Friday, Oct 23 2015
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Vacheron Constantin Celebrates 260th Anniversary With Cocktail Soirée In NYC
aBlogtoWatch was there as Vacheron Constantin hosted a 260th anniversary cocktail event at Cipriani Midtown in New York with the new unique Ref.57260 watch - the most complicated watch in existence - on display. The article Vacheron Constantin Celebrates 260th Anniversary …
Instagram Posts of the Week #11
101 Wooster is looking sharp. #windupnyc starts at 3! #wornandwound A photo posted by worn&wound (@wornandwound) on Oct 23, 2015 at 9:52am PDT Annnnnnd GAME OVER. Getting to be one of the few people on earth that can actually touch the #patekphilippe #5016A #tourbillon …
Bulova moon watch sells for $1.3 million
According to Ben Clymer, of Hodinkee, the Bulova Apollo 15 Lunar Surface Chronograph we wrote about a few weeks back, sold yesterday for $1.3 million. We knew it would easily sell for the $50K starting price, but to see it sell for well over a million – $1.625 million …
Patek Philippe Horology Programme Of New York Watch School
A career path in watchmaking is not something very often offered to kids leaving school. Before we know it, we're off to college or straight into the world of work without so much as acknowledging the continued existence of horology. read more... The article Patek Philippe …
Master Chronometer Explained – New Standards By Omega
On December 9th 2014, I joined Omega’s press conference where they introduced their new standards and certification and the important role of independent institute METAS. A long-winded and opinionated report about that announcement can be found here. Since then, Omega has …
Go “Back to the Future” with the RJ-Romain Jerome DeLorean-DNA Burnout
Go “Back to the Future” with the RJ-Romain Jerome DeLorean-DNA Burnout This week marked the 30th anniversary of the film classic “Back to the Future,” which told the tale of slightly mad scientist Doc Brown and his pal Marty McFly time traveling in a DeLorean sports car. …
BEST FROM: aBlogtoWatch & Friends October 23, 2015
To close October, we are turning our attention to what is arguably the most important part of the world for watches - the city of Hong Kong. Hong Kong, as some of you may know, is the single largest market for watches. It continues to the lead the world in terms of value …
AVI-8 Hawker Hunter
I am not sure why I was recently on a kick of reviewing chronographs, but I ended up with a couple of review chronos all in roughly the same time period. The AVI-8 Hawker Hunter was one that I was looking forward to reviewing, since I wear one of their watches quite a bit. …
Apple Takes a Bite Out of the Swiss Watch Industry
Apple Takes a Bite Out of the Swiss Watch Industry While not all of the blame for the gloomy decline in Swiss watch exports can be pinned on the Apple Watch, the presence of the pricey wearable device certainly hasn’t helped. After perusing the figures for Q3 from the …
Glashütte Original Panoreserve Watch Review
Back in February, we first brought you word of the new Pano models from Glashütte Original. As David noted in that article, he anticipated the blue-dialed versions to have the greatest impact, given the rarity of these blue dials appearing in steel cases. Recently, I had …
Photo Essay – DTM Finals with Oris and Audi Sport
Our last photo essay from not too long ago was about the 6-hour race held at the Nürburgring in Germany. We were invited by Chopard and Porsche and had an amazing time there. Now a few months later and a couple of degrees lower we are back with a new photo essay from a new …
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 23rd October, 2015
Great Scott, it’s the Friday Wind Down, so strap on your self-tying Nikes, power up your hover board and get ready for your weekly watch wrap-up. What happened? Marty McFly finally reached the future this week, and while things didn’t turn out quite the way he envisaged, he …
What Do Weiners and Watches Have In Common?
Cloktoberfest at WatchismoUp To 75% Off - Das ist gut!A timely tradition here, over one hundred mechanical, automatic, chronograph, vintage-inspired, skeleton and other multi-functional watches, all designed in that über cool Deutschland.To celebrate further, our readers …
OPINION: Size doesn’t matter – why 36 should be the new 42
If you ever have the opportunity to try on a watch made before the ’50s, we’re willing to bet you’ll be astounded at how small it feels. Back then, anywhere between 30mm and 36mm was considered normal, while everything over that tends to be described in auction catalogues …
