Wednesday, Oct 21 2009
articles: 7
World Watch Report’s Research on iPhone Applications
Apple’s iPhone is hot, luxury wrist watches are hot. So why not combine these two? More and more watch manufacturers are creating iPhone applications for watch freaks that are eager to learn about their favorite brand (like Jaeger-LeCoultre did) or just to showcase their …
Grail Watch Acquired: A Thank You From Jeff
Dear readers of Hodinkee, I would like to personally thank everyone who read the Hodinkee post about my limited edition Omega Speedmaster and those of you who watched as well as bid on the item. My Speedmaster ended up selling for $1,000, which was terrific and put me …
The Ultimate Rolex Daytona Book
600 pieces only, a weight of 12 Kgs and 600 pages telling the story of 130 Rolex Daytona watches in prestine condition, dated from 1960 and on. Pucci Papaleo Editore did an amazing job on describing these watches with this level of detail, delivering it in one book that is …
A Breitling Perpetual Calendar? 100 Made in the World, 500 Parts, and 13 Hands
Breitling is best known for some knock-out sport watches, the types that true professionals wear. Remember, their Cosmonaut was worn by Scott Carpenter into space back in 1962 and even today, the legendary P-51 Horsemen wear a Breitling Aerospace. A chronograph, and maybe …
Review of the Citizen BL5250-02L
Occasionally, I come across a watch that is not in the normal grail price range, but has many of the features or styling that draws me to some of my grail watches. A good example of this is the Citizen BL5250-02L, a handsome titanium chronograph with military and aviation …
Seiko Luxury Watches
I would have loved to be an automotive journalist in the early 1990s. One of the most momentous occasions of the decade was the release of the Lexus LS400, as well as the overall Lexus brand lowering into our lives like a gleaming vessel from mother-ship Toyota. The LS400 …
TX 830 Linear Duo Chronograph
TX is about to start shipping the TX 830 Linear Duo Chronograph, which was announced earlier this year. The new chronograph comes in stainless steel, in three variations. The version shown features a (polished/brushed) black PVD case, with 18K rose gold crown, pushers and …
