Watches
This Week in Watches: November 21, 2014
This Week in Watches: Panerai’s new Luminor chronograph, G-P’s Large Date Moonphase Mechanics of Art Deco, Parmigiani’s upcoming SIHH 2015 and more.
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WatchesFor $24 Million, a Complex and Storied Patek
The most complicated watch Patek Philippe has ever made without the aid of a computer is going on the auction block again at Sotheby’s in Geneva, Switzerland this November 11.
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WatchesA Look Back at Germany’s Storied Watchmaker
This year Walter Lange turned 90, and the company his grandfather built celebrates 20 years since its post-Cold War rebirth.
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WatchesA Lange-Term Love Affair
I’ll never own a Lange & Söhne timepiece. Yet ask me what my favorite watch brand is and I’ll spit out their name without hesitation.
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WatchesGlaciers, Volcanos and Wind in Iceland
Iceland is perhaps the most exotic place on Earth. And it’s only a five-hour flight from Manhattan.
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WatchesTimekeeping Selects: OMEGA Seamaster Professional “SHOM” (Sold)
For the 11th installment of our Timekeeping Selects series with Analog/Shift, we’re presenting an OMEGA Seamaster Professional “SHOM” ($3,500), designed for the study of French coasts in 1973 by the Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine.
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WatchesFive Watches to Burn Your Bonus On
You did well this year. Now — what to spend that bonus on?
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WatchesBuilding the Hypothetical “Perfect” Watch
The term “Frankenwatch” is pejorative, suggesting an impure timepiece cobbled together from parts of questionable origin and vintage. But ask watch collectors to name the best parts from any watch, and they’ll eventually dream up an imaginary watch that only a mad doctor could love.
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WatchesTime Is Money: Braun and the Cool, Unsettling Bauhaus Watch
While testing out the new Braun BN0035 Chronograph, I find out why the midcentury modern design makes me (and many other watch collectors) feel uncomfortable.
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WatchesTimekeeping Selects: 1960s Hamilton “Poor Man’s Heuer” Chronograph (Sold)
For the tenth installment of our Timekeeping Selects series with Analog/Shift, we’re selling a “Poor Man’s Heuer”: a 1960s Hamilton chronograph just off of a fresh service in remarkable condition for $1,700.
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WatchesKit: Racing the Rolex Big Boat Series
Offshore yacht racing may seem like a gentleman’s sport, but underestimate it at your peril. Leave the polo shirt and leather boat shoes in your shore bag for the yacht club after-party.
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WatchesAnd Now, the 5 Vintage Watches You’ll Want this Season (Sold)
This fall we’ve gathered five vintage watches that strike the themes we like: tradition, a sense of sport, and shrewd shopping.
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WatchesZeitwinkel Unwinds the Swiss In-House Watch Movement
By adopting an open, honest method of utilizing reliable local partners for their movements, Swiss brand Zeitwinkel is delivering original in-house designs while maintaining quality.
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WatchesTimekeeping Selects: Tissot Navigator World Time (Sold)
For the eighth installment of our Timekeeping Selects series with Analog/Shift, we’re presenting a 24-hour timekeeping gem, the Tissot Navigator World Time ($1,650).
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WatchesBring it, Apple Watch: The Traditional Watch Is Here to Stay
“Switzerland is in trouble”, Jony Ive recently said when introducing Apple’s smart watch. But watch collectors have heard those words before, and the traditional wristwatch has survived — prospered even.
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WatchesWant This, Get This: Bremont Terra Nova or Alpina Alpinist GMT 4
A good expedition watch must be a jack of all trades, with water, shock, and magnetic field resistance plus a compass bezel.
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WatchesTime Is Money: Weiss’s Field Watch Aims for Heirloom Status
The Weiss Watch Co. Standard Issue Field Watch was built with a bold purpose — that of an affordable, American-made heirloom.
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WatchesTime Is Money: Figuring Out the Unconventional Mondaine Stop2Go
There are a couple of things that sober up a man. A grievous insult to one’s woman in a bar does it; cold night air is surprisingly effective; some swear by a black cup of coffee.
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WatchesWant This, Get This: Breitling Aerospace Evo or Victorinox Swiss Army Chrono Classic XLS MT
The analog-digital watch came into its own in the 1980s, joining the traditional three-handed watch with the functionality of digital timepieces.
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WatchesTime Is Money: Tsovet and the Victory of the Reasonably Sized Watch
At 36mm, the JPT-PW36 is the smallest watch Tsovet makes.