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Did you know that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean? Omega uses this collection to market tough, often overbuilt, and sometimes incredibly large watches that push the brand's ocean-going capabilities from 600m to down past 6000m, but until this week, we had never seen…
Breitling's corporate strategy to grow sales and volumes by acquiring newly revived marques at varied price levels will start next year as the company adds Gallet to its growing stable of brands. New Gallet watches will be sold in Breitling boutiques alongside the parent brand whose production facilities will also be used to assemble and produce…
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Chicago-based microbrand Haim Watch Company has been quietly churning out watches since 2020, and last year saw the introduction of their first world-timer, the Viajero. Launched in three colors with an elemental naming scheme – Air, Land, and Water, the watch started making its rounds on social media as a…
Happy Friday, and welcome back to Bring A Loupe! The more vintage watch shopping you do on the internet, the more "bad" watches you see. While I've heard the phrase "there's a wrist for every watch" in the past, I really don't think it's true. Beyond being empirically impossible, some watches are just too far…
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In 1952, the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research organized two expeditions to Mount Everest, led by Dr. Edouard Wyss-Dunant. At the time, Nepal had just opened its borders to foreign climbers, and the Swiss were among the first granted permission to attempt to summit Mount Everest. They came up just…
Just this morning, on the corner of Old Bond Street in Mayfair, London, a green ribbon was cut. With one hand on each arm of the scissors, Brian Duffy and Jean-Frédéric Dufour jointly declared the opening of the newest Rolex boutique, which happens to be the largest in Europe. This perfectly situated store represents the…
"I am looking for a guide, someone who knows The Lost Lands... I'm looking for a great treasure of immense power". This is the moment, a split second, in the trailer for In The Lost Lands when we see an ethereal, misty image of a watch. At this point, most any Hodinkee reader will hit…