The Horological Society of New York (HSNY), America’s oldest watchmaking guild, founded in 1866, will hold its 159th anniversary Gala on Saturday, March 22, 2025, at the iconic Plaza Hotel in New York City. This milestone event will bring together top watch brands, horology enthusiasts, industry leaders, and collectors to celebrate the Society’s rich history…

Collaborations between watch brands and online media titles are nothing new. However, many are expensive premium products. Worn & Wound, which often focuses on affordable watches and independent brands, works with watch companies to create fun, credible limited editions. The latest results of these efforts are the new Timex × Worn & Wound WW75 V3…

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” Carl Sagan’s immortal words invite us to stare into the vast abyss of space, allowing our imagination to travel to distant galaxies, past black holes and nebulae, and ponder the incredible wonders that await. The unfathomable reaches of the universe have captivated humanity since time immemorial, inspiring…

Every year at the Théâtre du Léman in Geneva, the watch world comes together to celebrate the best horological creations it has to offer. This year marks the 24th GPHG awards ceremony, and many impressive timepieces are in the running. We looked at the nominated watches in the different categories and picked our favorites. Whether they will…

Independent watchmaker Louis Erard has been changing things up in recent years and the latest shakeup (aside from a new watch that we’ll get to) is the reorganizing of its catalog. Gone is the long-running Excellence collection, replaced by the Noirmont line, which is further segmented into three distinct categories: the classic Noirmont, the artistic…

Welcome back to Bring A Loupe and to Geneva Winter Auction weekend 2024! Here you’ll find a comprehensive wrap-up of lots across price, brand, and auction house. I landed in a foggy Geneva just this morning as I write to you dear readers and spent my day briskly walking between the four major houses, previewing…

Welcome to the second installment of our new series, Fratello Watch List! Thomas kicked off this short series of articles exposing some of our writers’ watch hit lists. We all have a (not-so-)little list of references we plan on owning or maybe just dream of acquiring someday, don’t we? Today, it’s my turn to expose…

This latest “Blue” version of the Tudor Black Bay Chrono could be one of the last iterations of this timepiece model before Tudor updates this collection. I have long anticipated Tudor to develop a new chronograph model to offer a lower-priced alternative to the mega-popular Rolex Daytona (which is thinner and smaller). The Black Bay…