Watch Dandy

Well, it’s that time again. The end of the year. To say that 2016 has been a big one for HODINKEE would be something of an understatement. We launched two limited edition watches, one with Zenith and one with NOMOS Glashütte, we ventured The Road Through Britain, and we brought you countless hands-on looks at watches, continued analysis of the watch industry, and offered insight into the future of horology. Here is a countdown of the 20 most popular posts from this year, including some obvious appearances and a handful of welcome surprises.

As much as you might expect some passive-aggressive snark judging from the title, I am not at all implying that our readers never make interesting observations. As much as all of us here at HODINKEE never start looking through the comments without just a little trepidation, we also find them to be a great source of often useful feedback from readers, and also a great source of information. One of the nice things about watches is that it’s such a huge field that whatever subject we happen to be covering, chances are there is someone out there who specializes in it. And, of course, you, our readers, make interesting philosophical observations from time to time too.

For the last Bring A Loupe of 2016, we focused on the most unusual vintage watches we could find over the past week. Those include a forgotten Breitling Compass from the 1980s, and a practical Girard-Perregaux Gyrodate that boast a high-frequency chronometer movement. You will also see a military Rolex Daytona reference 6265, and a vintage-inspired and fairly unknown Grand Seiko in yellow gold, the reference SBGW004. This is your Bring A Loupe for December 30, 2016.