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The Last Article You'll Ever Need On Finding True North With Your Watch
"As all experienced navigators know, it is extremely easy to get lost." - Philip Van Horn Weems, Air Navigation, 1931
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Recommended Reading: Patek President Tells The New York Times Why He's Canceling the Nautilus Ref. 5711 - And Why It'll Have One Last 'Victory Lap'
"When you have a fantastic brand like Patek, you have to protect the brand and not just one product." – Thierry Stern
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Found: An Original Chopard L.U.C 1860 With Caliber 1.96 From 1997
One of the most important new movements of the last half-century came from a very unexpected manufacturer: Chopard.
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Hey HODINKEE! The Last Rolex You'll Ever Need
This week's lineup has something for everyone.
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Hasselblad 907X 50C Review: Part 3/3 - the discussion on image quality with sample photos
This is our concluding episode of the series on the Hasselblad 907X II 50C. We present sample images, and discuss image quality and draw our conclusions.
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Hasselblad 907X 50C - a fortnight with this amazing camera. Part 1.
We took the Hasselblad 907X CFV II 50C on a loaner and used it as our main camera for two weeks. This is our review of this amazingly beautiful camera.
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Ulysse Nardin Uses A Panda Dial For The First Time In New Marine Torpilleur LE
The watch is classic and modern.
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Breitling And Bentley Part Ways, But How Will They Move On? A Look At The Past And Possible Futures
After nearly 20 years, Breitling and Bentley are parting ways. What started in 2002 when Breitling designed the dashboard clock of the Continental GT and was last renewed in 2018 is now coming to an end. Martin Green takes a look at the good and bad watches having emerged from this long partnership and speculates heavily on the future.
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Happy National Day! Maju-lah Singapura!
Singapore, which is our home and host, celebrates her 56th National Day today. We interrupt regular programming today to bring Singaporeans and friends National Day greetings. Majulah Singapura! As usual, we take a break from watches and all things horological today. Singapore 56th National Day
Revolution
Time Trial: The Low-Down on Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight Bronze
Wei Koh gives his initial takes on the new Black Bay Fifty-Eight Bronze, which takes its lead from the first iteration of the Bronze watch, with a brown dial and bezel insert. He walks us through the creation process of the bronze-aluminium alloy they use, also demonstrating the new clasp on the bracelet called T-Fit, which allows the wearer to alter the length by 8mm quickly and without the need for any tools.
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Rolex Doing Its Part to Battle Climate Change
Two decades after its founding in 1905, Rolex began equipping sportspeople and explorers with waterproof Oyster watches, making possible precision timekeeping under adverse conditions. And it continued as the peace and prosperity of the postwar era in the 1950s encouraged exploration of the heights and depths of the Earth, driving adventurers through snow and water into the pages of history. This era also gave birth to watches like the Explorer, Submariner, and GMT-Master – all watches for professionals who were charting the planet. Today much of the planet has been explored, and it’s no longer a race to the deepest ocean or the tallest mountain, but instead a quest to preserve the planet. Having long been a supporter of exploration, Rolex now backs modern-day explorers who seek to battle climate change. The watchmaker funds scientific expeditions focused on conservation, such as measuring the volume of ice at the North Pole in order to gauge global warming. Since 2019, the ongoing conservation programmes that Rolex supports have been formally come under the Perpetual Planet initiative, the watchmaker’s endeavour to pave the way for a sustainable future. Early explorers Before exploring Rolex’s support for conservation programme, it’s worth revisiting its early participation in exploration. Amongst the most notable was the British Everest Expedition, the 1953 attempt to scale Mount Everest led by Sir John Hunt, a colonel in the British Army. It was a competitiv...
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BR 01 Cyber Skull - the low down on Bell & Ross’ latest skull watch
The skull watch makes a comeback as a sculpture piece to the Bell & Ross BR 01 as the Cyber Skull. This is our hands-on report.
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Steve McQueen, The Set Of ‘Le Mans,’ And A Surprising Cartier Tank - Reprise
In the 1968 film 'The Thomas Crown Affair,' Steve McQueen played the title character, a millionaire businessman and avid sportsman involved in a cat-and-mouse game with an insurance claims investigator played by Faye Dunaway. McQueen chose two of his personal watches to wear in the film: an elegant Cartier Tank Cintrée and a Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox. But when Nick Gould looked further into this, he discovered that contrary to popular opinion McQueen also surprisingly owned a Tank.
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Throwback Sundays Six Modern Watch Icons, from Our Archives (Part II)
Last week, we talked about six modern watch icons that have made an impact in the watch industry. We think that although we have featured six watches, it is certainly not enough to cover the array of wonderful watches that deserve a spot on the list. Hence, in this week’s article, we have decided toRead More
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Chillout TGIFridays: Shooting watches with large format cameras! Part 1. The preparation and the cameras.
In this Chillout TGIFridays episode, we begin our exploration into using large format cameras and lenses to do watch macro photography. Large format cameras for watch photography Large format cameras have historically been the mainstay in professional work, where maximum image quality is of critical importance. These are large cameras, often reduced to the essenceRead More
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New release: Le Régulateur Louis Erard x Vianney Halter with Editorial Commentary (critical)
Louis Erard continues to partner with watchmaking creators, and builds another bridge with high-end watchmaking by working alongside Vianney Halter, an artist whose every creation is a collector’s dream item. Here, the latest novelty is the Louis Erard x Vianney Halter – a 178 piece limited edition, automatic regulator, priced at CHF 3,500. Press releaseRead More
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Introducing: The Hermès Arceau L'Heure De La Lune, With 'New York Meteorite' Dial
The Dial That Fell To Earth.
Revolution
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.
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When Accuracy Mattered - Part III: The Triumph of Brands Over Watchmaking
The demise of chronometry competitions last year – when the final edition of Concours International de Chronométrie took place – finally killed the dangerous heresy that a watch is a practical instrument that should be trusted to show the correct time. With the elimination of the last scientific and independent assessment of a watch’s worth, the cult of haute horlogerie comes into its own, reinforcing its definition of a watch as an emotional product born of passion, tradition and prestige. Trials to see who can produce the most precise, accurate and reliable watch originated in Geneva in 1879, when the head of its observatory, Professor Emile Plantamour, devised a testing routine that rated watches in the various positions and temperatures encountered in everyday wear. Observatories soon became the influencers of the pocket-watch age, determining the legitimacy and worth of luxury timepieces. American magnates like James Ward Packard, Henry Graves Jr and Pierpont Morgan secured the most highly rated pieces. A Longines split-seconds chronograph pocket watch that was tested at the Neuchatel Observatory in 1968; this particular example once belong to Jean Pitallier, the former president of the French Cycling Federation (FFC) Despite the advent of wristwatches, the Neuchatel Observatory kept the competitions alive until 1968 when Japanese entrants swept the board. In 1972, deputation of Swiss watch brand executive petitioned the Neuchâtel government minister Ren...
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Artist and Watch Collaborations: Blurred Lines Between Fine Art, Fashion, and Consumerism | Part 1: Movado
The concept of the watch is no longer a tool, but a medium-and in a category of its own alongside sculpture or painting (consider Moser’s high-art Swiss Cheese Venturer or Swiss Alp Repeater). If this is something you’re willing to entertain, then it’s worth acknowledging the contributions of several dismissed brands and the artists behind them.
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MB&F; + L’Épée 1839 TriPod: An MB&F; Robocreature (Love) Story
TriPod designer Maximilian Maertens says that for him MB&F; is a love story. He also says that nobody else is as positively crazy as MB&F; founder Maximilan Büsser. Maertens knows that most of his pieces are too extroverted and too crazy for most. Luckily for us the two Maxes work together. And now let's welcome TriPod.
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Introducing: The MB&F; + L’Epée 1839 TriPod
Thirteen collaborations and counting.
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Introducing: The New Lange 1 Time Zone, With Caliber L 141.1
The last of the original Lange 1 movements gets a long-awaited update.
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Introducing: Apple Launches New Straps Celebrating Pride
The colorful new editions will be joined by complementary faces.
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Introducing: The Hermès Arceau L’Heure De La Lune With Five New Dials (Including One From Mars)
These watches give "otherworldly" a whole new meaning.
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Introducing: The Cartier Santos-Dumont Le Brésil, La Baladeuse, And No. 14 Bis Limited Editions
A trio of LEs with hand-wound movements and special engravings.
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Auctions: Porsche, RM Sotheby's To Auction Last 911 (991), Special LE Porsche Design Chronograph, In COVID-19 Fundraiser With United Way
For a very good cause, two compelling machines.
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Retailer Spotlight: Grenon's Of Newport, RI, And Brent L. Miller Jewelers & Goldsmiths Of Lancaster, PA
Straight from America's horological homeland.
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Ep. #165: Guilty Pleasure Watches Part 5
Coronavirus, fashion watches... the guys have been tackling some big topics lately. This week, they hope to keep things light be revisiting and old-time favorite - guilty pleasure watches.
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Photo Report: A Visit To Villeret And Le Locle With HODINKEE And Montblanc
Two locations, two different experiences of watchmaking.