Nike’s Most Overlooked Running Shoe Just Got the Alphafly Treatment
All that race-day bounce, no carbon plate required.
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Sennheiser Built a Flagship Earbud You Can Fix With a Screwdriver
The fit got reworked using scan data from thousands of ears, too.
Blancpain Revives a 1968 Skin Diver for the Bathyscaphe’s 70th Birthday
Skin diver proportions, a 100-hour movement, and just 300 numbered pieces worldwide.
adidas Brings Its Super Shoe Formula to the Trails with the Agravic Speed Ultra Evo
Lighter than plenty of road trainers, and yes, we have durability questions.
Essays: George Daniels At 100, A Personal Reflection By Roger W. Smith OBE
On the 100th anniversary of the birth of the legendary horologist and watchmaker Dr. George Daniels CBE, Hodinkee is honored to publish an essay from Daniels protege and friend, Roger W. Smith OBE, who has taken up the mantle of continuing the legacy of Daniels and his method of watchmaking. The bond between the two…
Inside The Manufacture: Why Fam al Hut Is Pursuing Manufacture Status
This story is a special presentation from Hodinkee Japan, written and illustrated by Masaharu Wada, the Deputy Editor-in-Chief for Hodinkee Japan. For a young brand to revisit roughly 98 percent of the movement components in a GPHG-winning watch after receiving the award might ordinarily sound like cause for concern. But when I visited Fam al…
Hands-on – The Yellow Gold Minerva The Unveiled Chronograph Limited Edition 30
Minerva‘s Unveiled Chronograph series is an exercise in turning conventional watchmaking inside out. Instead of hiding the movement under the dial, which would require taking the watch off the wrist to admire its calibre through the display caseback, the manufacture reverses its architecture, making the chronograph mechanism and its distinctive hand-finished components the main attraction…
Introducing – The New Norqain Independence Skeleton Titanium DLC
Since the debut of the Independence Skeleton in 2022, followed by the fifth-anniversary Skeleton editions in 2023 and the more compact 40mm model introduced last year, Norqain has established its approach to skeletonisation. Without chasing the extremes, the brand offers a combination of a contemporary openworked design and the robust, adventure-ready character that defines the…
Twelve on Time – Louis Erard’s Manuel Emch and his Personal Relationship with Time and Watches
Twelve on Time is a conversation series that invites leading personalities from the watch industry to step beyond their work and speak more personally about their relationship with time, creativity, and craft. Through a set of twelve questions, the column aims to lift the veil on both the individual and their perspective on watchmaking –…
Introducing – Henri Grandjean & Cie Unveils the Magician Atrivm Green Sapphire and Atrivm Red Sapphire
Henri Grandjean (1803-1879) was a master watchmaker from Le Locle, renowned for his precision marine chronometers and for his pioneering role in Swiss chronometry. The name was recently revived by entrepreneur and collector Sohail Aziz and positioned as an independent brand specialising in exquisite high-end contemporary haute horlogerie. Making an impressive debut, Henri Grandjean &…