In late August, A. Lange & Söhne invited me to the Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace, southwest of London. This was my third time attending this show and auction of rare classic cars, and this time had the best weather by far. Arriving early, we witnessed the opening parade of all the exceptional…

At one time, the marine chronometer was among the most important of all instruments. It helped determine a ship’s position by measuring latitude. Glashütte Original, originally known as Glashütter Uhrenbetrieb GmbH (GUB), was a famed maker of these instruments. The Senator Chronometer takes inspiration from these ship clocks but transports the form to the wrist.…

The Horological Society of New York’s award-winning classes are on the road again! HSNY is returning to Atlanta on October 12 and 13, 2024, hosted by the Atlanta Watch Society. HSNY then heads to Tucson on October 18 and 19, 2024, hosted by Ben Bridge Jeweler. Finally, HSNY returns to Toronto on November 2 and…

Happy Friday and welcome back to Bring A Loupe! Another week, another scattered selection of all the best, most interesting, and sometimes strange watches for sale around the web. To recap last week’s edition, we have lots of results to cover! The Cartier Shutter purse watch at Bonhams, the one with a $1,000 to $2,000…

The Royal Oak Concept line has been Audemars Piguet‘s platform to showcase complex calibers and cutting-edge materials since its debut in 2002. Now for 2024, a new model has joined the collection: the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Split-Seconds Chronograph GMT Large Date watch in a material AP is calling Chroma Forged Technology (CFT). To…

Another Friday, another list! This week, we leave our lists of watches with famous movements behind and focus on the Rolex Submariner. As some of you will know, Rolex, Wallpaper*, and Nicholas Foulkes collaborated on Oyster Perpetual Submariner: The Watch that Unlocked the Deep. The book came out last week, and it brilliantly covers the…

Not a Petite Seconde. Not a Régulateur. Not even a collab. Louis Erard has just released three new chronographs. You probably didn’t even know the brand made chronographs. To be fair, the existing line-up of the chronographs (still named “La Sportive,” but now under the “2300” heading in the brand’s catalog) are all limited editions,…

We’re proud to announce that we’ve teamed up with UBS for the latest installment of UBS House of Craft with a week of special events and exciting in-person programming in NYC dedicated to celebrating the craft of horology. Starting October 7th, we are working with UBS to offer several days of public talks, hangouts, special…