Date of discovery: July 26, 2026Location of sighting: Mars Source: https://mars.nasa.gov/msl-raw-images/msss/03393/mcam/3393ML1015160341305084C00_DXXX.jpgGuys, this is a unexploded missile laying on the surface of Mars just meter from the…
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Date of discovery: July 27, 2026Location of discovery: In orbit between Jupiter and MarsSource: https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/PIA07881/PIA07881~orig.jpgI found a comet in the NASA index and I wanted to…
Read MoreLaco will reach a true milestone in 2025, its 100th anniversary. It began a five-year series of limited edition watches in 2020, the Mission 2025 series, as a preshow party of sorts. Last year’s Laco Edition 95 was a modified version of the Navy Cuxhaven/Bremerhaven with a blue dial and hands, appropriately limited to 95…
What We Know Birdwell was started in Santa Ana, Southern California back in '61 as a small operation selling surfwear, namely board shorts. You know, the kind of shorts you'd wear if you were loading a few longboards atop your Volkswagen van. In 2014, the brand went from super-small to medium-small, and they started making…
Six Dress Watches To Carry You Into The Winter Months End the year in style. Originally published on HODINKEE, October 28th 2021 It’s been far too long, but it’s looking like – maybe – we’ll get to have a somewhat ordinary holiday season this year. People will be traveling to see family and friends that they…
Since the end of the year 2021 is fast approaching and following our recent buying guides, we continue to look at the best watches introduced this year in most categories. After the best chronographs, our favourite watches by independent watchmakers or the top dive watches, it’s time for us to go elegant and dressy. But,…
Since its “resurrection” a couple of years ago, Nivada Grenchen has been working hard on re-issuing some of its most glorious past models. Playing on a mix of historical design elements combined with modern materials and mechanics, the new Nivada models are all about accurate vintage flair, relatively accessible prices, and a pretty solid dosage…
During Dubai Watch Week, we interviewed Hind Abdul Hamied Seddiqi, Director General of the event and Chief Marketing & Communications Officer of Seddiqi Holding. A key event in the region and the global watch calendar, Dubai Watch Week held its fifth edition from 24 -28 November 2021. Like previous editions, it was held at the…
The fact that the very first example of the Rexhep Rexhepi Chronomètre Contemporain II (or RRCCII) hammered for CHF 800,000 at the latest edition of Only Watch speaks volumes about the recognition of independent watchmaker Rexhep Rexhepi, founder of the brand Akrivia. During Dubai Watch Week, we chatted with Rexhepi to find out how a…
For some years now, Seiko has been demonstrating its savoir-faire in other areas than the classic sports watches – which can be found in the Prospex collection. With its Presage range, the Japanese manufacture went on a mission to explore traditional artistic crafts of its country of origin, releasing watches with enamel, Urushi lacquer, guilloché with…
What We Know Richard Mille watches have often featured technical advances which sometimes get obscured in the larger narrative about the brand and by the sheer enormity of the price points they occupy, but they are, nonetheless, bona fide technical achievements. A tourbillon watch that's literally light enough to float and robust enough to tolerate…
To view the entire current selection of vintage watches available in the HODINKEE Shop, click here. Questions? Send us a note, or let us know in the comments. Want to sell your vintage watch through the HODINKEE Shop? Click here. Want to sell your pre-owned watch? Click here. This Week's Vintage Watches None of the watches in this…
