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6 Ways To Spot A Fake Watch, Even If You Don’t Know How To Spot A Fake Watch (Archive)

One evening while we were sipping away at his ex-wife’s stock of 1945 Pétrus, my buddy Slippery Steve and I contemplated a few of the essential questions in life, the kind that rarely find a real answer. Where do I come from? Is there life after death? Can I wear brown shoes after 6:00 PM? Is my Audemars Piguet a fake? Following on that conversation, Slippery Steve and I offer you six easy ways to recognize if your watch is fake.

Laco Flieger Erbstück Watches Are Meticulously Hand-Aged

German Laco watches aren’t a brand I discuss too often, but if you are in the market for a traditional-looking German military watch, it is one of the brands you should be looking at – especially given their prices. I read more…

Photo Report: Watch Spotting At The HODINKEE Meet-Up In London (Plus Our Holiday 2016 Pop-Up At Harrods)

Very rarely will you be able to meet six members of HODINKEE outside of New York. It usually happens only twice a year, during SIHH and Baselworld. But last week, and because HODINKEE was hosting a pop-up at Harrods, an exceptionally large number of us were in London. To celebrate this very rare occasion, we sent out an invitation for drinks with the team. Naturally, we documented the whole thing, so in case we missed you, here are just some of the watches we saw.

Industry News: Watchmakers at Piaget & Vacheron Constantin Protest Job Cuts

Shortly after announcing a sweeping management overhaul and slumping profits last month, Swiss luxury conglomerate Richemont declared it would cut 211 jobs at two subsidiary brands, Piaget and Vacheron Constantin. The axe would fall three locations – Geneva, Côte-aux-Fées and Vallée de Joux. That brought out some 300 protestors in Geneva, and another 400 outside the town hall of Le Sentier, […]

Montblanc Unveils Pre-SIHH 2017 Vintage 1858 Watches – In Bronze

By Roberta Naas In a sneak peek at one of the new mini-collections coming out at SIHH 2017, Monblanc unveils the vintage-inspired 1858 Chronometer Tachymeter Limited Edition 100 in bronze and it’s a beauty. It has all of the

Introducing: The Seiko Presage Automatic 60th Anniversary Limited Edition, SARW027

The Seiko Presage line represents the next step up in Seiko’s mechanical watch portfolio from its entry level mechanical watches, with slightly more elaborate designs, as well as the presentation of somewhat more complex movements; it’s here you’ll find automatic chronographs like the urushi-lacquer-dialed SRQ021J1, as well as self-winding watches with power reserve indications. Seiko has just announced that in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the introduction of its first automatic movement, in 1956, in the Seiko Marvel line, it will be launching a 60th Anniversary Presage watch with date and power reserve. The case shape, dial color, and design of the hands and indexes all follow on from the original of 1956.

IWC Introduces the Aquatimer Chronograph Edition “Sharks”

Today, increasing numbers of shark species are facing extinction. More than 100 million sharks are caught every year whilst continued over shing depletes their nutritional resources. To help awareness about this issue, IWC is about to launch a specific limited edition of its Aquatimer Chronograph, the Edition “Sharks”, with specific dial and engraving. Overview.

Press Release and Review – Montblanc 1858 Collection in Bronze

As part of pre-SIHH preview for 2017, Montblanc has released new looks for its 1858 collection, offering a completely different interpretation with a vintage bronze look. The three new bronze releases within the collection includes a Montblanc 1858 Chronometer Tachymeter Limited Edition 100, a Montblanc 1858 Automatic Dual Time and a Montblanc…

Press Release and Review – Montblanc 1858 Collection in Bronze

IWC Reintroduces the Portugieser Chronograph Rattrapante Ref. 3712 in Stainless Steel

Just six months after IWC revived the Portugieser Chronograph split-seconds with the Milan boutique edition in red gold, the watchmaker has introduced two more limited editions for its stores in Munich and Paris but this time in stainless steel. The Portugieser Chronograph Rattrapante ref. 3712 (pictured above) was first introduced in 1995 – with the split-seconds mechanism invented […]