Monday, Dec 21 2009
articles: 8
Bathys announces new Bomb Timer
Bathys sent out their Christmas letter the other day, and included a sneak peek at their newest project, the Bomb Timer. Designed as an homage to the timers used in WWII era bombers, the Bomb Timer is quite the timepiece. Bathys has been working on this design for about 3 …
Bell & Ross Commando BR-01 96
New Bell & Ross Commando BR-01 96 A Tribute to Special Forces If you are a recruit in the special forces you require certain attributes. You must be strong physically and emotionally. You must be able to put your fitness and intellect to work under extreme conditions to …
Tropical Dial Cosmograph
During the last few days, we encountered some heavy snowfall here in The Netherlands. As you can see below, ‘my street’ became all white last sunday. Therefore, Bernhard of the 100% Rolex blog posted some incredible nice photographs of Rolex sports watches with so called …
A Study of Two Rolex Red Submariners: Is A Meters First Dial Worth Over $1000?
The Rolex Submariner is a true classic. Perhaps our favorite variation of the Submariner was the original reference 1680 with "Submariner" written in red. We've talked about these Red Submariners before, as they were the first Sub with a date window and a nice alternative …
Maurice de Mauriac Chronograph Modern DLC
Maurice de Mauriac is a Zurich based watchmaker that produces customized watches. The company has been around for 12 years and was founded by long time watch business executive Daniel Dreifuss. When I spoke with Daniel, last Friday, regarding MDM timepieces he said, "we …
Wrist Watch Annual 2010: The Watch Lover's Bible Gets Even Better (And We're Giving One Away!)
Wrist Watch Annual is, as we've said before, nothing short of the watch fan's bible. The just released 2010 version has raised the bar even higher with 456 pages of glossy images and information. On top of profiling dozens of brands (everything from Alpina to Zenith), it …
Beyond The Rack Offers A Week of Watches: 40-70% Off Retail
One of the Bulovas that will be 40-70% off via BeyondTheRack.comPart of what we do at Hodinkee is find you guys the best deals on watches. Today, we've got some great ones. The great shopping site BeyondTheRack.com is hosting a run of sales on some beautiful and …
Swatch Automatic Chrono Watch Review
The game changing watch has changed its game. Swatch is one of the most popular names in watches - ever. Probably as well known as Rolex or Seiko, maybe even more do. Swatch is almost single-handedly to thank for saving the Swiss watch industry. It was the high volume sale …
