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Quill & Pad
A sense of unity and purpose evident throughout the latest edition of the biennial Only Watch auction, which took place on November 6, 2021, yielded a number of interesting results for the 53 participating watches. Here are those results listed in order of their generous bids.
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The rules for the GPHG's Jewellery category state that the watches must demonstrate exceptional mastery of the art of jewelry and gem setting and are also distinguished by the choice of stones featured in them. Once again our panel has a favorite, but there's no consensus.
Hodinkee
A very deep dive on how Rolex keeps watches on wrists.
Deployant
We make espresso with a manual lever machine - the Flair 58, and a single dose grinder which has gained some notoriety recently - the Niche Zero.
Hodinkee
Paul Newman's Paul Newman Daytona, or this?
Hodinkee
I took a crash course – and I crashed. But along the way, I learned a few things that will serve me well once I pull myself from the wreckage.
Hodinkee
Straight talk from the new boss at Seiko.
Quill & Pad
The Iconic category emphasizes men’s or women’s watches from a brand’s emblematic collection, meaning one that has had a lasting influence on watchmaking and its history as well as having been on the market for more than 20 years. Five of the watches pre-selected here are either time-only or time with date; one lone chronograph completes the set.
Hodinkee
Stay strapped.
Hodinkee
This reporter, for one, welcomes our new Code 11.59 overlords.
Hodinkee
How the first modern tank inspired the last word in elegance.
Hodinkee
Because then it would be a Big Four. KIDDING. Read on.
Deployant
As we are catching the latest episodes of Showtime's Billions, we had a thought: What will we actually buy, as watch collectors, if we had such wealth?
Hodinkee
By using vintage cases and movements, a once-forgotten brand is rescued from obscurity.
Hodinkee
The space includes bars, lounge spaces, and a library.
Hodinkee
Based on the fan favorite SBGW231 – and all under $5,000.
Hodinkee
It's the first time the Bulova MIL-SHIPS-W-2181 has been released.
Hodinkee
That definition is not just arbitrary. It's downright cruel.
Quill & Pad
Oskar Pascal is the brainchild of a pair of Swedish brothers who were neither previously involved in the watch industry nor are they watchmakers. The engineer and designer have created a cleanly designed chronograph housed within the world's first watch case in ZR01, an amorphous alloy based on zirconium, one of the hardest metals in the world and even used by NASA. And then there are the Pods!
Hodinkee
After Audemars Piguet and Seiko – what's next?
Hodinkee
A look at what I look at when I'm looking at a watch.
Quill & Pad
In eighteenth-century England, a typical sign outside a gin shop read, “Drunk for a penny. Dead drunk for twopence. Clean straw for nothing.” But by the twentieth century Sir Winston Churchill reported that, “The gin and tonic has saved more Englishmen’s lives, and minds, than all the doctors in the Empire.” Ken Gargett fills his glass and takes a look at the evolution of gin. Cheers!
Deployant
No its not Throwback Sunday yet. But today, we have a special feature by Rado showcasing their models in green. Eight different models.
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Ken Gargett has been reliably informed that there are tequilas now considered quality spirits, designated for sipping – he admits that he swallowed this obvious falsehood on an occasion many years ago, but in the interests of research once again he sallied forth. Sharing the results of his investigations here, he dips into two high-end tequilas: Fortaleza and Calle 23. Olé!
Hodinkee
Booms, busts, and the birth of the nostalgia industry.
Hodinkee
Come for the Richard Milles, stay for the sausage truck.
Revolution
Maybe we were just looking in the wrong place, says Watchfinder’s Mr Talking Hands.
Hodinkee
With this mighty movement (which powers the Aquis Date), Oris has made simplicity a virtue.
Hodinkee
A long time ago, on a watch blog not so very far away ...
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Italian pen brand Montegrappa commemorates both 'Blackstar' and its creator, David Bowie, in a new limited-edition writing instrument collection within its Icons series. The David Bowie Blackstar includes a fountain pen and a rollerball whose essence, like Bowie’s music, is at once evident and implied – and might require some decoding.
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