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Hands-On: The Longines Spirit Chronograph
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Hands-On: The Longines Spirit Chronograph

Hands-On: The Longines Spirit Chronograph You’re my boy, blue! Originally published by Danny Milton on HODINKEE, December 11th 2020 The terms “heritage” and “vintage-inspired” get bandied about often in the watch world. These words are meant to invoke feelings of a bygone era. Over the past decade, Longines has unleashed a torrent of vintage-inspired timepieces, from…

How Audemars Piguet Made Black Ceramic The Hottest Material In Watchmaking
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How Audemars Piguet Made Black Ceramic The Hottest Material In Watchmaking

In-Depth: How Audemars Piguet Made Black Ceramic The Hottest Material In Watchmaking It’s the stuff that dreams are made of. Originally published by Stephen Pulvirent on HODINKEE, December 17th 2020 Audemars Piguet dropped the Royal Oak Double Balance Wheel Openworked in black ceramic, utilizing their new-normal strategy of slipping the watch onto a product page…

In-Depth: A Primer On Mother-Of-Pearl
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In-Depth: A Primer On Mother-Of-Pearl

In-Depth: A Primer On Mother-Of-Pearl Watchmaking’s go-to symbol of femininity is tougher than you think. Originally published by Jack Forster on HODINKEE, May 5th 2021 Mother-of-pearl is, unfortunately, a turn-off to a lot of watch enthusiasts, although not entirely without reason. If the tendency in designing so-called lady’s watches is, at its worst, “shrinking and…