This isn't going to be an open letter – although it could be – because I love Patek Philippe. Truly and sincerely – it is the brand by which all other *haute horlogerie brands* are measured in my eyes for its ability to shape-shift and bring collectors exactly what they want at times and push…
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It's a big day when a small company like Urwerk releases a brand-new model, so let's hear three cheers for the new UR-150. With a slightly more curved case than I normally think of with Urwerk and a massively expanded time display, it's one of the boldest satellite displays in…
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Just a few weeks after Nomos unveiled maybe their most controversial watch ever, the Tangente 2Date (72 comments on that story, y'all!), the Glashütte brand is making a 180-degree turn and releasing two very conservative watches: the Tangente and Orion Neomatik Doré.
Back to the more expected iterative…
Last week, we teamed up with UBS to host the inaugural outing of a new event series called the UBS House of Craft. It was a week of amazing presentations, candid talks, special events, and, yes, a truly ludicrous array of amazing watches. From a display of past Hodinkee LEs to the watches that were…
When I think of a Moser chronograph, I think of the Streamliner, with its flyback Agenhor chronograph movement and distinctive subdial-free layout. With both the chronograph seconds hand and minute counter on the center hand stack, it's certainly been the right contemporary way for Moser to incorporate the complication into its modern catalog. Surprisingly, the…
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Aera, the microbrand founded two years ago by Olof Larsson and Jas Minhas, has stuck close to its design-led roots with a collection of a few highly distinctive (and legible) time-only watches like the P-1 Pilot and D-1 Diver. They were big and bold yet carried a certain unique softness…