Hodinkee
Business News: Patek and Rolex Prices Surge As Inflation Hits 40-Year High
You might need to wait a little longer for that watch you've been saving up for.
30,420 articles · 154 videos found · page 261 of 1020
Hodinkee
You might need to wait a little longer for that watch you've been saving up for.
Hodinkee
Does this chunky '80s design work for today's wrists?
Quill & Pad
As there is no official, universally accepted, or legally binding description of what a dandy watch is, Martin Green takes it upon himself to coin one. A dandy (like Martin) doesn't follow fashion, but walks to the beat of his own drum. Here Martin shares a few watches that he thinks are just dandy.
Hodinkee
The Classic Fusion goes YG in 42mm for the first time ever.
Hodinkee
The young TAG Heuer CEO has trained his eye on the future: "We can't rely on Steve McQueen for decades to come."
SJX Watches
After several years of trying to grow its sub-scale watch division, Kering has sold both of its watch brands in a management buyout led by chief executive Patrick Pruniaux. A former Apple executive who started his watch career at TAG Heuer, Mr Pruniaux first took charge of Ulysse Nardin in 2017 before also taking the top job at Girard-Perregaux a year later. He proceeded to merge both brands into a single factory in La Chaux-de-Fonds, a move that was subsequently followed by layoffs the next year. The slimmed-down brands will have the flexibility to do more, while also facing the challenge of being relatively small players facing off against stronger brands. The French luxury group never managed to replicate the earlier success of its watch brands, both of which were run by iconoclastic entrepreneurs – Rolf Schnyder at Ulysse Nardin and Luigi “Gino” Macaluso at Girard-Perregaux. Both their deaths led to their heirs selling the respective companies to Kering, the Macaluso family in 2011 and the Schnyder family in 2014. Patrick Pruniaux With brands like Gucci and Saint Laurent in its stable, Kering had 2020 revenues of over €13 billion, leaving its two-brand watch division diminutive in comparison. The group never found the right formula for its watch division, resulting in the gradual erosion of sales. At the time of their respective acquisitions, Girard-Perregaux has annual sales of about CHF180 million and Ulysse Nardin about €190 million according to recent es...
Hodinkee
The watchmaker is out there.
Hodinkee
Grab your mitts, I'm in a polar state of mind.
Hodinkee
An old, obscure complication takes on a fresh urgency.
Hodinkee
The cream rises to the top in the first Vintage drop of 2022.
Hodinkee
Raise your glasses to a real one.
Hodinkee
The brand is bringing back famous design cues from its golden era.
Hodinkee
Even in ways you may not expect.
Hodinkee
You get what you pay for, or maybe not … if you can pay at all.
Hodinkee
HSNY's Board of Trustees Goes International.
Quill & Pad
Martin Green enjoys hiking to the Dutch beach in the winter. So when he borrowed a Tutima M2 Coastline Chronograph for a test he decided to put it through its paces at the coastline. The stormy conditions were challenging, but the M2 Coastline Chronograph proved its worth.
Hodinkee
"You were supposed to get a good tree. Can't you even tell a good tree from a poor tree?" – Lucy Van Pelt, A Charlie Brown Christmas
Two Broke Watch Snobs
What do you get when one of the largest watch brands on earth collaborates with a 120 year old Japanese lacquerware crafter? Apparently you get these two new mechanical timepieces from Citizen.
Hodinkee
Our managing editor finally stopped worrying about all those unattainable prices. He's never been happier.
Hodinkee
In the first installment of her new monthly column, Cara Barrett says it's time to retire our outdated gender norms.
Hodinkee
Behold the watch world in all its eccentricity.
Hodinkee
Something out of the ordinary for the final vintage drop of 2021.
Hodinkee
Gardy St. Fleur unveils a handful of watches, including the one he wears courtside – plus a sentimental photograph.
Quill & Pad
In honor of 'The King’s Man,' the next instalment of the entertaining Kingsman film series, which is finally getting released, Elizabeth Doerr takes a look at the watches that starred in each of the three films – three watches that are as diverse as if they had come from Marvel's multiverse!
Hodinkee
Taking a look at the new 'Matrix'-themed PSR – which is already sold out in the U.S.
Revolution
Hodinkee
Your weekly reminder that looking to the past is the best way to find a present.
Hodinkee
Anyone know a good loan shark?
The British-Indian fashion designer channels the '90s in her first Swatch collaboration.
Hodinkee
A character watch for beach bums.
Question, suggestion, or just want to say hi? Drop a note.