Tuesday, Dec 2 2008
articles: 13
How to Pronounce Watch Company Names
I probably should have posted this before, but it just occured to me. Ever wonder how to pronouce some of those Watch company names? Like Jaeger-LeCoultre? or Audemars Piguet? Well, here is a list of Watch brands and related watch terms and an AUDIO TRACK(!) for each one. …
How to buy a watch
I’m just full of helpful hints this week. This one comes after seeing a comment on my other site, WristWatchReview about the BR02, a 1000M diver with a fairly striking design. I liked it when I saw it but at $4,800 I could probably pass. But did you know you could get it …
How to polish a watch
OK. I just suffered a fairly hair-raising situation with my new baby. Due to my own carelessness, I dinged the Jaeger a few times and wanted to polish them out. I got a few types of polish including one designed for delicate metals and tried to do it by hand. BAD IDEA. This …
JLC Reverso: The watch that could resist serious beating
The story goes that after a polo match in India, some British officers challenged their friend César de Trey to create a watch that was able to resist the serious beatings caused by polo sport. Once back in Europe, César de Trey (businessman) shared the problem with …
New B&R BR03: You know, for the French
Just in time for the holidays we have a new Bell&Ross watch designed for the French Air Force. As you see, they’ve stuffed the same quartz movement you’ll find in the Breitling Emergency into what I’d say is a very beefy and actually quite stunning case. I’ve been hard on …
Watches On The Web, version 2.0: Alltop's New Watch Page
We like to consider ourselves the trendspotters for the watch world, both online and offline. We find you the most innovative, most desirable, and most progressive stuff out there. Today we are combining some little known interests of ours, web 2.0 and digital strategy, …
Ni Watch LED watch is merging strap and dial
Tokyo Flash unveiled the new Ni LED watch. Ni features crisp horizontal grooves on the face and strap giving the design a continuous appearance. The tapered edges where the case meets the strap ensure a neat finish. The slimline...
1960s Breguet XX Flyback Chronograph: A Brilliant Family's Magnum Opus
Breguet is one of those brands we don't see much of. It's odd because they are one of the oldest brands in the world, founded in 1775 and becoming the favorite make of both Napoleon (Bonaparte, not Dynamite) and Marie Antoinette (the real one, not Kirsten Dunst). The …
PhotoWatch!
A world class timepiece? A photoframe? Why didn’t I think of this! Bonus to the readers - In which William Gibson book did someone see a sarariman with a holographic vagina on his watch. I, for the life of me, can’t find that passage.
Fluted Rolex Watch Bezels: Seminal Bling
What do each of these watches have in common? Yea, they are all Rolex watches, but there is something else here that Rolex is best known for; fluted bezels. The tooth like shaping on the area around the face of the watch has a very specific purpose. Around the time I first …
Germany Makes Watches?: A Glashutte Pilot's Watch From the 1950s
We have featured about 260 rare and unique watches on Hodinkee since launching back in May. Approximately 255 of them have been Swiss made, 5 have been American. So what would happen if we came across a German made watch worthy of our attention? Well, we'd feature it …
1960s Breguet XX Flyback Chronograph: A Brilliant Family's Magnum Opus
Breguet is one of those brands we don't see much of. It's odd because they are one of the oldest brands in the world, founded in 1775 and becoming the favorite make of both Napoleon (Bonaparte, not Dynamite) and Marie Antoinette (the real one, not Kirsten Dunst). The …
The Gadget Show - Top 5 Watches
Very cool short clip on watches, showing 5 “gadget” watches. I would not consider the GP a gadget watch, and I think there are some cooler watches when you step up to that kind of price range, but it is an interesting little clip none-the-less. Posted by one of the forum …
