In The Shop – Photo Report: The HODINKEE Shop x Longines Celebration Of The New Avigation Watch Type A-7 USA Limited Edition
We celebrated with a night of great fun, great watches, and great conversation.
Bring a Loupe: An Omega Speedmaster Alaska I Prototype Delivered To NASA, A Silver Dial Eberhard Contograf, And A Super Rare Heuer ‘Skipperera’
This week’s round-up of vintage watches from around the world.
Announcing – Watch the GPHG 2018 Live Tonight on MONOCHROME
Tonight, as every year, is the celebration of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (or GPHG 2018) – the Oscars of the watchmaking industry. Several categories are represented (ladies, men, complicated and even affordable) and the best watches of the year will be awarded the coveted Golden Hand prize – and of course, the prize […]
Introducing – The HFLE 2019 Pellikaan Timing Flying Dutchman GMT
HFLE, an abbreviation few of you will probably be familiar with, is an indication quite known to Dutch watch collectors. Each year, this abbreviation is stamped on a watch, produced in limited numbers and selected through a democratic voting on the Netherland’s largest Dutch spoken watch forum: Horlogeforum.nl. After a bit of back-and-forth between the people of the forum and a watchmaker, a proposal is drawn up and scrutineered by the forum members. This process results in quite interesting collaborations, with the Pellikaan Timing Flying Dutchman GMT selected as the 2019 Limited Edition for the forum.
Industry News – Richemont Mid-Year 2018 Results Show Strong Growth (But To Be Nuanced)
In a press release published about an hour ago, Richemont just announced its consolidated results for the six month period ended 30 September 2018. Sales increased by 21% at actual exchange rates to EUR 6,808 million and by 24% at constant exchange rates. This comes as no surprise as Richemont had announced last month satisfactory sales for the first 5 months (up 25% at constant exchange rate). However, the growth rate seems to be slowing down.
IN-DEPTH: The Glashütte Original Senator Cosmopolite in Steel – a study in complex elegance
The story in a second: It’s big, it’s complicated, it’s bloody clever. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: I’ve got a real soft spot for German watchmaking, but especially for Glashütte Original. Underappreciated, and painfully under-marketed anywhere outside of Europe, they are one of VERY few brands that manufacture their own dials and cases (in a separate facility in Pforzheim, not in Glashütte proper). Over the years, things like the ’60s and ’70s collections have consistently grabbed my attention, as did last year’s steel versions of the Senator Chronograph Panorama Date, but in 2018 something slightly outside my usual lines of watch attraction caught my eye — the large, somewhat traditionally styled, yet uniquely configured Senator Cosmopolite in steel. This steel version arrives three years after its initial launch in gold, and cuts its retail price down a fair bit (20,700 euros versus 38,000). As a world timer of immensely practical design from a technical standpoint (more on that later), there’s an appreciable shift towards functionality with the inclusion of a steel case that just makes sense with this watch, which is precisely why I was eager to give it some wrist time for a more in-depth…
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EDITOR’S PICK: The Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra – is it the only watch you need?
Editor’s note: For someone who loves watches, it’s a horrible question to ask, and one that hopefully remains hypothetical. But the short answer is, yes, you could definitely get away with wearing one of Omega’s lovely new Aqua Terras for the rest of your life. The follow up question is … which one? One of the secrets of the Omega Aqua Terra’s success is its versatile charm. In its dark-dialled and gold incarnations it’s super dressed-up, but put it on a leather or rubber strap and it becomes a much more casual proposition. This is a watch that could pull tuxedo duty or go with board shorts with equal ease (and the 150 metres of water resistance means it’s safe to take swimming). But no matter how you wear it, you won’t find it boring. The flash of the polished hands and applied indices ensure that, as does the shimmering, patterned dial. And then, of course, there are its more functional charms. It’s now a Master Chronometer-certified watch, which means that it is tough and accurate, and, in the larger size, has a nifty quick jump hour that’s super useful for travellers. Flexible style and feature-packed? That’s why we think…
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Happenings: Watches & Wonders 2019 In The Miami Design District
For the second year in a row, we’re getting a world-class watch show in the U.S.
Video – François-Henry Bennahmias, CEO of Audemars Piguet, about AP Certified Pre-Owned Watches, Leaving SIHH and more
Recently, Audemars Piguet has had a lot of hot news headlines – unprecedented revenues, quitting the SIHH, new technological partnerships. We decided that it was time for us to move to Le Brassus and have a good talk with the one person to answer our questions: François-Henry Bennahmias, CEO of Audemars Piguet. It isn’t the first time we’re in conversation with François-Henry – see here, here and here – and each time, his straight talk brings the right answers. Today’s video interview (viewable on top of this article) is full of interesting facts and observations.
In Partnership – The Art Of Complexity, Episode 2: Inside The Ateliers Of Audemars Piguet
In the second installment of our three-part series in partnership with Audemars Piguet, we visit the workshops of the Le Brassus manufacture.