Friday, Jun 20 2008
articles: 13
New Resource: "Hodinkee"
Vintage is becoming ever more popular. More and more serious watch aficionados are being diverted away from the "bling" to the historical pieces. Rolex was way ahead in this game but due to their unfortunate policy of not guaranteeing repairs on watches older than 25 …
MCT "Sequential One"
New kid on the block; Denis Giguet. Formerly at Harry Winston has decided (like many others...) to fly on his own. His first creation presents a different way to tell time. This is essentially the same principle as some road signs that can change the information displayed …
MB & F "Horological Machine Nº2"
Finally, a close encounter with MB & F's Number 2. At a first glance you get a "Steampunk meets Star Trek" feeling. To be honest, I was pleasantly surprised to be pleasantly surprised. The HM2 was much smaller and thiner than I had anticipated. Quite comfortable, which is …
New Comer: FAVRE-LEUBA
I have only recently come across this "new-old" brand. I have been aware of them for some time now, unfortunately I have not been to visit them at Basel this year. There is a trend of re-floated brands that once disappeared or its history has been interrupted for a period …
Favre-Leuba Bathy V2
[ via Favre-Leuba ] Here is the official release from the re-launched Favre-Leuba. More than 40 years after its revolutionary impact on the world of diver’s watches, the legendary Bathy is making a major comeback in an automatic version! Its innovative depth gauge works on …
Launch of Maitres du Temps' CHAPTER ONE
A new brand called Maitres du Temps created an alliance of three renowned master watchmakers Roger Dubuis, Christopher Claret and Peter Speake-Marin to work on its first watch - the Chapter One which was publically launched here in Singapore at a dinner on Monday 16th June. …
1930's Antique Military Omega
This Omega from the 1930's takes the cake as the oldest Omega we have ever posted.
Early 1-Button Chronograph Baume & Mercier
We are really starting to love 1-Button Chronographs here at Hodinkee.
1950's Rare Rolex Moonphase
It is not every day that we come across a Rolex model that we have never seen before.
Extremely Rare Breitling Referee's Watch
We know when a watch is rare, and this one is definitely rare, not to mention pretty strange.
IWC Ingenieur Zinedine Zidane Limited Edition
IWC has picked another famous person for a special edition watch. Last week we reported about the IWC UTC Edition Antoine de Saint Exupery. IWC picked "infamous" soccer player Zinedine Zidane for the IWC Ingenieur Zinedine Zidane Limited Edition....
GRAND SEIKO FAIR — July 2–15 at Takashimaya Department Store in Nagoya
A Grand Seiko Fair will take place from Wednesday, July 2 through Tuesday, July 15 at Takashimaya Department Store in Nagoya, Japan. The 13-floor-high department store is part of the Nagoya Japan Railway Train Station complex (which has restaurants, beauty salons and barber …
Christiaan van der Klaauw's Ariadne
A Dutch expatriate engineer working here in Singapore contacted me earlier this year requesting me to shoot his Dutch watch - a Van Der Klaauw. A brand which apparently was once available here in Singapore sometime ago. This piece however was acquired by him directly from …
