Marathon Watch Company is well known for supplying several armed forces with tool watches since 1939. One of the most sought-after models is the SAR-D from the early 2000s. The Canadian brand now brings back an evolved version with the Marathon OSAR-D. The first thing to stand out? Those massive hour markers! Consider them a…

With a history that dates back to the very earliest days of the wristwatch, sector dials are hardly a novel style, although seldom does their segmented concentric design actually play a functional role in the watches themselves. However, for its inaugural model, Papar Watch Company has created a functional sector dial to serve as the…

There are watch brands out there that, for some reason, we never really get around to appreciating. Perhaps it is because we don’t see them in the wild much, or it could be that their designs don’t jump out at us. For me, Panerai is one of those brands. This is a shame (for me,…

I started writing about watches on the domain www.hodinkee.com over 16 years ago. Since then, we’ve had a pretty good run. Actually, you know what, we’ve had a really, really good run. It has been a run that I never could’ve imagined, frankly, sitting in my fourth-floor walk-up on Spring Street when I first registered…

I started writing about watches on the domain www.hodinkee.com over 16 years ago. Since then, we’ve had a pretty good run. Actually, you know what, we’ve had a really, really good run. It has been a run that I never could’ve imagined, frankly, sitting in my fourth-floor walk-up on Spring Street when I first registered…

On February 5, 1971, the Lunar Module of Apollo 14 landed on the Moon with astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell on board. While Apollo astronauts were famously issued Omega Speedmaster Pros, Mitchell also decided to wear his Rolex GMT-Master ref. 1675 during the mission. When Mitchell set foot on the Moon, he became just…

On April 6th, 1609, the Englishman Henry Hudson set sail from Texel with a Dutch ship called De Halve Maen (The Half Moon). He was sent on a mission to find a passage to the Indies via Nova Zembla. However, Hudson ignored his contract and decided to seek a structural passage. Via the Faroe Islands,…

Ah, finally, a Speedmaster that isn’t a MoonSwatch! The story behind the Omega Speedmaster Anniversary Series First Omega In Space watch is a cool one not because it was a NASA-certified instrument, but precisely because it predates all that and was simply the watch of choice of astronaut Walter “Wally” Schirra. It is little wonder, then,…