The middle-market luxury watch brands owned by the Swatch Group such as Hamilton, Tissot, Longines, Mido, and Certina are delivering some of the best values in mechanical watches today, and oddly, few people who like watches are noticing. On that note, let’s take a look at the Tissot Heritage 1936 Mechanical wrist watch, and the Tissot Bridgeport Lepine Mechanical pocket watch.
The Beginning My love with vintage watches started with Omega. To understand that however, we have to go back a bit. The year was 2007 and I had my eye on a then new Swiss watch; the Tissot PRC 200. It was quartz but with a somewhat timeless design I was drawn to it immediately. […]
Right now, there’s an internal Time+Tide email thread going around with the subject line Westworld. It’s a series of communications chronicling our obsession with HBO’s latest retro-futurist hit, mostly consisting of questions (and this awesome mash-up). What is the maze? Why is there a burnt church in desert? Why isn’t Evan Rachel Wood in each and every shot? What sort of visitor would you be? When is Tony Hopkins going to crack open a can of fava beans and go full Hannibal? Of course, the major speculative drift of our correspondence is about… drumroll… watches. You see, one of the major joys we get from TV is spotting watches on wrists. And, much like the hosts after one too many reveries, it’s a joy that’s been taken away from us in Westworld. But that hasn’t stopped us. Lately we’ve been pondering what we’d use to tell the time if we were visitors to the park – much safer than dealing with the morality of the whole thing. Our first instinct was to go with wristwatches from famous American makers – Ball and Hamilton for example – though we quickly vetoed this as wristwatches would be too obvious a tell. We also dismissed using actual, period-correct,…
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Aaaaand we’re back! We are thrilled to announce that HODINKEE will be returning to London for another Pop-Up Shop at Harrods. This go-around we will have an even larger selection of vintage watches and nearly the full collection of HODINKEE accessories for you to try on and purchase right there on the spot. The pop-up will take place from December 1 through December 4, just in time for some serious holiday shopping, and we hope to see you there.
Swiss watchmaker Chopard’s Co-President Caroline Scheufele joined Prince William at the Kensington Palace for the second annual Centrepoint charity Awards.
Swiss haute horologer IWC Schaffhausen and retail partner Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons have unveiled a unique Portugieser Chronograph – the brand’s first watch ever to be inscribed with Eastern Arabic numerals.
Hermès, known for creating uber-luxe (and sometimes not-so-practical) objects, has just released a new limited edition Slim d’Hermès pocket watch. The watch features an incredibly refined nautical engraving on the caseback and a blue enamel dial with those Philippe Apeloig–designed numerals that we love so much. It might not be a daily go-to for most people, but let’s take a look anyway.
Dubai Watch Week just closed the sun-soaked doors of its 2016 edition during which much of the watch world enjoyed discovering new watches, interesting opinions, the culture of Dubai, the United Arab Emirates’ fastest growing city, and the immense hospitality of the Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons, who staged the incredible show.
Please enjoy these 7 outstanding new watches launched during the 2016 edition of Dubai Watch Week.
Last Thursday, November 17th, HODINKEE and guests joined Mr. Rüdiger “Rudy” Albers and his staff at the Wempe flagship boutique on New York City’s Fifth Avenue to celebrate an extensive expansion of the retailer’s home. Wempe on Fifth Avenue is one of the must-see destinations for any watch lover visiting New York, and has been for many years, with a wide range of timepieces from virtually every modern manufacturer of any importance on hand.
My name is Ilan Srulovicz, the founder of Egard Watches which initially started as a tribute watch for my father Peter. My new watch, the Gentleman Warfare V-1 Gent watch is a natural extension of my passion, and it seeks to bring a contemporary, cool aesthetic at a great price point.