said they sell less than 10% of their watches online compared to in stores and don't expect that to grow significantly in the near future. Almost three-quarters (74%) of industry executives expect offline sales to continue to dominate in the n...
Introducing: The Petermann Bdat 1825 Same Great Watchmaking, New Design
There's been a bit of a renaissance in demand for really well-crafted, intelligently considered three-hand watches from independent watchmakers. The success of some of the best in the space (including Rexhep Rexhepi) has hinged on a pivot toward classically minded three-hand watches that distilled their abilities into a compact, wearable form. Today, Petermann Bdat has launched their own effort in the familiar aesthetic. After two strong releases showing the pair's technical ability, Petermann Bdat's new ref. 1825 has a more classic aesthetic that should bring new customers to the brand. Measuring 38mm by 10.15mm and in a rose ...
Introducing: Daniel Arsham Returns With The Hublot MP-17 Arsham Splash
This week, Hublot continues its ongoing collaboration efforts with artist Daniel Arsham for the wild new MP-17 Meca-10 Arsham Splash Titanium Sapphire. The materials are all in the name, but despite the very traditional materials found in the industry, the form is certainly a brand-new one for Hublot. Using the new downsized (and much improved, from a finishing standpoint) Meca-10 caliber introduced at the beginning of the year, the sandblasted titanium case measures 42mm in diameter and 15.35mm in case height. From the exterior, the case mi...
Photo Report: UBS House Of Craft NYC [Day 1]
We're thrilled to once again partner with our friends at UBS for House of Craft. This year's edition, titled Icons of Time, opened with a fantastic first day celebrating the defining moments of watchmaking through twelve extraordinary timepieces that have shaped craft, culture, and history. Curated by Hodinkee's founder Ben Clymer, the exhibition delves into the stories behind these icons, each on display with remarkable provenance including Wally Schirra's actual Speedmaster from the Omega Collection, and Douglas MacArthur's personal Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso. We also had a watchmaker on site, providing visitors with a rare, up-close look at the art of traditional watchmaking. ...
Ming is no stranger to pushing the boundaries of manufacturing. At this point, the brand feels very much like a lab, where the consumer products are the experiments. Just this year, we've seen multiple manufacturing experiments in dials, with the Iris and the 20.01 Series 5. And in recent years, Ming has come out with their own white-emitting lume, mind-blowing ultralight models, and lots of experimentation into the use of sapphire. Today, Ming introduces something truly crazy and it's not a watch. It's actually (what seems to be) a world's first, a 3D-printed, titanium bracelet-strap hybrid. It is an absolutely mind-boggling piece of metal, comprising 1,693 in...
Photo Report: UBS House Of Craft NYC [Day 2]
Yesterday, House of Craft rolled on with a full slate of conversations and crowds for day two. The day opened with Hodinkee Magazine's Editorial Director, Malaika Crawford, sitting down with Thom Betteridge, Editor-in-Chief of i-D Magazine, talking through the ins and outs of creating a magazine in 2025. This was followed by Andy Hoffman recording a live episode of The Business of Watches with Analog Shift founder James Lamdin (coming soon to your podcast feeds), where they delved into the latest trends and challenges in the vintage market. As the day went on, the conversation turned toward design and storytelling. James Stacey and Ben Clymer shared the stage for...
Photo Report: UBS House of Craft NYC [Day 3]
To close out the three-day UBS House of Craft NYC, Friday offered an extra fun day that included live podcasts and community events. Kicking off the first session, Perri Dash and Rashawn Smith of The Wrist Check Podcast joined Tim Jeffreys and Mark Kauzlarich for a Hodinkee Podcast crossover episode that had the foursome chatting about a great many topics, including watch enthusiasm in 2025, Perri and Rashawn's recent move to bring their successful podcast to cable television, and the idea of what makes watches iconic.? Later in the afternoon, TanTan Wang hosted a chat with Jhonel Faelnar, the Beverage Director of NA:EUN Hospitality, which includes lauded restaur...
In-Depth: Up Close And Personal With The Vacheron Constantin La Qute Du Temps Clock With Automaton
This past June, I flew to Geneva for my first visit to Vacheron Constantin. I've been on plenty of such press engagements before, but this one felt different I had no idea what to expect. Usually, a manufacturer visit falls into one of two types: either you tour the workshops to see watchmaking in action, or you preview a new release with plenty of advance material. But this time, even Vacheron's New York team, who helped organize the trip, didn't know what awaited me. That's when I knew something unusual was happening. The brand had already unveiled the world's most complicated wristwatch the Les Cabinotiers Solaria Ultra Grand Complication earlier this year at Watches & Wonders. ...
Introducing: Omega Updates The Speedmaster Dark Side Of The Moon For 2025
Kicking off the brand's fall releases, Omega has just announced the latest evolution of the Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon, the brand's ceramic-cased Speedy. With four new iterations and two strap options, totaling seven new versions, this is a refinement of the large and often very dark Speedmaster, leveraging subtle changes to the case profiles, movements, and dial coloring.? Given that it's essentially four watches, I'll break the specs and details into four sections in an attempt to clarify these new models. For those of you hoping for a smaller take on the ceramic Speedmaster, I can cut to the chase: all of these new mode...
On this episode of The Business Of Watches Podcast, we catch up with Antoine Pin, the Chief Executive Officer of Tag Heuer, who is having quite a year. The brand is in the first season of a new decade-long deal to be the official timekeeping sponsor of Formula 1. It's a high-profile, multi-brand agreement that, if executed correctly, could launch Tag Heuer to a whole new level of visibility. But it also comes at a challenging time for the global economy and the watch industry in general, as soaring input costs, a strong Swiss franc, and U.S. tariffs on Swiss goods take a toll on margins and confidence.? Pin tells us Tag Heuer has ple...
Introducing: The Monta Watches Triumph V2
Today, Monta releases the second generation of its Triumph model, the microbrand's take on a contemporary field watch design, first released back in 2017 during the brand's earlier days. The brand credits the Triumph as putting the Monta name on the map in the world of microbrands, and after eight years, the Triumph has gotten some subtle new updates. The aptly named Triumph V2 features a 40mm stainless steel case, upscaled from the 38.5mm casing of the original. It also gets slightly taller case height, though it remains relatively slim at ...
Introducing: Serica Extends The Parade With Two Linen-Inspired Models
Announced within the broader scope of New York Watch Week, Serica has unveiled the brand's first extension of the Parade, the 1174 "Linen". Following earlier Parade editions, this new release introduces a pair of fresh dial textures into Serica's sporty, shaped-case dress watch. Inspired by cross-weave fabric, the new Parade models are rendered in your choice of Slate and Tobacco. These new iterations are essentially just new dials, so the Linen Parade models offer the same physical form as the preceding launch models, measuring 35 mm 41 mm 8.2 mm and featuring a lug-less stainless-steel "stadium" case shape. Despite its slim...
Introducing: Unimatic Gives Its Modello Due A Second Time Zone With The U2-GMT
I thought the Modello Due from Unimatic was dead. Okay, I'm being a bit dramatic, but in recent memory, the Italian brand has focused its efforts less on the unconventional field watch silhouette, opting to focus on its more conventional, brutal case designs in the Modello Uno, Tre, and Quattro. But I suppose better late than never, the Modello Due finally gets its first GMT treatment with the U2-GMT World Timer. The name is quite the misnomer, actually, as there is no city ring on the dial, and this is just a caller style GMT complication, with an independently adjustable 24-hour hand. Nomenclature aside, the U2-GMT gets the Seiko NH34A automatic GMT movement, a...
Hands-On: The Dennison Dual Time Capsule Collection II
It's hard to believe that Dennison at least the latest iteration of the Dennison brand is only about a year old. Affordable, quartz-powered, with design-driven case shapes and provocative dials, it's garnered a surprising amount of attention among the watch cognoscenti in just a few short months. So when Dennison let us know that they were planning a limited-time 'Capsule Collection' version of the super cool double-handset and crown Dual Time and, for the first time, a metal bracelet option, we just had to get our hands on them for a spin.? So these are certainly a more modern and less vintage-inspired take on the retro jet-...
Introducing: Blancpain Expands The Villeret Collection With Three New 'Golden Hour' Iterations
Today, Blancpain refreshes its Villeret collection with a whopping sixteen new references total in the new Villeret Golden Hour series. Okay, that might sound overwhelming, but hopefully I can break it down into a more digestible manner. In reality, there are only three new models: the time-and-date Villeret Ultraplate, the larger Villeret Quantime Complet Phases de Lune, and the smaller Villeret Quantime Phases de Lune. Across the board, the aesthetics of the line have been ever-so-subtly updated. The leaf hands have been slimmed down and now feature lume on all three models. On the dials, the applied "12" numeral has been replaced with an applied "JB" symbol,...