Category: Luxury Accessories

Editor’s pick — Accessory quick take: key highlight (movement/specs for watches, materials/finish, limited run, pricing tier) in 1–2 lines. What We Know Grand Seiko just quietly released two new variations of existing models. No pomp, no circumstance, just posting them on the website. While both look like solid releases, I’m going to start with the…

Editor’s pick — Accessory quick take: key highlight (movement/specs for watches, materials/finish, limited run, pricing tier) in 1–2 lines. What We Know Today is a day a lot of fans of Audemars Piguet have been waiting for: the return of a downsized Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar, now in a 38mm and just 9.4mm thick. It…

Editor’s pick — Accessory quick take: key highlight (movement/specs for watches, materials/finish, limited run, pricing tier) in 1–2 lines. What We Know We’ve long been fans of Ressence at Hodinkee, thanks to their unusual domed dials with interesting displays, and their creative approach to the use of magnets, ball bearings, and other uncommon technical approaches…

Editor’s pick — Accessory quick take: key highlight (movement/specs for watches, materials/finish, limited run, pricing tier) in 1–2 lines. The Apple Watch is the thematic antithesis of the traditional mechanical timepieces that typically dominate the conversations of enthusiasts; however, it’s also undeniable that Apple has created an immensely practical product, and the pure utility of…

Editor’s pick — Accessory quick take: key highlight (movement/specs for watches, materials/finish, limited run, pricing tier) in 1–2 lines. Nothing seems to capture the human imagination quite like the vastness and possibility of outer space. The world of watchmaking is no exception, as multiple brands’ fortunes have been made and lost on space-themed design. In…

Editor’s pick — Accessory quick take: key highlight (movement/specs for watches, materials/finish, limited run, pricing tier) in 1–2 lines. Nicholas Foulkes, the London-based writer and one of the foremost authorities on watches in the world, is back with the second in a series of books exploring Rolex’s most iconic watches. Swiss watchmaker Rolex has partnered…

Editor’s pick — Accessory quick take: key highlight (movement/specs for watches, materials/finish, limited run, pricing tier) in 1–2 lines. Hello from cloudy Cupertino, California! 2025 marks eleven years of the Apple Watch, which means eleven years of Hodinkee on the ground at the brand’s yearly launch event, where the newest generation of iPhone and Apple…

Editor’s pick — Accessory quick take: key highlight (movement/specs for watches, materials/finish, limited run, pricing tier) in 1–2 lines. What We Know We’re still playing catch-up to a whole bevy of launches during last weekend’s Geneva Watch Days. It was a great show, and while attending meetings with my colleagues, Andy Hoffman and our Director…

Editor’s pick — Accessory quick take: key highlight (movement/specs for watches, materials/finish, limited run, pricing tier) in 1–2 lines. What We Know The Hamilton Khaki Field needs little introduction. A staple (and icon) of the field watch category, it’s safe to say that many collectors have owned one at some point in their lives. Hamilton…

Editor’s pick — Accessory quick take: key highlight (movement/specs for watches, materials/finish, limited run, pricing tier) in 1–2 lines. Among all the various complications, perpetual calendars are not easy to make. The intricate, overlaying complications drastically convolute matters for the movement manufacturer, impact dial design, and — perhaps worst of all — require a user…