It's June in New York City, which usually means a bipolar forecast. One day, you're barefoot, sun-drunk on strawberries and humidity in Central Park. Next, you're reaching for a sweater and grumbling at your Uber driver about traffic in the rain. Which is where the summer novelty watch comes swooping in as the material respite…
The Horological Society of New York's award-winning classes are on the road again! HSNY is visiting Orange County on August 30 and 31, 2025, hosted by Chopard and Rezvani Motors. Then HSNY heads to Las Vegas on September 13 and 14, 2025, hosted by LV Luxury at Bellusso.
At HSNY's Horological Education classes, students discover…
Earlier this summer, Longines introduced a new colorway to the 39mm Legend Diver series, and it's so perfect for the model that it's a wonder it took this long to arrive. The resized 39mm version of the Legend Diver, first launched in 2023, has gone through its fair share of colorways. From the original blue…
Last summer, Uncle Jeff came to town and thudded an old Ziploc on the table. "Brought some of your dad's old stuff," he declared. A single hand hovered over the bag. "Got it from your aunt." In the thirty years since my father was killed in action, many similar bags and boxes have been handed…
The watch world runs on tradition. Ask any collector how they got started, and nine times out of ten, you'll hear, "My dad got me into watches." (The other one out of ten? "I got into them after I started reading Hodinkee.")* With Father's Day approaching this weekend, we decided to flip the script. Instead…
Happy Friday, and welcome back to Bring A Loupe! As we come down from the highs of last week's New York sales, we're weaning off auctions a bit. There are two great sales that I want to direct your attention toward, but if you're an auction hater, don't worry, they're not at major houses. We'll…
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Today, Tudor is extending its Black-Bay 54 line by delivering a new 37mm icy baby-blue dial variant. The Black Bay 54 "Lagoon Blue" holds much of the same specs as the original 2023 release but comes with a mirror-polished relief-style bezel, a five-link bracelet, and, of course, the new sand-textured…