Cars and watches are as interlinked as turkey and Thanksgiving or gin and tonic. If you have petrol in your veins, rocking an automotive-themed watch is a tempting proposition. For me, an automotive-inspired watch design done right is about the small, subtle details.
Car enthusiasts' love of watches is fueled (pun intended) by…
The Porsche 911 is to cars what the Rolex Daytona is to watches – a perfectly composed, sternly planted, and rigorously over designed product that has come to define an entire category. And to that end, each can end up appearing desperately uninteresting, as friends, colleagues, and journalists further its ubiquity. Hell, there's a case…
It occurred to me as a fresh-hot slick of oil dribbled down my elbow that I probably shouldn't be wearing a watch. "A hundred-fifty meters water-resistant," I grumbled, backing out the drain plug until hot oil fed the basin in a fine black stream.
"Sure hope so."
The author,…
Last month, I attended the 2024 outing of the Audrain Newport Concours as a guest of A. Lange & Söhne to experience Rhode Island's premiere automotive event. As part of the festivities, I had the chance to tour the lawn of The Breakers – the fabulous Gilded Age estate where they park all the wonderful…
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Audemars Piguet is no stranger to bringing pop culture concepts into its ultra-high-end Royal Oak Concept platform. In the past few years, perhaps most famously (or infamously), we've seen our Friendly Neighborhood Web-Slinger as well as the King of Wakanda grace the dials of Concept Tourbillons, all in collaboration with…
Last month, 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, chef Alton Brown, AP CEO of the Americas Ginny Wright, actor Daniel Dae Kim, journalist Jay…
The Phillips "TOKI: Watch Auction," for which Hodinkee Japan serves as the media partner, will be held alongside the "Hong Kong Watch Auction XIX" starting November 22, 2024. This is the auction house's first themed auction focused on Japanese watch collecting, gathering watches that reflect the unique Japanese sense of beauty and watch-collecting culture.
The…