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Thursday, Oct 22 2009

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An Afternoon With The Queen: A Priceless Reproduction of the Most Famous Watch in History

Wristwatch News, Reviews, & … | 22. Oct 2009 22:00 |

We don't talk too much about pocketwatches here on Hodinkee, they're not really our "steez", as the kids say.  However, when the Queen comes to town, you pay her the respect she deserves.  The watch you see to the left is a reproduction of a pocketwatch created by Breguet …

BR-01 Passes the Phantom Torch to the BR-03 92 Watch

aBlogtoWatch | 22. Oct 2009 20:00 |

Bell & Ross was one of the original companies to offer an all-black watch. The BR-01 Phantom was offered as a limited edition of 500 pieces of the basic model and 500 of the chronograph. The Phantom attracted a lot of attention and both models sold out faster then any other …

Portero Offers Hodinkee Readers Additional 20% Off Rolex & Cartier: A Submariner For Under $3000?

Wristwatch News, Reviews, & … | 22. Oct 2009 17:20 |

Rolex Submariner Available on Portero for $2960 with couponOur good friends over at Portero.com have done it again.  They are putting on a special 5 hour sale of Rolex and Cartier watches where prices will be around 70% below retail.  That in itself is worthy of note, but …

BR-01 Passes the Phantom Torch to the BR-03 92 Watch

aBlogtoWatch | 22. Oct 2009 16:30 |

Bell & Ross was one of the original companies to offer an all-black watch. The BR-01 Phantom was offered as a limited edition of 500 pieces of the basic model and 500 of the chronograph. The Phantom attracted a lot of attention and both models sold out faster then any other …

The Ayrton Senna TAG Heuer Series

Calibre 11 | 22. Oct 2009 15:20 |

The Ayrton Senna series of TAG Heuer watches- a review of the five watches released by TAG Heuer to mark its relationship with Senna

Angular Momentum Urushi Red & Black Japanese Lacquer Watch Collection

aBlogtoWatch | 22. Oct 2009 10:05 |

Angular Momentum's newest timepiece collection is based on something very Japanese. Maybe Seiko or Citizen will be pissed? Angular Momentum's Urushi watch collection uses just that, the ancient natural Japanese lacquer. Urushi actually comes from a tree and is likely a …

It's a Rolex watch, of course the family would notice if a Doctor took it

Watch This! | 22. Oct 2009 02:30 |

Next time you have a medical emergency we suggest you remember to take off that Rolex watch even if it's used, even while under cardiac arrest. I was reading recently about a man out in California who had his doctor pocket his watch "instead" of resuscitating him. The man, …