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Gifting A Book To A Watch Lover This Holiday Season? Here’s A Selection Of Horological Tomes To Consider

At Quill & Pad we love reading books as much as we love writing them (on occasion). Here is a selection of inspiring books published in 2022, suitable for gifting or reading at any time of year.

Gift Guide: A Toast To The Intoxicating Selections Of The Author And Watch Enthusiast Gary Shteyngart

Gary's controversial and not-so-controversial gift picks for the holiday season.

Auctions: Five Hodinkee Editors Chat About Paul Newman's Stuntman, J.P. Morgan's Pocket Watch, And Watches We'd Actually Bid On As We Preview This Week's Auctions

Eavesdrop on a Hodinkee Slack chat as we talk auction trends, rare Cartier London watches, tiny chronographs, and more from the upcoming New York auctions.

Gift Guide: Gifts For The Watch Newbie In Your Life

Gifts for someone who knows they don't know a lot about watches, but knows they want to know more.

Watch Of The Week: The Third Polerouter Is The Charm For RedBar's Kathleen McGivney

Nothing can stop my fascination with radium lume. Not even a divorce and pandemic.

The Style Section: Our Favorite Watch Merch Of All Time

From branded baseball caps to cell phones – and everything in between.

The Once Upon a Time Watch Project…Watch Stories Waiting to be Told

A Week On The Wrist: The Search Is Over – This Entry Level F.P. Journe Chronomètre Bleu Is My New Favorite Watch

For now, at least.

Watch Of The Week: I Took A Professional Leap Of Faith – And Ended Up Celebrating With A Tudor North Flag

How Brendan Cunningham twice earned tenure and fell into watches at the same time.

One for the Watch Mods

In-Depth: What Can A Watch That Looks Like A Horse Teach Us About Hermès' Past, Present, And Future?

A horse is a horse, of course, of course. Unless there's a tourbillon and minute repeater and nearly 200 years of history behind the horse, of course.

The Two Watch Collection: The Grand Seiko SBGW033 130th Anniversary Limited Edition And The A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Thin 37mm

Demonstrating how a shared philosophy about watchmaking can produce different, but complementary, expressions.

The Two Watch Collection: The Patek Philippe 3940 And The A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Chronograph

Only the important stuff. Nothing else.

Breaking News: Calling All Watch Lovers: Louis Vuitton Is Establishing The ‘Watch Prize for Independent Creatives’

The new award kicks off in the New Year and is geared toward furthering creativity and entrepreneurship in horology.

The Conversation: We Discuss The Perfect Dress Watch And Other Hot-Button Issues

Much more than idle chit-chat.

Zooming in with Silas Walton from A Collected Man on Grail Watch 2

Silas Walton, founder and CEO of A Collected Man, is a market mover and tastemaker who has always had a keen sense for watches that are timeless, very often before most people realise the perennial qualities those watches possess. He was one of the early few that identified the inherent value of Franck Muller chronographs […]

The Spec Sheet: One Minute With The Most Popular (Rolex) Watch In The World

A small Datejust is an all-time classic, and in two-tone it just feels right.

Introducing Grail Watch 2: Franck Muller 30th Anniversary ‘Tribute’ Chronographs

Watch Of The Week: The Watch My Mother Gave Me Reflects Her Astounding Strength

She fled Cuba as a baby and built an incredible life for herself and her children.

New: Urwerk UR-102 Reloaded – one of a kind watch

Urwerk releases a new collaboration with Cooper Jacoby to reload their original and highly desirable UR-102. Piece unique to be auctioned off.

The Greatest Watch (Bracelet) Story Ever Told. Spoiler Alert: Lange Datograph Lumen Upgrade, What Could Possibly Go Wrong? – Reprise

CB thought it was a great idea to add a legendary platinum bracelet to his A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Lumen. At first it looked like it would be easy, but then there were a few unforeseen "issues." GaryG tells the up-and-down story of one man's search (and willingness to fight) for his dream grail.

Editors' Picks: Nine Watches We Recommend To Our Non-Watch Friends

They aren't going to read this.

The search for value: Six modestly priced watches to add into your watch collection

In this week's article, we focus on modestly priced watches - more specifically, timepieces with a price point at the sub-S$2,000 range.

A Preview of the Upcoming Phillips Geneva Watch Auction XVI (Nov 5th – 6th)

Photo Report: Jacob & Co. Releases A Wild New 'Godfather' Watch With A Blowout Gala In Sicily

It costs half a million bucks, comes with a triple-axis flying tourbillon, and plays the movie's famous theme song. About the only thing it can't do is make you a cannoli.