The Ebel 1911 Globe you see here is one of the most divisive watches we’ve had in the office lately. Only Robert-Jan and I like this glorious piece of late-1980s design brilliance, so it won’t surprise you that I volunteered to review the watch. Besides the fact that I like the flashy presence, it awakens…

A couple of years ago, I reviewed the Mark Carson Kailua watch. The Kailua is an elegantly designed, square-themed watch from independent Hawai’i-based watch designer and collector/community enthusiast Mark Carson. He released a few watches before the Kailua, but I think he really hit his stride with this model because it combines both originality and…

Seven years ago, Breguet introduced the flagship model of its Marine collection, the Tourbillon Equation Marchante 5887. Two versions debuted in 2017 — one in 18K rose gold with a silver dial and the other in platinum with a blue dial. In 2020, another rose gold version joined the Marine collection, this time, with a…

Let’s start with a quote from the introduction article I wrote on the Nomos Tangente 2date. Here goes: “… if you wear this new Tangente on a first date, the chances you will land a second date are practically zero if the other person is into watches and a frequent contributor to the ‘date or…

If you were to come up to me on the street and say, “Hey Ben – what is the best watch made in the 1990s?” I would not hesitate to answer: The A. Lange & Söhne Pour le Mérite Tourbillon. Now, if you were to come up to me and say, “Hey Ben – what is…

We’re back with another episode of Hodinkee Radio. In addition to the podcast feed, each episode also has video, so swing by Hodinkee’s YouTube channel (or watch below). Only want the audio? It’s being published to the same old Hodinkee Radio feed, so check your feeds or subscribe wherever you find podcasts (try Apple Podcasts,…

What do you do after 20 years in the watch industry, when you’ve funneled a career of ingenuity and innovation into other brands? Brandon Little decided the only thing to do was to start his own brand and was resolute in his determination to create a watch that offered both style and durability. The result…

To answer the question and save you some time, yes. Better is always better. Unless it’s not. The movement on the MB&F LM Sequential Flyback is objectively better than an already GPHG-winning masterpiece by one of the brightest minds in modern watchmaking. But that’s not all that MB&F changed about the follow-up to the LM…