A week before Christmas we start the penultimate 10th Anniversary Give-Away. On December 24th we’ll run the last one, however now it’s time to win one of two sets of each two Jaeger-LeCoultre year books (No. Nine and Ten). These books are beautifully made, with beautiful photography, and covering topics from art, travel, and of course the stunning Jaeger-LeCoultre timepieces, often explained in detail.
Having unveiled the first ever Tradition for ladies not too long ago at Baselworld, Breguet has just announced another variant of the model for Baselworld 2017 that takes place in March next year. While the first Tradition Dame 7038 was in white gold with a blue-grey mother of pearl dial, the latest version offers a rosier look. […]
aBlogtoWatch team members got to pick a version of the Omega Globemaster they wanted to wear, and for me it had to be the all-stainless-steel model with silver dial and bracelet. Other members of the aBlogtoWatch team will also weigh in with their thoughts on Omega’s Globemaster collection and their respective models and experiences.
“Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree…uhhhh, what are you doing on this Grand Seiko dial??” Seiko must have been in the Xmas spirit when the dial of this Grand Seiko was in development. Of course, the story goes that it’s actually a fir tree, which is celebrated in the Onbashira Festival that’s held in Suwa, near where the watch is produced. This racy Grand Seiko has very little chance of going unnoticed on the wrist. Not only does it feature a sporty new case shape, Seiko has also made it using a modular technique. Look out Hublot / TAG Heuer! The outer case elements are glossy black ceramic, and the inner case is lightweight and tough titanium. Who should you buy this for: The person in your life that told you Grand Seiko was “too boring and conservative” for them. Just watch their face when they open the box. Bang! What’s the damage: Under $17k The Grand Seiko Spring Drive Chronograph SBGC017 Australian pricing The Grand Seiko Spring Drive Chronograph SBGC017, $16,500
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Ah, December, my favourite month of the year. It’s got the lot: my birthday, Christmas and of course it’s when the Michael Bublé calendar becomes available for the year ahead. It’s a time of year that tends to be action packed, as we all fall into mayhem trying to make sense of the past 12 months. And this month’s Spotted was no different, including a sighting (in the wild) of an astonishingly clean 1982 Rolex Sub, which you can read about a little further down… First up, I caught up with an old mate and fellow watch lover, Stefanos, to check out his new sock brand, Snich Sox. Stefanos has been slowly building a very respectable vintage collection (watches, not socks, thankfully) while he’s been studying medicine here in Melbourne for the past few years. What I like about Stef is that every time I see him, he’s got something different to show me. He’s a chronic flipper, and on a mission – a mission to get a Rolex Datejust 1601 ‘Wide Boy’, onto his wrist. He’s well travelled, so it’s ‘normal’ to receive messages and thousands of pics asking my opinion on pieces, like the time he bought a vintage Eterna in a…
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There is a bit of a “wild and crazy” side to Romain Gauthier that’s usually not apparent at first sight. But we have an unprecedented view at the wild and crazy side of his personality when we gaze upon the new Enraged versions of his Logical One and Prestige HMS timepieces, which feature a rough and grainy new finish and an aggressive, spiky version of the logo. This is definitely worth a look and a feel!
There’s a notable dearth of clean, reasonably sized, mechanical world-timing watches on the market, which is a shame because not only are they super cool, the complication is exceptionally useful. Well that’s about to change with the Girard-Perregaux WW.TC 1966 – a classic world-timer with thoughtfully reserved proportions.
Early today I wrote about a fascinating interview with Dr. Peter Friess, curator of the Patek Philippe Museum, penned by my friend John Reardon. There is really so much in that story, I can’t recommend it enough. But what might actually be the most illuminating thing that we touched on for a moment in our story, is that Patek Philippe recently acquired what very well could be the first perpetual calendar watch ever. That alone is worthy of a mention, but in our edit process (yes, every story you see on HODINKEE is reviewed by our whole senior editorial team to see how we can improve upon it) we discovered something even more incredible – Jack found where and when this Thomas Mudge perpetual calendar sold, and for how much, and that is what I think bears repeating here.
The Patek Philippe Museum is, without debate, the most important collection of watches in the world. Its curator, Dr. Peter Friess, is the man tasked with managing it, maintaining it, and indeed, continuing to build it. With a CV that contains the names Smithsonian and Getty, it is no surprise that Friess was selected to manage the Stern’s most prized possessions, but in this interview with our old friend and former HODINKEE contributor John Reardon, we learn much more about the man behind the collection (like, for example, did you know he once helped Steve Jobs disassemble a watch?) and the collection itself (did you know the very first perpetual calendar ever created for a portable timepiece was recently added? It was, a Thomas Mudge from 1726).
The Chinese Zodiac is closely intertwined with geomancy and western astrology. It is a scheme and systematic plan of future action that relates each year to an animal and contains a 12-year cycle. These animal signs are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. It remains popular today in several…