Monday, Oct 27 2008
articles: 8
Thomas Prescher Tourbillon Trilogy Watches Are The Most Elegant And Refined Tourbillon Watches I’ve Ever Know
Thomas Prescher is another one of those lucky watch making prodigies. The type of person who just innately understands how to design, make, and improve watches. The young watch maker began the brand in about 2002 after working at a few of the top watch manufactures. This is …
A $25,000 Watch That Can Save Your Life: The Breitling Emergency Orbiter 3
The Breitling Emergency is a watch that we are sure many of you have heard about before. It is perhaps the most useful watch ever created, it is a watch that can literally save your life. This watch, designed for (and originally only sold to) pilots, features a relatively …
Swatch Group sample sale in NYC November 13-14
For those of you living in the Windy Apple we present the Swatch Group Sample Sale. This year it’s at the Metropolitan Pavillion on 18th street and it runs from 10am-8pm on November 13 and 8am to 7pm on November 14. Get there early! I’ve gone for a few years now and I …
A Watch That Can't Be Counterfeited, And the Party That Went With It
We at Hodinkee have sung the praises of Vacheron Constantin for a long time. There is just something so classic about their watches. So when we heard they were releasing a watch that came with a USB drive and employed never before seen anti-counterfeiting measures, we …
New forums
I’m sure you visited our earlier forums but they essentially failed. They were overrun by spammers and essentially useless. Well, I rebuilt the forums from scratch and I invite you to head on over and start talking. Hope they’re useful and enjoyable. …
Rarest of the Rare Omega Speedmasters
The Omega Speedmaster is a watch that needs no introduction. We have featured quite of few here on Hodinkee, but none like what we have here. The Speedmaster is a a sports watch worn by astronauts, racecar drivers, and all around cool guys (like half of the Hodinkee …
