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In 2023, Baltic released a new design that has stuck with me as one of the best watches under a thousand dollars in the Hermétique Tourer. This 37mm "GADA" (that's: go anywhere, do anything) winner offered a beautiful dial in a vintage-Borgel-inspired case at a value-packed price, and it's one…
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By now, you likely know that Omega and the Olympics are one of the watch world's most significant and longest-lived sponsorships/partnerships. One year and one day from now, on February 6, 2026, the Olympics will return with the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. As an unofficial kick-off to the countdown…
In partnership with UBS, we hosted a get-together and series of talks in New York City called "House of Craft." The event featured a who's who of watch-world luminaries, including industry legend Jean-Claude Biver, actor Keegan Allen, author Alton Brown, AP CEO of the Americas Ginny Wright, actor Daniel Dae Kim, journalist Jay Fielden, independent…
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On Monday, we covered the year's first limited-edition Grand Seiko release, the SLGH027. Today, we are introducing two new additions to the Grand Seiko Heritage Collection—the SBGH351 "Rikka" and SBGH353 "Shūbun." Consider these two natural complements to the popular Four Seasons Collection released in 2019, as both are named after…
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On Monday, we covered the year's first limited-edition Grand Seiko release, the SLGH027. Today, we are introducing two new additions to the Grand Seiko Heritage Collection—the SBGH351 "Rikka" and SBGH353 "Shūbun." Consider these two natural complements to the popular Four Seasons Collection released in 2019, as both are named after…
We often discuss 'holy grails ' in watch collecting. In essence, the term has become a way of saying, "This is on my wishlist of watches I aspire to someday own," even if the likelihood of that day is incredibly slim. I've heard many responses to the holy grail question from collectors over the years — ranging from a Rolex Daytona with a Paul Newman dial to a piece unique Cartier from the 1930s. The spectrum is vast. While…
This post is part of a series, Reading Time at HSNY, written by HSNY's librarians. Today's post was written by St John Karp.
Whenever I start talking about decimal time, people tend to roll their eyes at me and say, "Oh there goes St John again, talking about alternative time-keeping systems." And they're…