Last week, Ben—along with an extra-special Hodinkee Alum—took to Greenwich, Connecticut, to host a hangout at the watch and jewelry retailer Betteridge. Not only part of the Watch of Switzerland family (like Hodinkee), Betteridge has also been a part of the Greenwich Avenue shopping scene since 1952.  With plenty of space and even more watches,…

Independent brand Crafter Blue has made a name for itself by producing high-quality rubber straps that flawlessly integrate with popular dive and sports watches. The Crafter Blue MX03 strap, one of the brand’s most innovative designs, takes things up a notch with a modular construction comprising three key parts: stainless steel end links, a cut-to-size…

What We Know If you know video games, you know “Death Stranding” – or at the very least, have probably heard the name Hideo Kojima. Kojima and artist Yoji Shinkawa have been responsible for some of the most iconic video games ever. In its latest collaboration, Hamilton combines that heritage with Yoji Shinkawa’s art for…

In total, Swatch has introduced 30 MoonSwatch models since 2022. First, there were the original 11 MoonSwatch variants, and then, a year later, we saw 11 others with a Moonshine Gold-plated hand. In 2024, we got two MoonSwatch Snoopy models, three new MoonSwatch Mission on Earth variants, a Mission to the Super Blue Moonphase, and…

After years of being on countless collectors’ wish lists, a GMT-equipped version of the Tudor Pelagos finally appeared last October as one of the Swiss brand’s releases for 2024. However, rather than adding a GMT complication to the standard version of the model, Tudor instead created a military-themed tool watch in partnership with the French…

When Biver launched to great fanfare in 2023, the debut watch displayed watchmaking maximalism at its finest. Father and son Jean-Claude and Pierre Biver must have asked themselves, “What if we turn everything up to eleven?” The young brand’s second model, the Automatique, dialed things down somewhat. Still, it looked distinctly intricate and truly Biver-esque.…

Jean-Pierre Hagmann, the most celebrated watch casemaker of the past half century and best known for his work with Patek Philippe, has died. His passing was announced on social media by watchmakers and industry executives close to the diminutive craftsman who was born in 1940. During a multi-decade career beginning as an apprentice in 1956,…

This post is part of a series, Reading Time at HSNY, written by HSNY’s librarians. Today’s post was written by St John Karp. This is a question we get often at the Horological Society of New York (HSNY). And the short answer is: No! We don’t! HSNY’s Jost Bürgi Research Library has many books about…