Watch Review :Industry News: Rolex USA President & CEO Allen Brill Dead After Fight With Lung Cancer
In very sad industry news, the President and CEO of Rolex USA, Allen Brill, passed away over the weekend. Brill was diagnosed with lung cancer just six weeks ago.
Allen Brill took the reigns of Rolex USA, one of the luxury industry’s most powerful groups, in 2004 when
Watch Review :The Seiko Ananta Spring Drive Moon Phase Review (VIDEO)
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Seiko has been making a concerted push into the high-end market as of late, and this month, the much-heralded Grand Seiko line will hit American soil for the very first time.
In anticipation of such a momentous arrival, we have a hands-on review with
Watches Review :Felix’s Choice: A Second Generation Carrera from 1970 – What Heuer Is All About, IMO
Editor’s Note: Continuing with our staff picks from the Haslinger Sale, Felix chooses a tropical Carrera and explores what makes vintage Heuer so cool for a novice.
I’ve got a confession to make, I don’t know a whole lot about Heuer. I am well aware that this is pretty
Watch Review :Who’s Your Master? Patek Philippe Goes Undercover for Rolex
It May Read “Rolex” On The Front, But It Reads “Patek Philippe” On The BackEveryone knows that the Swiss watch industry has a tradition of companies helping each other with parts, movements, dials, etc. Think Nouvelle Lemania for Patek Philippe, Zenith for Rolex, Patek Philippe for
Watches Review :Letters From The Editor: Hodinkee Teams Up With The Gilt Groupe For A Whole New Kind of Watch Sale
One of the core tenets of Hodinkee has always been locating and explaining a great vintage watch. Finding a particularly clean and original timepiece is not easy, people have been known to go to great lengths for just the right watch (I even know a guy who flew to Germany
Watches Reviews :Introducing the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Ultra Thin: A Fitting Tribute To The Original, 80 Years Later
The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso is about as iconic as a wristwatch can get. Created in 1931 to be worn by colonial polo players who feared their timepieces would become scratched while in action (full story here), the Reverso has since become, along with Cartier’s tank, the standard
Watches Review :Thoughts On The Gilt / Hodinkee Collaboration, One Day Later
Yesterday morning I broke the news here that we’d be working with Gilt Man to bring you a curated collection of vintage watches on the wildly popular flash sale site. Now here we are, less than one day after the sale went live and I thought you’d like to hear how it went.
Watches Review :Joe DiMaggio’s Watch(es) Available Next Week: Is Proximity To Marilyn Monroe Worth -K?
Here’s one for us NYC peeps. Joe DiMaggio’s personal watch, a Longines from the 1940s, is coming up for sale next week’s Antiquorum auction.
The watch alone is nothing spectacular – it’s small, has diamond markers (which, let’s be real, is never a good thing), and is coated
Watches Review :Now Presenting the Anthony LaPaglia Collection: Wait, That Dude From Empire Records Collects Watches?
While perusing the catalog for the upcoming “Important Watches” sale at Christie’s in New York on December 14, I was struck by page 132. This page read “Lots 199 through 420 are all the property of Anthony LaPaglia.” Wait, Anthony LaPaglia the dude from Empire
Watches Review :An Original Royal Oak Up For Sale + A Detailed History of The “A-Series”
Sure, we can talk about ,000 original owner vintage Rolexes on eBay all freaking day but when it comes down to it, there are a handful of timepieces that hold even more appeal. The earliest of Audemars Piguet Royal Oaks is one of them.
You likely know how big the Royal Oak