HODINKEE Radio: Our Favorite Watches Of 2024 So Far + Talking Hodinkee’s Porsche Design Collab
Talking the Porsche Design Chronograph 1 for Hodinkee, and some of the best – and most overlooked – releases halfway through 2024.
Parmigiani Fleurier CEO Guido Terreni on how private luxury drives brand philosophy
What is private luxury? Terreni offers a teaching moment, and how this essence has been rebranded during his tenure.
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In Partnership – From Motor City To The Moon: Shinola’s Mooncraft Monster: Apollo 11 Edition
Watchmaker Shinola has created a new timepiece honoring the little-known role Detroit played in developing vehicles that rode the skyways, not the highways.
Pre-Owned Picks: A Classic Rolex Submariner, A Royal Oak Offshore, And A Seriously Lovely Dress Watch From Jaeger-LeCoultre
Plus, a titanium diver from Blancpain and a yacht-ready chronograph from IWC.
First Look – The Bold New Burgundy Dial of the Christiaan Van der Klaauw Ariadne
Dutch watchmaker Christiaan van der Klaauw started producing astronomical complications in 1974 and earned worldwide acclaim following his creation, in 1999, of the smallest mechanical planetarium in the world with real-time orbits of the planets in the confined dimensions of a wristwatch. Ten years later, in 2009, Christiaan van der Klaauw handed over the reins […]
How Omega Olympic timekeeping technology maximises precision, fairness, and storytelling
Andrew visits Swiss Timing LTD to explore Omega timekeeping that will elevate the experience of the 2024 Paris Olympics to the next level.
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Introducing – The Porsche Design Chronograph 1 for Hodinkee Brings Back 1972 Memories, with a Twist
1972 was the year of the final Apollo mission, the dramatic Summer Olympics in Munich and the Watergate scandal. For what concerns us here at MONOCHROME, it was the year when a certain Ferdinand Alexander “Butzi” Porsche became independent and founded the Porsche Design Studio. His first product was a watch, the first black-coated watch […]
From death prediction to sunrise times, these are the most unique watch complications
We’ve seen tourbillons and minute repeaters aplenty – these watches sport some truly unique mechanical oddities.
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Hands-on – The Updated Otsuka Lotec № 6 by Japanese Watchmaker Jiro Katayama
In May of this year, we introduced Jiro Katayama, an independent watchmaker from Japan, and his brand Otsuka Lotec, which, despite its distribution being limited exclusively to his home country, has gained recognition across the continents. We had the pleasure of experiencing one of his models, the recently updated Otsuka Lotec № 6, and here […]
The Makina Mephisto III is worthy of a deal with the devil
Makina’s latest devilish release is the most refined yet.
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