Happy Friday, and welcome back to Bring A Loupe! The more vintage watch shopping you do on the internet, the more "bad" watches you see. While I've heard the phrase "there's a wrist for every watch" in the past, I really don't think it's true. Beyond being empirically impossible, some watches are just too far…
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In 1952, the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research organized two expeditions to Mount Everest, led by Dr. Edouard Wyss-Dunant. At the time, Nepal had just opened its borders to foreign climbers, and the Swiss were among the first granted permission to attempt to summit Mount Everest. They came up just…
Just this morning, on the corner of Old Bond Street in Mayfair, London, a green ribbon was cut. With one hand on each arm of the scissors, Brian Duffy and Jean-Frédéric Dufour jointly declared the opening of the newest Rolex boutique, which happens to be the largest in Europe. This perfectly situated store represents the…
"I am looking for a guide, someone who knows The Lost Lands... I'm looking for a great treasure of immense power". This is the moment, a split second, in the trailer for In The Lost Lands when we see an ethereal, misty image of a watch. At this point, most any Hodinkee reader will hit…
LVMH's TAG Heuer is giving a nod to its Formula 1 model from the 1980s with new pit lane clocks featured on F1 racetracks this season and kicking off in Melbourne this weekend as part of the French luxury group's multi-brand sponsorship deal. A cluster of LVMH brands, including TAG, won the role of Group…
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I would almost guarantee you know the M.A.D.1, the affordable watch/fidget spinner on your wrist that gave fans and friends of MB&F a chance to get a bit of Max Büsser's design genius for an affordable price. But it's the "M.A.D—ONE," implying it was just the first in a series.…