Monday, Oct 19 2009
articles: 8
Hodinkee Joins Facebook, Again
Months and months ago, we created a group called "I Read Hodinkee.com" on Facebook. To date, we have 266 members, each of which we would like to thoroughly thank. Now, however, we're switching things up and will be using a Fan Page, because Facebook decided to give these …
One of the oldest images of a mechanical watch found in Florence
This charming portrait of Cosimo I de Medici, Duke of Florence, shows a man about town holding his nice new fancy gold watch. Amazingly, however, this portrait was painted in 1574 which means German or northern watchmakers were plying their wares as far as Italy during this …
IWC Aquatimer Chronograph Edition Galapagos Islands
For IWC, 2009 is the year of the Aquatimer relaunch. IWC’s first Aquatimer saw daylight in 1967 and I doubt that one of these first models ever saw some water, because they didn’t look very water resistant. However, looks might be deceiving because IWC claimed it to be …
Omega Constellation Elecroquartz: 1/2 lb of Solid Gold Wrapped Around A Sweeping Quartz Movement
We've mentioned the quartz revolution a few times in the past, and we've shown you some pretty strange watches from some the biggest watch houses in the world that have used the crystal to make their pieces tick. But what about the very first quartz movement, the one that …
Phosphor Digital Hour Clock e-Ink Watch Review
Welcome to the watch for nontraditional watch lovers. This is something even people who claim their mobile phones are enough for time telling can get behind with ease. In a nutshell you have a nicely designed angular rectangle watch, using an innovative e-ink display, at a …
BR-01 Passes the Phantom Torch to the BR-03 92 Watch
Bell & Ross was one of the original companies to offer an all-black watch. The BR-01 Phantom was offered as a limited edition of 500 pieces of the basic model and 500 of the chronograph. The Phantom attracted a lot of attention and both models sold out faster then any o fef …
Maitres du Temps Chapter One Watch Hands-On
A little while ago I got the opportunity to have some hands-on time with the venerable Maitres du Temps Chapter One watch. The experience was incredible, as a timepiece like this really stands out above and beyond most other super luxury watches. It is really all the little …
