Have you ever come across an old heirloom and wondered about the story behind a set of initials, an engraving, or a message from a loved one? Our pal Daniel Miller of the L.A. Times recently published a fascinating story about one man's hunt to uncover the possible history connecting a clock he bought on…
Edouard Meylan, the Swiss head and CEO of H. Moser & Cie, doesn't mince words when asked to grade the success of the watch industry and Swiss government's diplomacy efforts so far in negotiating a trade deal with the United States.
"It sucks,'' he says. "They were very naive. I can't believe the…
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Today is a day a lot of fans of Audemars Piguet have been waiting for: the return of a downsized Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar, now in a 38mm and just 9.4mm thick. It joins the new 38mm by 9.9mm Code 11.59 perpetual calendar, both powered by the brand's recently-released Calibre…
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Grand Seiko just quietly released two new variations of existing models. No pomp, no circumstance, just posting them on the website. While both look like solid releases, I'm going to start with the one that is far and away my favorite, the SLGW007. This is the first new variation of…
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We've long been fans of Ressence at Hodinkee, thanks to their unusual domed dials with interesting displays, and their creative approach to the use of magnets, ball bearings, and other uncommon technical approaches that together make for a watch that looks completely unlike anything else on the market. Leave it…
The Patek Philippe Star Caliber 2000 is a little-discussed yet incredibly important pocket watch from the dawn of the millennium. Featuring 21 complications and 1,118 intricately finished components, it was produced in a limited number of examples and, at the time, it was the fourth most complicated watch in the world (behind, in order, the…
Hello from cloudy Cupertino, California! 2025 marks eleven years of the Apple Watch, which means eleven years of Hodinkee on the ground at the brand's yearly launch event, where the newest generation of iPhone and Apple Watch gets unveiled, and eleven years of faithful readers debating in the comments whether or not these can be…