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The Watch I Wore The Most In 2016, By Members Of The HODINKEE Team

As the end of 2016 fast approaches, it’s time for one of HODINKEE’s most time-honored traditions: The Watch I Wore Most. We’ve already told you which watches we liked best at SIHH and which sub-$5,000 watches you should spring for, not to mention the dozens of A Week On The Wrist and The Value Proposition stories we’ve brought you over the year. So now it’s time for us to tell you what watches actually got the most HODINKEE wrist time. Some of the answers might be surprising, and most most certainly are not, but each tells you something about the wearer and why these little mechanical objects continue to be so much fun for us every day. Enjoy.

Derek Pratt’s Reconstruction Of John Harrison’s H4, The World’s First Precision Marine Chronometer (Part 1 of 3)

Here we present the first part in a three-part series about the making of Derek Pratt’s H4 reconstruction. This part was written by Roger Stevenson, chief watchmaker at Frodsham. This article was first published in the British Horological Journal (BHJ) in February 2015 and we thank them for permission to republish it on Quill & Pad.

TAG Heuer Gets ‘Tagged’ In Partnership With Graffiti Artist Alec Monopoly

TAG Heuer’s headquarters during Art Basel Miami 2016 was the Mondrian Hotel, where the company announced its new partnership with graffiti artist Alec Monopoly. The artist painted a huge mural on the side of the hotel, exhibited several works in the TAG Heuer lounge, and unveiled a new painting – a portrait of brand president Jean-Claude Biver.

Five Fabulous Dior Watches for Women that Celebrate the New Year in Style

By Roberta Naas
Watch brands garner their inspiration from everywhere, but for women’s watches, one of them most important influences comes from the of haute couture and fashion. Top designers of the world unveil sumptuous and intriguing fashions decade after decade, with stunning looks walking the runway every season. Thus, it makes sense that top luxury designer watch brands follow suit. Dior is one brand that regularly offers incredible timepieces and today we bring you a look at five fabulous Dior watches that are perfect for ringing in the New Year.

Four Stories From 2016 That Show Why Vintage Rolex Collecting Is Still Kind Of Terrifying (But Not Hopeless)

The headlines for vintage watch collectors are still dominated by two names: Patek Philippe and Rolex. Each has its pleasures, perils, and pitfalls, and thanks to the numbers of watches involved, as well as the general absence of hard evidence in many instances, vintage Rolex collecting continues to be a realm where speculation (in both senses of the word) dominates a lot of the conversation. More than ever, and especially with high value (or potentially high value) vintage Rolexes, you just can’t be too careful – and here are four stories from this year that show why.

Press Release – The Seiko Presage 60th Anniversary Limited Edition, SARW027

Seiko’s Presage collection was initially mainly limited to the Japanese domestic market until its announcement in Baselworld 2016 where it launched the Presage line globally. The Presage collection hovers between the mid-range Seiko 5’s and the more coveted Grand Seiko watches, this collection boasts of having its timepieces made entirely in…

Flowers of Evil – Skull Watches That Keep You On Time… Until It’s Your Time!

“A Carcass” (a must-read; here) is without doubt Charles Baudelaire’s most infamous poem, exploring the idea that beauty can be found in even the most morbid scenes. Like Baudelaire’s “Flowers of Evil“, skull watches attempt to extract beauty from horror. These magnificent mechanical works of art emblazoned with the face of death are at once both shocking and engaging. They also serve an important purpose, an allusion to which we can find in one of the last stanzas of the poem

Introducing the Bell & Ross BR-X1 Chronograph Tourbillon Sapphire

Bell & Ross‘ top of the line wristwatch is its skeleton tourbillon chronograph, which just got fancier and a lot more expensive with the BR-X1 Chronograph Tourbillon Sapphire. The watch case is entirely sapphire crystal, comprised of nine parts: case middle, back, bezel, crystal and four bumpers for the sides, all held together by vertical and lateral […]

Despite Continued Falling Swiss Watch Exports, These Are The Top Markets

The Swiss watch industry was likely hoping for some performance rebounds at the end of 2016 in anticipation of the holiday shopping season, but alas such hopes have not been realized. Rather than proclaim “doom and gloom,” I prefer to see this as part of a larger trend of returning to normalcy.