Since its debut several years ago, the Aikon watch collection has been what I believe to be the most popular product in the Maurice Lacroix timepiece catalog. Based on the Calypso watch family from the 1990s, the Aikon was meant to be the Swiss brand’s answer to the integrated bracelet watch that would compete in…

While enjoying a coffee at a family restaurant, Walter Sobchak told Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, “You want a toe? I can get you a toe. Believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don’t wanna know about it; believe me. Hell, I can get you a toe by 3:00 this afternoon — with nail polish.” Now…

Guten Tag from Glashütte, Germany! I’m currently attending the fifth annual Nomos Forum, a gathering at the Nomos Glashütte headquarters to preview what’s to come for the year. However, while upcoming releases will remain a secret, concurrently with the Forum, Nomos just announced a brand new DUW 4601 hand-wound movement, along with two variants of…

We all depend on the sun rising and setting each day and generally know the times it does so. But determining those times with a mechanical watch is complicated. With a deep understanding of that issue, Rémi Maillat has invented a mechanical timepiece that can display sunrise and sunset times nearly anywhere in the world. …

2024 is shaping up to be an exciting year for Raymond Weil, an independent watchmaker from Geneva. It made its official Watches & Wonders debut and expanded on its successful GPHG award-winning Millesime collection, released just last year. Raymond Weil is already priming as a new flagship model. Eleven variations were added to the lineup…

Tom Brady’s a watch guy. This much we’ve known for a while. In December, it’ll be on full display at Sotheby’s, where a handful of Brady’s watches will be a part of its “The GOAT Collection: Watches & Treasures from Tom Brady.” Over the years, Brady has even appeared on Hodinkee to pen an article…

On this very day, October 1st, 25 years ago, I bought my first Omega Speedmaster watch. I was a student at the time and obsessed with watches, specifically, Omega Speedmasters. My first purchase was a Speedmaster 145.012 with caliber 321. One evening, I was cycling in the city center of The Hague and passed a…

What We Know Remember Lorca? In early 2023, the new brand, founded by Canadian-Swiss-New Yorker Jesse Marchant, pleasantly surprised with its Model No. 1. That watch was a 36mm GMT so good that author Gary Shteyngart waxed poetically about it. Now, Lorca is back with the Model No. 2, which takes the proportions and mid-century…