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Vintage Watches: A 1970s Patek Philippe Ellipse, A 1960s Wakmann Triple-Date Chronograph, And A 1970s Cartier Gondole
A host of hidden gems means we have a vintage watch for everyone on your holiday list this year.
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A host of hidden gems means we have a vintage watch for everyone on your holiday list this year.
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Expanding on an earlier limited release, Baltic's newest watches are a value in black and white (okay, beige).
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Only the important stuff. Nothing else.
Deployant
Hanhart releases 4 new versions of the 417 ES in 2 different sizes of 42mm and 39mm with two dial options in either an Panda or Reverse Panda look.
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TAG Heuer recently announced a new 18k addition to its chrono collection, and we got an early peek at it in the most baller of ways.
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A pair of day and date complications highlight this week's drop, but it doesn't stop there.
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No radiations – no worries.
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Including a rose gold 5712 and baguette bezel surprise.
Two Broke Watch Snobs
Introducing the new Seiko Speedtimer references SSC911, SSC913, and SSC915 set to release in November 2022. Full photos, specs, and more.
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Racing toward awards season.
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An all-black chrono goes great with impending doom in our watch-related movie of the week.
Quill & Pad
For this Virtuoso V, Bovet opted for a salmon-colored lacquered dial without a guilloche motif. What could have been a vast, pink-colored wasteland becomes a beautiful oasis as this charismatic hue works so beautifully with the other elements of this interesting convertible timepiece.
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Two chronographs – one bought, one military-issued – make a collection fit for a king.
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Let's be Sinn-cere, Patek Philippe might read clunky but it really Rolex-es off the tongue.
SJX Watches
Pilot’s watches, and specifically military-inspired pilot’s watches, are a pillar of the modern, luxury watch industry. Dozens of brands, notably IWC, Breitling, Bell & Ross, Bremont, and Yema, have made military aviation a core theme of their image. So it’s somewhat ironic that today’s elite military pilots don’t wear mechanical watches in the cockpit. A recent survey of pilots at MCAS Miramar, the airbase once home to the prestigious “Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor” programme – better known as TOPGUN – revealed that not a single pilot was wearing a mechanical watch. Instead, military pilots increasingly wear smartwatches designed specifically for aviators like the Garmin D2 that can monitor oxygen levels and act as a backup navigation system. Modern pilot’s watches made by luxury brands are more like “fan fiction”; a designer’s dream of what might have been. But this wasn’t always the case. Mechanical watches were once state-of-the-art technology and vital instruments for navigators and pilots before being rendered obsolete by quartz technology. This is the story of how the urgency of the Cold War gave the humble balance wheel one last chance to patrol the skies. The jet-shaped counterweight on the IWC Top Gun SFTI calls to mind the airplane-tipped chronograph minutes hand of Cold War-era pilot’s watches like the Tutima 798 A brief history of the pilot’s watch Pilot’s watches have been around for almost as long as there have been p...
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Highlighting the newest ten additions to the Vintage Watches section of the H Shop.
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Drum roll, please.
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And they tapped nature photographer Hannes Becker for help.
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This is the Baltic x Peter Auto Tricompax, with a Sellita movement to boot.
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"Your watchmakers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
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Before he was the winner of 'Celebrity Mole,' he wore a Swatch.
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It's bloody awesome.
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Bart and Tim strike again.
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