Last year was a crazy one. Cliché to say? Perhaps. But 2025 marked five years at Hodinkee for me, as well as the first full year I've spent professionally writing about watches. It was an important one for me.
The Astronomer, part of Vacheron's mind-blowing La Quête du Temps…
As Malaika so eloquently argued in her call to (human) arms essay this week, we all need to get a little more hands-on with our content consumption this year. A weighty and thoughtful watch book by an expert author is a worthy screen break. Here are three selections that we expect you could slip into…
This week, it's back to business. Or at least an attempt at cognitive coherence after a weeks-long break spent in mismatched pajamas, leaving the house to watch Marty Supreme on our best days and binging on anything remotely edible on our worst.
After wrestling my product-focused brain into submission, I relaxed a little.…
François Junod, as I wrote in my deep dive last year on his collaboration with Vacheron Constantin on La Quête Du Temps clock with automaton, is a mechanical wunderkind. If you're a Swiss watchmaker looking to incorporate serious mechanical artistry via the ancient art of automata, there's pretty much one guy that you should be…
On this week's episode of The Business of Watches, we sit down with the principals of Horologer Ming, and there is plenty to talk about. Founder and creative head Ming Thein explains his unique design and engineering process, while Chief Executive Officer Praneeth Rajsingh discusses financial challenges and financing solutions the small company has utilized…
In more than two decades in business reporting, there are a few truisms that have stuck with me. One of the strongest is attributed to the legendary reporter and biographer Robert Caro: "The only thing that matters is what's on the page." The mantra can be interpreted in several ways, but I always…
Back in 2022, Vacheron Constantin signaled a move that would return three years later to cap off the brand's 270th Anniversary, the ref. 4305T/000G-H135. Most people overlooked the 36.5mm pink gold Traditionnelle, despite its more traditionally vintage-sized ultra-thin perpetual calendar, because the pink mother-of-pearl dial and brilliant-cut diamonds signaled it as a ladies' watch. And…