After months of rumors, we finally have the first wave of information regarding LVMH's newly formed partnership with Formula 1. Kicking off next year for the 2025 season and Formula 1's 75th anniversary, LVMH will start as a "Global Partner" with a 10-year agreement that will include involvement from several of the LVMH brands, including…
Hands-On: Three Grand Seikos Only Available In Japan – And One You Can Only Get Six Hours From Tokyo
If there's one thing I do before any work trip, it's over-research. I'm always worrying about travel logistics. But on my recent trip to Japan, there was one extra bit of research I found myself digging into – what (if any) watch should I buy? For any Grand Seiko fan, there's a bit of extra…
Guten Tag from Glashütte, Germany! I'm currently attending the fifth annual Nomos Forum, a gathering at the Nomos Glashütte headquarters to preview what's to come for the year. However, while upcoming releases will remain a secret, concurrently with the Forum, Nomos just announced a brand new DUW 4601 hand-wound movement, along with two variants of…
We all depend on the sun rising and setting each day and generally know the times it does so. But determining those times with a mechanical watch is complicated. With a deep understanding of that issue, Rémi Maillat has invented a mechanical timepiece that can display sunrise and sunset times nearly anywhere in the world. …
It's Friday and, with that, time for Bring A Loupe! If you've ever opened a story on Hodinkee and thought to yourself (maybe even mumbled out loud) "too much damn Rolex, Patek, and Cartier," have I got the story for you. And if you simply cannot get enough of the big three vintage brands, I'm…
I started writing about watches on the domain www.hodinkee.com over 16 years ago. Since then, we've had a pretty good run. Actually, you know what, we've had a really, really good run. It has been a run that I never could've imagined, frankly, sitting in my fourth-floor walk-up on Spring Street when I first registered…
On February 5, 1971, the Lunar Module of Apollo 14 landed on the Moon with astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell on board. While Apollo astronauts were famously issued Omega Speedmaster Pros, Mitchell also decided to wear his Rolex GMT-Master ref. 1675 during the mission. When Mitchell set foot on the Moon, he became just…