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4 Of Our Favorite Olympic Watch Moments
Outstanding watches from past Olympic Games.
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The aviation tool-watch genre. Cartier Santos (1904), the WWII B-Uhr, the French Type 20 flyback, the RAF Mark XI, the Breitling Navitimer.
Louis Cartier built it in 1904 for his aviator friend Alberto Santos-Dumont, who was fed up fumbling for his pocket watch mid-flight. 121 years later the square case with exposed screws is still the sharpest dress-sports piece on the shelf. Here is how it got there.
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Outstanding watches from past Olympic Games.
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All the watches worth seeing.
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Are watches that beat faster more precise?
Revolution
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PanoMaticLunar Forest Green does it particularly well.
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No, not a Speedy.
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Where it (and we) all began.
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Cast your vote!
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How to trade big-ticket watches for handcuffs and decades in prison.
Straight out of The Jetsons.
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The Speedies were velcroed to the custom flight suits for a historic ten minutes.
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You are heading to a special event for the evening. You’re feeling elegant, you’re a fan of decorative arts, and you also have a real penchant for classic mechanics with a twist. What do you wear on your wrist? Elizabeth Doerr can’t think of many watches better than A. Lange & Söhne’s new Cabaret Tourbillon Handwerkskunst.
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Our options today are so much more exciting than they were before.
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Booms, busts, and the birth of the nostalgia industry.
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It's likely not the one you think it is.
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Gunshots ring out with an unnerving cadence, and the chants of angry crowds ring across the city. It is Sunday, February 11, 1979. Come Monday morning, the country’s biggest newspaper hits newsstands with the front page proclaiming: “The Regime Has Disintegrated”. The provisional government collapsed the day before, with the military having returned to its barracks – leaving the Islamic Revolution triumphant. All day long that Monday, a young man ignores the revolutionary chaos as best he can, dedicating himself to picking up the phone every hour and dialling his father’s office at air force headquarters within Doshan Tappeh Air Base in Tehran. Each time his father answers and calmly reassures the son all is well. For a few months now, the son has tried to talk his father into leaving the country. The Shah had already fled and tensions were rising. But each time his old man responded in the same manner, “I am a soldier of this land and my duty calls me to stay.” Not only did the father remain in the country, he dutifully turned up to work every day. Nader Jahanbani (right) with Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, in the early 1970s; Nader has his GMT-Master on his wrist On that fateful Monday, the son calls at six in the evening and hears his father’s voice. He calls again at seven and his father picks up the phone. An hour later, he dials the number once again and listens to the phone ringing. No one answers. He tries again a few minutes later ...
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Our friends at The Watches TV visited Laurent Jolliet, the last “chain maker” in business in Switzerland according to Marc André Deschoux. As Jolliet crafts his bracelets and chains fully by hand, Deschoux and crew were able to find out in detail how Milanese bracelets are made, an art form no longer formally taught, and they share the secrets with us here.
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If a fourth one comes out, please drop an anvil on my head.
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Last month, we sent intrepid beginner Sarah Miller shopping for a Rolex. Today, she gets her hands on a legit collection – and she has some questions.
In the third installment of her beginner's column, our correspondent plunks down some cash. Read on to learn what she bought – and what she did when it broke.
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Custom numerals, simplified dials, and user-friendly layouts go a long way.
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Come for the Richard Milles, stay for the sausage truck.
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Material experimentation can sometimes feel gimmicky. This watchmaker is doing it for the betterment of society.
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Five video stories from HODINKEE readers.
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We didn't see these watches coming, but we're glad they're here.
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In this week's article, we take a look at some two-hand dress watches that are extraordinary with some nice designs and incredible touches to it.
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A Unique Royal Oak Jumbo and Tudor Black Bay GMT – and much, much more.
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Weston Cutter of Haven Watches is bringing back color and complications from a bygone era.
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Three up-and-coming watchmakers look toward the future.
Behold the worst-kept secret in watchdom: the Seiko 5.
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