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The film’s prop master talks Cartier, Swatch, and Francis Ford Coppola’s Rolex

Even the King wears this particular solid gold Crown.

For episode 117, we talk to the legendary New York multi-hyphenate about his first horological foray.

Here's what the H team wants to find under the tree.

A great year...for watches.

Give the gift of a vintage watch this holiday season.

“No one is ever satisfied where he is.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms MIL-SPEC | Limited Edition For HODINKEE

Casio G-SHOCK Ref. 6900 by John Mayer | Limited Edition For HODINKEE

Grand Seiko Automatic GMT SBGM239 | Limited Edition For HODINKEE

Eight real women pair show-stopping fashion with some of the year's best watches.

The HODINKEE Eight-Day Travel Clock | HODINKEE

Nomos Tangente Sport | Limited Edition for HODINKEE

From half a world away, across almost seven decades, one man's Rolex tells its story at last.

Our latest collaboration with Montblanc not only features one of the greatest chronograph movements on the market, but also includes a once in a lifetime trip to Villeret with the HODINKEE Team.

The limited edition Zenith El Primero Revival G381, limited to just 50 pieces to honor the 50th anniversary of the game-changing El Primero movement, is priced at $19,200 and beautifully recaptures the shining early years of the automatic high-speed chronograph.

Introducing a new, limited edition dive watch manufactured by Blancpain for HODINKEE. Pieces are numbered, and available exclusively in the HODINKEE Shop and select Blancpain boutiques.

The greatest designer of our generation talks watches for the very first time.

Introducing A New, Thinner, Hand-Wound, Limited Edition Dive Watch Manufactured By Oris For HODINKEE.

In the right hands, mid-century Italian motorcycles become genuine contemporary art.

A clock and automaton maker whose timekeepers have taken the form of a running leopard and race car, John-Mikaël Flaux has just unveiled his most complex creation to date. Hand made from brass and steel, Le Cabré is a mechanical sculpture of a rearing Arabian horse with a key-wound clock in its base that doubles as a “mysterious trigger” for the automaton. Initial thoughts Le Cabré is very much mechanical objet d’art – handmade and hand finished, while being complex and extravagant. Automaton-clocks like this have long been part of independent watchmaking, but are typically little appreciated, largely due to their cost (and the necessity of having an office or house grand enough to install one of them). But the craft that goes into creating one is easily understood. Le Cabré is made up of 450 parts, three-quarters hand made by the clockmaker himself, a process that requires 1,500 hours of work according to Mr Flaux. Priced at a little over US$160,000, Le Cabré is substantially more expensive than Mr Flaux’s prior creations, but it is also substantially more complex. At the same time, considerably more lavish automaton clocks that are made of precious metal and decked out in precious stones traditionally have price tags in the millions, making this relatively affordable. Equine ballet Standing 24 cm, or a bit under 10″, Le Cabré is made up of a horse automaton protected by a glass case, sitting on a wood base. It was conceived by Mr Flaux in collaboration...

Franck Muller introduces a dive watch in their signature curved tonneau shape case. The new Skafander is their addition to the sporty dive watch genre.

Tudor debuted a teaser about its upcoming launch last week – showing the forging of a case component –  and now it has taken the covers off its very first boutique-only model, the Black Bay Fifty-Eight Bronze. The new boutique edition combines the compact size of the Fifty-Eight with the alloy found on its prior bronze dive watches. The new model sports a bronze “rivet” bracelet, which is a first for Tudor. And unlike earlier Black Bay Fifty-Eight models, the new version sports an all-new, micro-extension clasp known as T-Fit that brings the wearability of the Fifty–Eight to another level. The new Fifty-Eight is delivered on a bronze bracelet along with an additional fabric strap Initial thoughts Despite boasting several “firsts” for Tudor  – as well as being a good-looking watch – the Black Bay Fifty-Eight Bronze sticks to a familiar formula. It has a brown bezel and dial found on the first-generation Black Bay Bronze, as well as Arabic numerals at the quarters that are a hallmark of the Tudor’s bronze watches. But the minor change in case size is significant, a result of the gulf in perception between the 39 mm and 41 mm Black Bay cases. The two millimetres that separate the two sizes are markedly obvious in the metal. The compact format of the new Black Bay in bronze means it’ll wear better, much like the standard Fifty-Eight. And it’ll also have a more retro feel since its case size is close to that of vintage dive watches, which will complem...

Beautiful, bronze, on a bracelet and boutique-only. Is this the Black Bay that everybody has been waiting for? Ross Povey takes us on a guided tour of Tudor’s latest offering…

Cool Tool: The Story of Rolex Explorer II

We’re back again with another curated selection of Cartier pieces in partnership with Watchfinder & Co. This batch includes a Tank Francaise as well as a perennial favourite, the iconic Pasha. So let’s take a look at what’s on offer.

The click spring is one of the smaller components of a mechanical watch, but it is of enormous importance. Ever wondered why the crown doesn’t retaliate furiously and unwind every time you crank it? Without the click spring, a wound mainspring would immediately – and explosively – uncoil like a raging viper in a hat box.