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Strike While It’s Hot | Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Minute Repeater Supersonnerie with Fumé Red Dial

Crafted entirely from titanium with a platinum bezel, this model debuts the first-ever red fumé dial. Renowned for its exceptional acoustic quality, the Supersonnerie lives up to its reputation in this latest release, which is limited to just five pieces. Wei takes an exclusive look at this new masterpiece, revealing everything you need to know […]

The Sports Section: How Omega Captured The Men's 100m Final Photo Finish (And The Watch Noah Lyles Wore While Winning)

It's one of the closest Olympic finishes in history. Let's look at how close 0.005 seconds really is.

Bottom Time: The Important Lessons I’ve Learned While Diving With Over 200 Watches

Old friend and dive expert Jason Heaton shares some underwater wisdom.

“Creativity will shape the watch market”: Xavier de Roquemaurel, CEO of Czapek & Cie.

The Roundup: A Watch That Smiles Back, A Diver That Will Have You Spinning, and More

As a watch enthusiast, how frequently do you gaze at your watch and smile? What if your timepiece could return the gesture? From the renowned interior architect Alain Silberstein, in collaboration with Louis Erard, comes the Smile-Day, a watch that quite literally smiles back. Instead of showing the days of the week, this unique piece depicts various smiley faces along with the date. As a watch enthusiast, how frequently do you gaze at your watch and smile? What if your timepiece could return the gesture? From the renowned interior architect Alain Silberstein, in collaboration with Louis Erard, comes the Smile-Day, a watch that quite literally smiles back. Instead of showing the days of the week, this unique piece depicts various smiley faces along with the date. The post The Roundup: A Watch That Smiles Back, A Diver That Will Have You Spinning, and More appeared first on Worn & Wound.

The ‘Pleasure of Dressing Well’ & the Return of the Parmigiani Fleurier Toric

Will the Monaco Be TAG Heuer’s New Answer to the Ultra-Modern Sport Watch?

Does the Millesime mark the Return of Raymond Weil?

3 Standouts at the Backbone Media Spring Showcase: Gerber, Wiley X, and Thule

Backbone Media has been a long-standing force in the outdoor industry as a media and PR agency representing some of our most beloved gear brands. Each spring they bring a curated selection of their clientele to NYC for their Spring Showcase. The Worn & Wound team was on the scene and here are 3 standout products that we couldn’t stop talking about. Gerber – ComplEAT Cook Set  We likely all know the Portland, OR-based brand Gerber for their multitools, as well as their folding and fixed blades. However, their new modular camping cook and dining set was a show-stealer. The 16-piece ComplEAT Cook Set has everything you need to easily feed a group of hungry campers. It features a stock pot and sauté pan, both with generous cooking surfaces. The dining set comes with space-maximizing designs that complement their custom utensil sets perfectly. Best of all, when it’s time to break camp, everything packs together in the storage bag for ultra-compact stowing between destinations. Wiley X – WX Founder Sunglasses It’s not only great to visit Backbone’s Spring Showcase to see what’s new from some of your favorite brands, it’s great for discovering new brands as well. One of those discoveries for us was the sunglasses brand Wiley X out of Texas. They have been creating tactical and safety lenses for military and tactical use since 1987 and now have a stylish line of daily use sunglasses that don’t sacrifice any of the safety and ballistic ratings of their professio...

First Look – The Raymond Weil Millesime Automatic Chronograph

There was a time when watch companies looked to the future, trying to capture the mood, technology, and materials of what might be happening in the coming decades. Then there was the trend for vintage or retro-styled watches, and brands with aeons of heritage dug up classics from the past and revisited them with contemporary […]

WatchCharts April 2024 Watch Market Update: Will the Discontinued Rolex Milgauss go Up?

This month’s Dispatch explores the changes in the market we’ve seen against the backdrop of new releases and discontinuations at Watches and Wonders 2023. We also bring you our usual coverage of high level trends for our Overall Market Index and the Big Three brands: Rolex, Patek Philippe, and Audemars Piguet.

Hands-On: How Long Would It Take To Tell The Time Backwards On The Cartier Santos-Dumont Rewind? Only Time Will Tell, If You Ever Can Tell The Time.

Cartier has gone backward in time, or at least in time-telling, with one of their strangest releases.

Recommended Reading: Earth Is Spinning Faster Than Expected, And We May Have To Subtract A Whole Second From The World's Clocks

Melting poles push for a "negative leap second" scenario.

Interview – “India Will Surely Be Among The Fastest-Growing Markets,” Says Yasho Saboo, Chairman of Ethos Watches

The watch industry and its market are in constant evolution, with new brands appearing almost daily. The distribution has to face intense volatility due to the duplication of selling channels, the increased pressure of business combinations and the recent rise of certified pre-owned (CPO), which concerns Rolex but also many more brands. A handful of […]

Hands-on – The Accomplished Vintage Design of the Raymond Weil Millesime Central Seconds

Furniture that looks old but is made today is usually classified as reproduction furniture, models that take design cues from the past but are crafted with contemporary materials. This very same phenomenon also applies to the watch world, especially for brands that don’t have reams of historical catalogues to dip into and select the next […]

This Week In The Shop: These Five Watches Will Help You Keep Your New Year's Resolutions Past January

Smartwatch skeptics beware….

In-Depth: Restarting Universal Genève Will Be A Challenge; Here's Hoping They Can Pull It Off

Breitling's acquisition of the beloved Universal Genève brand is exciting for fans, but there are a lot of potential pitfalls ahead.

Watch Spotting: Will Ferrell's Omega Seamaster And The Watches Of The Golden Globes 2024

With a bevy of heavy-hitting films on the ballots this year, we expected no less from the timepieces.

Three On Three: What Will You Wear When You've Made It To The Top?

A beloved HODINKEE video franchise returns. Our deputy editor sits down with Brynn Wallner and Malaika Crawford to discuss three watches that say "success" – the Patek Ellipse, Cartier Santos, and Vacheron Patrimony.

Hands-On: Did Raymond Weil Really Make A Watch For Watch Enthusiasts?

The Millesime is a GPHG winner, but can the sector dial now win over enthusiasts?

30th anniversary of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore: Complications from Start to Finish (well, almost)

The 30th anniversary of the Royal Oak Offshore (ROO) is an excellent time to think seriously about how good this watch is as a collector’s item. An essential aspect of this subject is mechanical watches with complications.

Watch Spotting: Martin Scorsese Wearing A Rolex 'Kermit' Submariner Ref. 16610LV While Filming 'Killers Of The Flower Moon'

The maestro utilizes his seldom-seen tool watch on-set, and we have the pictures to prove it.

The Raymond Weil Freelancer Pop Bi-Compax Chronograph in titanium and turquoise

Watch Spotting: Will Ferrell Wearing a Zenith Defy A3691 At The Cannes Film Festival

A red Defy for the Ron Burgundy actor.

A Week in Watches Ep. 50: Omega’s Got the Whole World in their Hands

We’re up to episode 50 of A Week in Watches! This week we’ve got several new releases with little in common other than being new. That’s fine by us though. First up is the brutal Ollech & Wajs 8001, their first integrated bracelet sports watch in 50 years. Then we have a Bremont testing instrument turned watch. After, we check out two new offerings from Aera, one in blue the other in gray. And finally, Omega dropped some new Aquaterra worldtimers that are worth knowing about. This week’s episode is sponsored by Whatnot, a live-stream auction app where you can buy and sell unique items. Come join the Windup Watch Shop for their first stream on Tuesday, April 23rd at 5PM Eastern, where they will be showing and selling various items from the shop. Follow this link to sign up for Whatnot and get $15 in credit toward your first purchase. The post A Week in Watches Ep. 50: Omega’s Got the Whole World in their Hands appeared first on Worn & Wound.