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Adventure Time: Why I Traded My Fancy Climbing Gear For A Pair Of Ramshackle Watches

Sometimes 'value' means a lot more than monetary worth.

Sept. 11, 2001: The Day Time Stopped

Twenty years ago, the watch you see here was strapped onto the arm of a New Yorker named Thomas Canavan as he walked into work at the Twin Towers.

Time Off: You Only Live Once: I Took An Audemars Piguet To A Deserted Island

If you're wearing a Royal Oak Offshore on a deserted island and no one is around to gawk at it …

Culture Of Time: Virgil Abloh Changed The Way We Think About Watches

He ascended to the pinnacle of fashion by remixing streetwear and luxury. Along the way, he shaped an entire generation’s taste in wristwear – and set an example that watchmakers would be wise to follow.

Introducing: Vacheron Constantin Overseas "Everest" Chronograph and Dual Time Limited Editions In Titanium

Anyone know a good loan shark?

World-Famous Wine Regions: Coonawarra, South Australia

Ken Gargett set out to review a wine that has been called an Australian First Growth, the Wynns Black Label Cabernet, and its flagship, the John Riddoch Cabernet. But it became clear to him that without providing some context and history in relation to Coonawarra that anything on those wonderful wines would be incomplete. And here he does just that.

That Time Franck Met Snoopy and It Got a Bit Crazy…

Bollinger B13 Champagne: Not So Much ‘No Time To Die’ As ‘A Great Wine To Drink’

Ken Gargett takes a look at the new Bollinger Blanc de Noirs one-off, the B13 from the (unusual) 2013 vintage. And decides that this is no shrinking violet and that no one is going to taste this and start thinking how delicate, how elegant. It is a big, bold, full-of-flavor champagne.

The Story of the World’s Most Famous Reversible Watch

History’s most famous reversible wristwatch would never have been invented were it not for Joseph Ford Sherer, then a lieutenant in the 44th Regiment of Sylhet Light Infantry of the East India Company’s army. The story begins in the middle of the 19th century in Manipur, a state in east British India, where Lieutenant Sherer observes locals play a game known as sagol kangjei. Translating as “horse hockey”, the game was long played by local royalty. The game has players on horseback wielding sticks to hit a ball across a rectangular field. The Lieutenant reported his observations to his boss, Captain Robert Stewart. The two men eventually began to play the game, which evolved into what is now known as polo. In March 1859 Sherer and Stewart established their own polo club, Silchar Kangjai Club, and four years later the earliest written rulebook for polo was. With that, the pair started a long tradition of polo-playing among British soldiers in India. And soon polo would find its way around the world with polo-playing soldiers across the Commonwealth – the first polo match was played in Europe sometime in the late 1860s. Lieutenant Joseph Sherer, Assistant to the Superintendent of Cachar (second from left), with his bearers, Manipur, 1861. Image – National Army Museum As the game grew in popularity, a problem arose: polo players would often damage the crystals on their wristwatches, sometimes with errant mallets. During a visit to India in 1930, César de Trey ...

Vintage Watches: A 1965 Rolex GMT-Master With Glossy Dial, A 1970s Patek Philippe Ref. 3525, And A 1960s Heuer Carrera '45'

Lighter on quantity but heavy on quality as always, HODINKEE Vintage is back.

Just In Time For Thanksgiving, It's Five Turkeys Of Watchmaking

As this is a roast, the humor may be slightly dry.

Low-Impact Watchmaking For A Changing World - Hodinkee Magazine

Like every industry, ours is trying to improve. Where does greenwashing leave off, and real change begin?

Point/Counterpoint: A Stirring And Heartfelt Call To Action Against The Tyranny Of Daylight Saving Time

Liberté! Égalité! Temporalité!

Watch Of The Week: A Ghostly Rado That Barely Tells Time

In the smartphone age, it's often said, nobody needs a watch anymore. This avant-garde design challenges us to consider all the reasons we might want one anyway.

Culture Of Time: It's Another Skull Watch Story For Halloween, What Were The Odds?

Not zero, comrades, not zero.

The Exciting Symbiotic World of Watches and Sneakers

Both sneakers and watches happily break the rules when it comes to monotony in color and hue.

Time Trial: Panerai Luminor Marina Carbotech Blu Notte PAM01664

The Florentine watchmaker offers its signature Blu Notte dial paired with the unmistakeable Luminor formfactor in of Panerai’s own propriety composite carbon fibre material, Carbotech.

What Defines A Handmade Mechanical Watch In The Modern World? - Reprise

To this day, when most people think about luxury watches they picture a wizened, white-haired man in a white lab coat bent over a workbench against the backdrop of snowy Alps busily filing away at watch parts. It’s a lovely picture, but not very representative of the modern – or even necessarily traditional – watch industry as Elizabeth Doerr explains here.

Trilobe Nuit Fantastique & Trilobe x Daniel Buren La Réciproque Clock: Take Your Time Telling Time

Trilobe, in collaboration with French conceptual artist Daniel Buren, created a clock with an aesthetic designed to jar you awake for the Only Watch 2021 charity auction. And Trilobe's Nuit Fantastique, currently competing in the Petite Aiguille category of the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève, represents the next step in aesthetic direction for Trilobe. Joshua Munchow takes a closer look at both.

Weekend Rewind: Meet The Stealthy Seamaster From "No Time To Die"

And it's not a limited edition, thank god.

Sunday Rewind: Talking Watches With A Real-World Indiana Jones

He's an explorer, and he also plays one on TV.

Adventure Time: How I Biked Across An Icelandic Glacier With My Casio

I needed a watch that could help me do the impossible. My Casio 'Easy to Read' did just that.

From War Time To Watch Time: The Tank Behind The Cartier Tank

How the first modern tank inspired the last word in elegance.

Auctions: Christie's Sets World Auction Record For A Yellow-Gold Cartier Crash

A huge result, but peak Crash is likely yet to be seen.

Introducing: The Piaget Altiplano 38mm 900P, The Thinnest Mechanical Watch In The World (Exclusive First Look With Live Pics, Details, And Pricing)

Piaget is the king of ultra-thin watches and for its 140th birthday is treating us to something special.

Introducing: The Piaget Polo S, An Updated Classic, For The First Time In Steel, And Under $10,000

The brand ventures in a totally new direction with a different take on a classic design.

Introducing: The Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept, The World's Thinnest Mechanical Watch

For now.

Introducing: The Black Bay GMT One for Only Watch 2021

With a "gunmetal" finish.

The Sports Section: The World's Best Baseball Player Wears Seiko - Who Knew?

If you don't like Shohei Ohtani, you don't like MLB baseball.

Vintage Calling: eBay is the New Hotspot for Collectibles in the Watch World

Watch collectors are turning to vintage markets for rare and valuable timepieces, buying luxury watches with services like Authenticity Guarantee from eBay are making it easier than ever to invest with confidence.