This year, designer Matthieu Allègre and Depancel founder Clément Meynier brought back the Amida Digitrend. Its ultra-’70s makes heads turn, and with updated technology inside, it’s now more reliable than ever. The Digitrend Take-Off Edition sold out in a flash, so now it’s time to introduce you to the watches that will join the brand’s…

I like a headline that gets straight to the point, and I think I nailed it with this one — no clickbait in sight. As is made exceedingly apparent, Delugs recently introduced four new patterns to its straight-end CTS (Cut-To-Size) rubber straps — Pilot, Mosaic, Waffle, and Tropic. Ken sent me one of each of…

This time two weeks back, I was on a train from Geneva to Neuchâtel. After a quick transfer, I arrived in La Chaux-de-Fonds just in time for dinner at Hotel de Ville. The 2024 Heuer Collector’s Summit had begun. Around 30 of the world’s more passionate vintage Heuer collectors were invited by the brand to…

Welcome to “GPHG Week,” a themed mini-series where we’re covering four winning watches from this year’s Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève that you otherwise may have previously missed. Today we have the Ōtsuka Lōtec No. 6 ,which was awarded the “Challenge” award at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève this year for best watch under…

The world of escapements is absolutely captivating, as each tick and tock reveals the precision of a timepiece and the artistry of its maker. At the December 2024 lecture of the Horological Society of New York (HSNY), Bernhard Lederer, Master Watchmaker and Founder of Lederer Timepieces, will take the audience on a journey through the…

Whether your lifestyle takes you to the azure depths along a Caribbean atoll or on more terrestrial pursuits, a well-crafted dive watch is the perfect companion for almost any situation. With the Mechanic Ocean Mark II, Crafter Blue has created a slim and sophisticated dive watch that’s just as well suited to maritime adventures as…

Now here is something special! A space-flown Omega Speedmaster Professional 3570.50 and the EVA (Extra-Vehicular Activity) glove it was worn over in space will be up for auction on December 3rd at Koller Auctions in Zurich, Switzerland. Cosmonaut Padalka’s space-flown Omega Speedmaster and EVA glove This watch was on the wrist of cosmonaut Gennady Padalka…

It’s been a long and endlessly entertaining road since I started to work with Hodinkee in 2017. So much has changed since then; Hodinkee was different, and so was the world of watches. I started as a freelancer, and the following seven years have been nothing short of an education via too many adventures to…