Announced just earlier this year, the Mars Exploration Program is the most recently announced leg of space programme led by the China National Space Administration (CNSA), the country’s space agency. The press conference for the unveiling of the Mars rover in Beijing on August 23 was also the occasion to reveal TAG Heuer as the official timekeeper for the Mars programme. TAG Heuer chief […]
Famous as the watch that went to the Moon, the Omega Speedmaster Professional remains part of NASA’s approved equipment for space. The Moonwatch is a no-frills, almost basic wristwatch, powered by the reliable but decades-old Lemania calibre 1872 (also known as the Omega calibre 1861). Since its tryst with destiny in 1969, the Moonwatch has steadily […]
Last week we co-hosted an event with Maestro Dobel Tequila at the Stephen Weiss Studio in New York City. Aptly named On Dobel Time, the event focused on the similarities between fine-crafted tequilas and vintage timepieces. Both take a lot of care, patience, and, for lack of a better word, time to produce. In order to reflect this partnership, we paired vintage watches from the HODINKEE Shop with different types of Dobel Tequila, including the Maestro Dobel Silver, Maestro Dobel Reposado, Maestro Dobel Añejo, Maestro Dobel Humito, and the Maestro Dobel Diamante.
My biggest concern with the Jaguar F-Pace was actually with the styling: Jaguars have always been elegant creatures – and an SUV must be one of the least elegant automobiles there is. But in the capable hands of Ian Callum, Jaguar’s design director, who hates SUVs as much as I do, the result is a car that fits beautifully in Jaguar’s current lineup while maintaining a certain feline elegance.
There’s a wonderful documentary film about Henri Cartier-Bresson, starring the photographer himself, in which he looks back over a lifetime of work and gradually reduces the number of images that he feels represent that lifetime to just a handful. At one point, towards the end of the film, he looks bemusedly at the camera and says, “Really, how many pictures can you look at more than once? Not many, not many.” The same is true of watches. While there are many that are perfectly fine, there are also very, very few that withstand repeated scrutiny and resist the erosion of initial excitement that follows in the wake of even some of the best watch designs out there. The Richard Lange Jumping Seconds is one of those rare watches that not only withstands, but rewards, closer scrutiny and longer acquaintance, and though we did spend some time hands-on with it at the SIHH last January, seeing the watch again just a few days ago gave me an opportunity to experience its impact away from the (many) distractions of the Salon, and to take the measure of the watch in a more considered way.
Manufacture Royale’s latest is a variation of its Androgyne Origine tourbillon, characterised by a large, peculiar and mechanical-looking case. The Androgyne Royale is equipped with a skeleton movement with the bridges, base plate and tourbillon cage finished with a bright blue or grey coating. The Androgyne watch case is instantly recognisable, 43mm in diameter with articulated, […]
Speedmasters With Display Back Already back in 1980, Omega introduced the first Speedmaster Professional with a display back. Quite uncommon in general at that time. However, it was only available for the 18 carat gold Speedmaster Professional Apollo XI numbered edition. This was reference 345.0802. That watch is powered by caliber 861L movement, similar to what […]
You may remember we previously published an article on a possible Rolex dive watch on the wrist of Paul Newman. We did some further research and obtained a bigger image taken from the set of the movie Harper, in which Paul Newman starred as the main character. The watch in question wasn’t a Rolex or a Tudor…
Thin Roman numerals, a railroad-style minute track, blue hands, and a small seconds register. On paper, the C9 5 Day Small Second reads like a classic mid-century dress watch. But it isn’t. The numerals are printed onto a metal dial; the hands are blued chemically, not heated; and then there’s the inclusion of a date window at 3 o’clock. The Small Second is definitely not a vintage watch, but it is a very convincing attempt at creating an elegant and affordable dress watch using modern techniques (and it’s a much more convincing design than another CW piece we reviewed not long ago). More on that after the jump.
Many vintage Rolexes that are considered extremely rare and valuable today were initially quite unpopular when they were first released. One particular Rolex Milgauss was so unwanted by its owner, that it was actually returned to the store from which it was purchased; today, that watch is worth a quarter of a million dollars. Here is its story.