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Andrew Cavanaugh / SJX Watches Louis Vuitton’s Jacquemart Pocket Watches Journey Around the World
Translating as “Stopovers Around the World”, Escale Autour du Monde is Louis Vuitton’s collection of unique and lavish minute repeating pocket watches. The collection now counts two watches: Escale en Amazonie that depicts the heart of the rainfore…
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Watch Collecting Lifestyle Introducing: Breguet Classique Tourbillon Sidéral ref. 7255. A Celestial Celebration of Horological Mastery.
Breguet unveils its most ambitious anniversary piece yet—a mysterious flying tourbillon that pays homage to the stars. In the world of haute horlogerie, few complications command as much respect as the tourbillon. And no name is more synonymous wit…
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Sponsored / Worn & Wound A Keepsake in Time: The Wedding Watch Gift Guide with Hampden
When the wedding invitations start rolling in and the summer air warms with celebration, there’s a timeless question every groom and wedding party must answer: What gifts can truly mark this moment? For the groom and his closest friends, a Hampden…
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TanTan Wang / HODINKEE Introducing: The Laventure Marine Type 3 Chronometer
A unique COSC-certified tool watch that is 100% Swiss-made. Laventure, a Kickstarter brand turned microbrand, just released what might be its most compelling design in the Marine Type 3. These new watches take the previously established design lang…
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Mark Kauzlarich / HODINKEE Introducing: Richard Mille RM30-01 LeMans Classic
More than just an updated color, the watch features a new function perfect for the 24-hour race. Le Mans Classic returns this summer to the French countryside for its biennial celebration of the historic race cars that once battled through motorspo…
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Borna Bošnjak / Time+Tide Behrens and Konstantin Chaykin pull an Ace of Hearts from their sleeves
The Ace of Hearts is celebrating three years of partnership between Behrens and Konstantin Chaykin.It’s available in three material options and with an airy, Joker “dial”, with the movement seemingly suspended in the trapezoidal case.Despite the l…
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Erik Slaven / Monochrome Watches First Look – The Fun & Affordable Batavi Marina Chronograaf
Batavi is a burgeoning microbrand in the Netherlands and no stranger to fresh designs with models like the Atelier and Architect, the latter being a slick integrated sports watch. Style and accessible pricing really define the brand, and the latest…
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Watchonista Northern Touch: Canadian Brands to Watch Out For
The Great White North is experiencing a surge in independent watchmaking. Today, we’re looking at some of the brands that should be on your radar. Horology is an ecosystem. For our area of interest (watches), we need to plant seeds. This means nurt…
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Buffy Acacia / Time+Tide What is a dive watch?
Coming into the world of watch collecting can be confusing for a beginner, as watch enthusiasts have developed a small lexicon of their own. Although something like “dive watch” sounds pretty self-explanatory, there are multiple decades of history…
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Henry Black / Fratello Watches Restoring An Old Art Deco Oris Watch Found In A Suitcase
Bringing this 1940s beauty back to life Last year, I shared the story of finding an Art Deco Oris watch in a suitcase. I had been looking through the case at a vintage shop here in Sydney when I saw something glistening. It turned out to be a rathe…
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ABlogtoWatch / aBlogToWatch WATCH GIVEAWAY: Rosenbusch The Quest RB200
July 2025 is upon us at last, and as the world prepares for the height of summer, we here at aBlogtoWatch are excited for peak short-sleeve season. There’s no better time of year to show off a new watch than summer, when the weather demands bare ar…
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Andrew Cavanaugh / SJX Watches The Forgotten Boston Collector Who Rivalled Henry Graves Jr.
Between 1885 and 1920, Elliot Cabot Lee (1854-1920) quietly built one of the world’s largest collections of very complicated watches, but unlike the famous rivals Henry Graves Jr. or James Ward Packard, both of whom favoured Swiss watches (and prim…
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Michael Stockton / Fratello Watches Hands-On With The Colorful New Certina DS-X GMT
Has Certina dropped the season's most surprising hit? Well, well, well… It appears that Certina isn’t standing still and allowing microbrands to have all the fun with color. The new DS-X GMT collection consists of five new models. One visited us at…
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Mark Kauzlarich / HODINKEE Introducing: Hamilton's New Khaki Field Mechanical Might Be A Perfect Push For A Trip To Switzerland
Any excuse to escape the heatwaves in the United States. This might be the most specific and out-of-the-way watch I've covered, but knowing how much folks love Hamilton, rare finds, and an excuse to travel, let me introduce you to four special edit…
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Zach Kazan / Worn & Wound Tudor Releases their Latest Pelagos FXD Chrono
Tudor continues their extended campaign of surprise drops, and colorful editions of their Pelagos FXD Chrono, with the new Pelagos FXD Chrono “Yellow.” It’s been clear for some time now that Tudor’s broad release strategy includes limited productio…
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Worn & Wound Summer Sale Flash Deal: ADPT EDC Watch Fold
The ADPT EDC Watch Fold is inspired by modern outdoors and EDC gear. Featuring 1000D nylon fabric, neoprene, and 550 paracord, it's built to last and take a beating. The twin pockets let you carry much more than the size suggests, easily containing…
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Peter Chong / Deployant New: Bvlgari Octo Roma Worldtimer SG60
Bvlgari celebrates with Singapore on our 60th National Day with a special edition of their World Timer. Press Release information with commentary in italics.New: Bvlgari SG60 World Timer Limited EditionThe Bvlgari SG60 World Timer Ref. Ref. 104230…
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Mark Kauzlarich / HODINKEE Introducing: Panerai's New Luminor Chrono Flyback Luna Rossa And Luminor Luna Rossa
Skip to Main Content [enter] Introducing Panerai's New Luminor Chrono Flyback Luna Rossa And Luminor Luna Rossa Panerai leans on its yachting connections with two new releases. Panerai recently announced two new attractive additions to its lineup,…
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Kim Westerman / aBlogToWatch The SUPERLATIVE Podcast: Two Men And Their Watches With Matt Hranek
Authentic Watch Conversations Since 2007 This week on the SUPERLATIVE Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch founder Ariel Adam is joined by multifaceted watch enthusiast and author of “A Man and His Watch,” Matt Hranek. Ariel and Matt dive right into Matt…
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Robin Lim / Deployant Review: Tissot PRC 100 Solar
Tissot has been making great strides in recent years, especially with the wildly popular PRX line. This time, Tissot aims to do something a little different – with a technological play. Here is the brand’s take on the solar-powered timepiece space,…
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Time+Tide Vintage vibes abound with the Ferro Time Master 70
We can’t get enough of the 1970s and what came out of this decade in terms of horology. Bold designs, unusual case shapes, and most importantly, colours. Brands were daring and tried just about anything, and a lot of what they experimented with ha…
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