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Our Predictions In The Challenge Category Of The 2020 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG): Very Interesting Finalists With (Relatively) Affordable Pricing

Watches entered into the Challenge category are offered for a retail price under 4,000 Swiss francs. This is perhaps the most popular category as it's for watches that more people can afford, and the competition is tough. Which explains why our panel of five has three different picks for the winner.

Our Predictions In The Artistic Crafts Category Of The 2020 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG): 6 Watches, 5 Panelists, And 3 Picks For Winner

Watches in the Artistic Crafts category demonstrate exceptional mastery of one or several artistic techniques such as enameling, lacquering, engraving, guilloche (engine turning), skeletonizing, and more. Which make comparisons between the different crafts extremely difficult. But our five panelists accept the challenge and come up with three predicted winners.

Day in the life: featuring the Bell & Ross BR 05 Chronograph Blue

We featured the Bell & Ross BR 05 Chronograph through our hands-on review on this site at launch on October 22. Then, we had spent a few hours with the various models and photographing them. But the blue chronograph on strap was not available then. It became available last week, and Bell & Ross askedRead More

Our Predictions In The Iconic Category Of The 2020 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG): Another Head-Scratcher For Our Panelists But There’s A Clear Favorite

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. Our panelists have mixed feelings about the Iconic category and are (nearly) split down the middle on picking a favorite.

Our Predictions In The Men’s Complication Category Of The 2020 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG): Is A Tourbillon A Complication? Part Deux

The GPHG foundation describes the Men’s Complication watches as remarkable in terms of their mechanical creativity and complexity. But many of our panelists are scratching their heads as the perennial question "is a tourbillon a complication?" comes up yet again.

The “Baby” Dreadnought PRS-52: The Toughest Tool Watch You’d Never Heard of

Since its release in 2003 the Dreadnought PRS-2 has achieved an ultra-cult status - is the latest 38mm "Baby" Dreadnought PRS-52 worthy of continued fanfare?

Introducing: The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Day Date Desert Edition

A new sandy-colored dial honoring a historic dive in one of the world's hottest places.

Introducing the Breguet Classique Double Tourbillon 5345 Quai de L’horloge

Breguet reincarnates the legendary double tourbillon Calibre 588 with a new timepiece that showcases all of its intricacies in plain sight.

My Watch Story: A Useful Tool Watch For A Teacher, A Grand Seiko That Connects Generations, A Ph.D. Gift, And More

Five video stories from HODINKEE readers.

In-Depth: The Grand Seiko T0 Constant Force Concept Tourbillon, The First Tourbillon Movement From Grand Seiko

Grand Seiko's new concept tourbillon is its first tourbillon, and its first constant-force caliber as well.

Rolex Introduces the New Oyster Perpetual (in Bright Colours Too)

A direct descendant of the first waterproof wristwatch that debuted in 1926, the Oyster Perpetual has long been the most straightforward offering from Rolex, a fuss-free, time-only watch that still retains the brand’s quintessential technology and design. Rolex has revamped the Oyster Perpetual – now available in in 41 mm, 36 mm, 34 mm, 31 mm, and 28 mm – giving it new dials, including colourful lacquer in candy pink, turquoise blue, yellow, coral red, and green, as well as the latest generation movements for the largest sizes. But not that all colours are available in every size; candy pink for instance is available only for the 36 mm and 31 mm models. The Oyster Perpetual 36 in the new colours Initial thoughts It is heartening to see the return of fun, brightly-coloured dials on affordable models, especially in solid colours instead of being combined with quirky patterns such as the concentric decoration found on earlier generations. The bright-colour dials on the largest 41 mm model in particular make for a lively look that is very different from the usual conservative style of the Oyster. More sedate dial colours – namely metallic silver, blue, and black – are also available, but it’s the silver the stands out. In fact, the silver dial is as interesting as its colourful counterparts. The use of gilded hands and indices on silver dial in a steel watch is unusual. Add to that the pale champagne wash over the silver finish, the result is a warm look that is...

My Watch Story: Father's Day Edition

Five video stories from HODINKEE readers.

Introducing: The Omega De Ville Central Tourbillon Numbered Edition, The First Master Chronometer Omega Tourbillon

One of modern watchmaking's most iconic tourbillons is now one of its toughest as well.

Best of Watchville: Simon De Burton Argues For Patina

The noted automotive and watch journalist weighs in on the subject of preservation versus restoration on A Collected Man.

Introducing: The Omega Speedmaster 38mm Now In Full Sedna Or Yellow Gold (Diamonds, Too!)

The small Speedy goes fully precious.

Retailer Spotlight: Liljenquist & Beckstead Jewelers In The Washington, D.C. Area, And Projekt8 In Bahrain

"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

F.P. Journe Reveals a Brand New Chronomètre À Résonance with Double Remontoirs D’Egalites

The emblematic watch of F.P. Journe, the Chronomètre à Résonance, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year with a brand new movement.

Introducing: The Casio G-Shock DW5600 NASA Limited Edition

Three...two...one... Liftoff! We have a liftoff!

Introducing: The Baume & Mercier Clifton Day-Date Moon-Phase

Baumatic is back again in the complication game.

Introducing the Baume & Mercier Clifton Day-date Moonphase

“La Musique du Temps” Les Cabinotiers Astronomical Striking Grand Complication – Ode to Music

Vacheron Constantin finds musical inspiration from the heavens above.

Introducing: The Cartier Santos De Cartier In All Black

It could be ... (almost) none more black.

Introducing: The Cartier Pasha De Cartier Skeleton

An openworked take on the brand's reimagined icon.

Retailer Spotlight: de Boulle In Dallas, TX, And Richter & Phillips Jewelers In Cincinnati, OH

A Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona-winning jeweler and another that's been around for 124 years.

Why Watch Collectors Won’t Be “Revenge Spending”

Why We Will Keep Writing About Watches You Can’t Afford, And Why You (Hopefully) Will Continue To Read This Under The COVID-19 Cloud

Have you seen the prices of high-end (and not so high-end) wristwatches? Crazy! None of us can afford the watches that we want, and the world economy is tanking. So in the middle of the coronavirus crisis why are we still publishing pointless stories about watches and why are you still reading them? Ian Skellern shares his theory here.

Photo Report: Celebrating The Perpetual Calendar On Leap Day In NYC!

Celebrate now, because in 1.6 billion years perpetual calendars will be obsolete.

Baselworld 2020 Postponed Due to COVID-19

What many have been expecting has now been confirmed: BaselWorld 2020 is officially postponed. Read our take on the situation inside.

Hands On: Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomètre FB 1 “Oeuvre d’Or”

Backed by Chopard and taking the name of a noted 18th century French watchmaker, Ferdinand Berthoud made its debut in 2015 with the Chronomètre FB 1. Though unusual in style with an octagonal case, the FB 1 boasts an impressively constructed movement developed and manufactured by the same facility responsible for Chopard’s top-of-the-line L.U.C calibres; the project was the brainchild of Chopard co-president Karl-Friedrich Scheufele. At its core the FB 1 is an elaborate – and delightfully anachronistic – tribute to 18th century marine chronometers inside and out. The subject of four patents, the unusual calibre is very much antiquarian horology; it is constructed with pillar-style architecture and contains a chain-and-fusée, feeler-and-cone power reserve mechanism, and a large tourbillon with central seconds. Since the debut of the FB 1, there have been as many as ten subsequent variations – which is probably too many but it doesn’t diminish from the intrinsic, technical qualities of the watch – with one of the most recent being the Chronomètre FB 1 “Oeuvre d’Or” launched last year. Mechanically identical to the other iterations, the Oeuvre d’Or is distinguished by extra decoration, namely an engraved and grained gold dial as well as gold movement bridges engraved with a repeating pyramid motif. The Oeuvre d’Or FB 1.1-2 in white gold A tribute to marine chronometry Modern day Berthoud watches are inspired by the works of its 18th century namesak...

Just Because: Five Rolex Daytona References You Probably Don't Know About

It's not all steel and ceramic.