The best brands in the world create—and invite you into—their world. I was drawn to this idea first through fashion, long before I ever thought seriously about watches. Whether through large-scale ad campaigns or simply by encouraging you to play the long game by following them on Instagram, the strongest brands can draw you in…
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At the tail end of 2025, Albishorn launched a new dial variation of the brand's manually-wound "imaginary vintage" Type 10 chronograph. The beige dial with black Super-LumiNova accents (and a bronze crown) builds on a design language we've covered (three times last year, in fact), so if you want more…
As 2025 closes and 2026 stands before us, we will be presenting a handful of essays from the Editorial team at Hodinkee over the coming days. Some will look back at a dynamic, unpredictable, and action-packed year in watches, while others will look forward to what feels like a crucial year for the idea of…
The week before Christmas, as families and businesses alike host parties and toast to holiday cheer, Oliver Smith Jeweler of Scottsdale, Arizona, gears up for a different sort of festivity. For the past 20 years, the destination watch and jewelry retailer has been hosting Cars & Cigars, an awe-inspiring spectacle of motorized enthusiasm. Drawing from…
We walk past public clocks every day — on street corners, above doorways, and high on towers — often without noticing them. Yet these clocks once played a central role in organizing city life, offering shared reference points in a place shaped by schedules, movement, and collective rhythms.
At the January 2026 lecture of the…
Breguet closed out the year with a watch that could be considered the most innovative release of last year. If widely industrialized, Breguet's new magnetic escapement—launched in the Expérimentale 1—could become one of the most impactful innovations to come to mechanical watchmaking in decades. Until an eventual industrialization, the Expérimentale 1 remains a fascinating novelty,…
Every year, we return to the same question — and every year, it tells a different story.
Per tradition, the Hodinkee team closes out the year by sharing the single watch that spent the most time on their wrist. Drawn from our editors, the wider Hodinkee team, and friends reporting from all parts of the…