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Worn & Wound Meet the Windup Watch Fair Chicago 2025 Lead Sponsors
The Windup Watch Fair is returning to Chicago from Friday, July 11th through Sunday, July 13th, and it’s shaping up to be another unforgettable weekend celebrating all things watches, gear, and community. Hosted in the heart of the West Loop at Ven…
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Zach Kazan / Worn & Wound Typsim Makes Watches for the True Watch Nerd
Typsim, the Seattle based brand run by Matt Zinski, has been on my radar since the spring of 2023, when I met Matt at the Windup Watch Fair in San Francisco. Typsim was not exhibiting at this show, but that’s frankly sometimes my favorite way to me…
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Mark Kauzlarich / HODINKEE Introducing: The Biver Carillon Tourbillon Signature Series
The last of the Biver Carillon Tourbillons get a vintage-inspired facelift. Biver, now two years old, has recently announced the final version of its inaugural model, the Biver Carillon Tourbillon, with what the brand is calling its Signature Serie…
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Worn & Wound Summer Sale Flash Deal: Citizen Promaster Land
In stock and ready to ship.Now in its 35th year, Citizen’s Promaster line of tool watches are purpose-built for Land, Sea, and Air with a strong focus on functionality, durability, and safety. To celebrate this, Citizen has created a new collection…
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Zach Kazan / Worn & Wound G-SHOCK Launches New MT-G Watches Designed by Humans and AI
Whether we like it or not, the age of artificial intelligence is upon us. It has slowly (and then very quickly) seeped into just about every facet of our lives in small ways. Our social media feeds are sprinkled with content either partially or com…
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Peter Chong / Deployant New: Hanhart 415 ES Panda & Reverse Panda
Hanhart released a new addition to their chronograph collection with the new 415 ES in steel, a throwback to the brand’s 1960 roots. With an update to their 415 Es collection with a Panda and Reverse Panda dial options.Press Release information wit…
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Ripley Sellers / aBlogToWatch New Release: Tudor Pelagos FXD Chrono ‘Yellow’ Limited-Edition Watch
When Tudor first launched the Pelagos FXD Chrono “Cycling Edition” as one of its releases for 2024, most of us thought the model would be somewhat of a one-off creation, as a mechanical chronograph inspired by the world of competitive cycling is ob…
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John Cote / HODINKEE Photo Report: The 2025 NAWCC National Convention
History, friends, and some great watches in York, Pennsylvania July 02, 2025 Photos by John Cote Watch collecting is all about opportunities, especially the annual convention of the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors (NAWCC), which co…
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Lex Stolk / Fratello Watches Introducing: The Icy-Cool Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical 38mm Zermatt Exclusive Edition With A Matterhorn Engraving
Doesn't that frosted blue dial give you the chills? This watch might not be for field-watch purists. But for those who are more open-minded and don’t mind chill frivolities, this icy-cool Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical 38mm might be just the watch…
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Ripley Sellers / aBlogToWatch Hands-On Debut: Mu:n Orion Moonphase Watch
Founded in 2021, Mu:n (pronounced “moon”) is a French independent brand, and just as its name suggests, Mu:n specializes in moonphase watches. The company’s latest creation is known as the Orion, and it is inspired by the Orion spacecraft used by t…
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Buffy Acacia / Time+Tide 13 of the best jewellery watches from $400 to $400,000
It’s no secret that all watches are functionally jewellery, no matter how much testosterone fuels some collectors’ fantasies of utility. That said, there are plenty of fundamental differences between the jewellery and wristwatch industries. For th…
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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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