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Design Style: The Chronobay Watch Stand

Ross Povey catches up with Chronobay founder Timen van der Horn to talk about watches, lockdown and pesky clasp scratches…

Year In Review: How the Cartier Crash Became The Most Important Vintage Watch of 2021

A new world-record auction price for the Crash is just the latest chapter in the history of this surreal Cartier.

HODINKEE Radio: Only Watch, Mega Auction Results, And The Why Of The GPHG

Big days in Geneva, and we were there for it.

Four + One: Watch Girl, Reporting For Duty

Zoe Abelson made her career helping others find the watches of their dreams. Here she shares a few of her own – plus the one travel accessory she can’t live without.

Tudor x Marine Nationale Pelagos FXD Dive Watch

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Auctions: The Patek Philippe Complicated Desk Clock Sells For CHF 9.5 Million At Only Watch 2021

A clock that truly rocks.

Ep. #222 Watch Brands We Know Nothing About: Certina

Certina on air. Truly, it's an impressive brand with some murky history - but several attractive models well under $1000.

Ep. #220 Watch Recommendation Faux Pas

Kaz and Mike are back to talk about the challenges behind introducing new collectors and enthusiasts to the world of watches. Getting into watches can be tough, and many times - experienced collectors can inadvertently turn new enthusiasts off from the hobby by meeting their questions with outlandish responses.

Ep. #219 The Last Watch We’d Ever Sell

Some of you will not be pleased with this episode. Several of the watches that you've come to love - courtesy of the TBWS Wristwatch Museum - are about to be let go.

Ep. #218 The Dad Watch

Kaz and Mike take some time during Father's Day weekend to reflect on the watches worn by their dads, and how this shaped the way they look at watches today.

TAG Heuer for Only Watch 2021, the Carbon Monaco

Watch Design Icons and rare watches: the original Piaget Polo

We handled and photograph the original Piaget Polo, the property of the Piaget private collection when it was showcased in an exhibition in Singapore.

Auctions: Highlights From Phillips Geneva Watch Auction XIV

A massive sale, full of heavy hitters from across the horological spectrum – plus an under-10k CHF low estimate bonus round.

Dawn Of The Dead: Four Frighteningly Good Watch Brands Just Came Back From The Grave

They're alive! But don't call them zombies. This is genuine rebirth and resurrection on the wrist.

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

Not zero, comrades, not zero.

One To Watch: Brew Watch Co.

For the barista in all of us.

Hands-On: Hamilton's Surprising New Take On The Pilot's Watch

The 38mm Khaki Aviation Pilot Pioneer is 20,000 feet of cool.

Restaurateur Simon Kim's Favorite Watch

"I always return to Rolex."

Gérald Genta: Legendary Watch Designer With A Renegade Spirit – Reprise

Gérald Genta's claim to eternal horological fame is closely connected to the rise of high-end stainless steel watches: he designed both the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak (1972) and the Patek Philippe Nautilus (1976). While those two watches alone are enough to make Genta a legend, he did much, much more than that as Martin Green shares here.

Hands-On: Baltic's Newest Watch Is A Delightful Surprise

And you thought the brand only made tool watches.

HODINKEE Radio: Death, Taxes, and Watch Collecting

Make my coffin out of cork and bury me with my Nautilus.

How They Made It: The Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Westminster Sonnerie – Tribute to Johannes Vermeer Pocket Watch

Paul Newman's Paul Newman Daytona, or this?

Hands-On: A Limited Edition IWC Chronograph With No-Nonsense, Tool-Watch Vibes

The Swiss-German watchmaker partners with California-Based Collective Horology

A Complete Newbie Attempts To Understand How A Watch Actually Works

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.

Auction Watch: Enamelled Automaton Masterpieces at Sotheby’s Hong Kong

Sotheby’s upcoming Hong Kong Sale is primarily focused on wristwatches, encompassing several unique Patek Philippe chronographs commissioned by Eric Clapton and a dozen examples of early F.P. Journe. But two of the most valuables lots in the auction – and with estimates well into seven-figure US dollar sums – are a pair of museum-quality automata. Made for the Chinese market more than two centuries ago, this pair of objects are tremendously rare and exquisitely decorated in enamel and pearls. Two generations ago, such automata as well as pocket watches were the most respected genre in watch collecting. They were sought after by eminent collectors like the former chairman of HSBC and the German billionaire who was once the fifth-richest man in the world, which is why the record-setting lots in watch auctions of that era were inevitably pocket watches or objects, like the million-dollar Cremsdorff. Almost 400-years old, this pocket watch made by Jehan Cremsdorff sold for £2.175m, or about US$2.734m, including fees, at Sotheby’s in 2019 With the rise of wristwatches as the preeminent collecting category, demand for automata and pocket watches have declined sharply. Now the most expensive timepiece ever sold is the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime ref. 6300A mega-complication that sold for over US$33 million in 2019. But elaborately enamelled pocket watches are arguably the closest thing to fine art in horology, because of the intrinsic nature of the artisanal dec...