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If you don't know the Benrus Sky Chief, let me get you up to speed on one of the coolest vintage watches that you can still find for relatively affordable prices. The watch was a bit of a paradox—it was a smaller pilot's chronograph (unlike some of the massive, oversized…
In a recently published open letter, the Swatch Group AG criticized the most recent Morgan Stanley "Swiss Watcher" industry report in a letter to the investment bank's management, calling some of the data presented in the analyst report "erroneous and questionable." The Swatch Group letter, addressed to Morgan Stanley Investment Management and linked below, says…
Congratulations: you have made it to yet another Friday. By way of proffered back-pats, how about a Bring a Loupe instead?
A bit of a scorecard for my first two weeks at BAL: Last week's Zenith S58 remains available (and now listed as "Hodinkee Featured" in the tile), as does the burl wood Datejust, though…
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Each year, Panerai offers a special experience for its top collectors, available only to those who buy the year's "experience watch." For the first time, the experience is available to buyers who pick up a set of watches sold together. By buying these two Radiomir releases, customers will also be…
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Ressence, with its futuristic sci-fi approach to telling the time, doesn't always come to mind when thinking about métiers d'art. After all, Ressence is a brand centered around an incredibly modern industrial aesthetic, which seems at odds with painstaking human-centered craft that often celebrates perfection within imperfection. But when done…
Founded in 1875, Audemars Piguet has a rich and complex history, with many chapters yet to be explored. Sébastian Vivas, who has been director of the Audemars Piguet Museum since 2012, will explain how the small Heritage team organizes, enriches, and studies the brand's archives and historical collections. Some research reveals surprises that require a…
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IWC just launched a surprising novelty, and it isn't even Watches and Wonders yet. Today marks the brand's introduction of a limited-edition run of its classic Portugieser Chronograph, this time in Ceratanium. It's a subversion of what I typically think of as IWC's dressier chronograph option, this time with a…