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Buying, Selling, & Collecting: A Yellow Gold Lover’s Foray Into Tool Watches

Not all that glitters is gold. It can be Oystersteel, too.

Introducing – New Colours For The Louis Vuitton Tambour Street Diver

It’s common knowledge that very few mechanical dive watches are actually used for professional diving. They might be used as a backup for a sophisticated electronic gadget, but on the whole, dive watches are bought because they are particularly rugged and because they look good. So, what happens when the world’s most valuable luxury brand, […]

INTRODUCING: The Cvstos Metropolitan PS Skeleton Cafu & Breel Embolo

Cvstos Metropolitan PS The World Cup is coming and Cvstos are clearly getting excited. This intriguing microbrand loves their football, as is clear from their two brand ambassadors. The first of these is Cafu, the Brazilian defender often regarded as the best right back of all time, having won more caps for his country than any other player. For … Continued

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Introducing – The Luxurious Platinum Edition of the C by Romain Gauthier Sports Watch

Before launching his eponymous brand in 2005 in the Vallée de Joux, Romain Gauthier had accumulated a twenty-year track record as a master of precision mechanics for the Swiss watch industry. Renowned for its impressive hand-finishings, Romain Gauthier produces only 50 watches a year that reflect a genuinely novel approach to some of the hallowed […]

MICRO MONDAYS: The Manime La F is a watch dedicated to the theme of friendship

The most popular watches at the moment are often surrounded by a contextual suffering. Military watches have quite a dark theme, and you could make the argument that dive watches are also the embodiment of surviving harsh conditions. In practice, most watch fans use their watches as extensions of their own tastes instead of life-or-death … Continued

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This new IWC Portugieser duo are more wearable, more affordable and a lot more green

The IWC Portugieser is a staple in the Schaffhausen watchmaker’s collection, with its signature Arabics, feuille hands and railroad minute track designs originating in 1939, before its reinvention in the early ’90s. Andrew went hands-on with two of its latest iterations – the Portugieser Automatic 40 and Perpetual Calendar 42. Both of these represent their … Continued

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The Conversation: Cracking The Code 11.59 And Other Watch-Related Mysteries

Let’s talk about it.

In The Shop – You Say Oh-Meh-Ga, I Say Oh-Mee-Ga

Either way, OMEGA makes one heck of a watch.

This is the first musical shoutout of Patek Philippe. And no, it’s not hip-hop, it’s prog-rock…

In the world of popular music, Patek references are all over hip hop, with mentions in rhyme from Jay-Z to Migos. But surprisingly, the first lyrical mention of the brand has nothing to do with rap. No, the first time “Patek Philippe” was heard in song comes from a ’70s British progressive rock supergroup finding … Continued

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HODINKEE Radio: Considering Customization and Watch Mods

Is the watch industry headed towards a wider acceptance of watch modification? And, if so, is that a good thing?