New Release: MB&F M.A.D.Editions X Yinka Ilori M.A.D.1S ‘Grow Your Dreams’ Watches

Despite the fact that MB&F introduced the Eric Giroud-designed M.A.D.Editions M.A.D.2 earlier this year in 2025, the Geneva-based brand has just announced a new capsule collection of M.A.D.1S watches in collaboration with the British-Nigerian artist and designer Yinka Ilori MBE. Characterized by a vibrant multi-colored aesthetic, the M.A.D.Editions x Yinka Ilori M.A.D.1S ‘Grow Your Dreams’…

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Watch Spotting: Taylor Swift Wears A Discontinued Cartier Santos Demoiselle In Her Engagement Announcement

The picture heard around the internet—the one Swifties worldwide have been waiting for—Taylor Swift has announced her engagement to Travis Kelce. Our eyes here at Hodinkee immediately gravitated to her wrist, where another piece of jewelry caught our attention: a yellow gold diamond-set Cartier Santos Demoiselle in the small size. This particular Cartier, discontinued for…

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Introducing: M.A.D.Editions x Yinka Ilori M.A.D.1S ‘Grow Your Dreams’ Limited Edition

As shown above, the new M.A.D.1S “Grow Your Dreams” takes inspiration from Ilori’s signature bright color palette and explores three themes, with each watch to match: Sun, Nature, and Water. These comprise three limited editions of 400 pieces each, and according to the brand is “a call to nurture our ambitions like seeds, to believe…

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Hands-On: Citizen Promaster Navihawk Blue Angels Watch

As a first-generation watch enthusiast from a solidly middle-class background, I don’t have many memories of watches from childhood, as I didn’t cross paths with that world particularly often. There is one major, vividly memorable exception, though: the Blue Angels collaborations from Citizen. Nearly every shopping trip with my parents and countless magazine ads showed…

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The SUPERLATIVE Podcast: Inside The World Of Watch Repair And Restoration With Barry Cheung Of Classic Watch Repair

This week on the SUPERLATIVE Podcast , host and aBlogtoWatch founder Ariel Adams is joined by Barry Cheung, better known on Instagram as @BearWrist, and the managing partner of Classic Watch Repair in Hong Kong. Together, they trace Barry’s journey from an inquisitive watch enthusiast in university to his role in launching Hong Kong–based customization…

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ABTW Weekly Podcast #185: Watch Giant Blows His Big Launch, Swatch Ad Scandal & Ariel’s Haunted By Oldsmobile Hell

This week’s aBlogtoWatch Weekly podcast illustrates that watch talk is never just about watches. The team opens up with its trademark mix of banter and sharp observations, spotlighting the eccentric world of auctioning watch memorabilia — equal parts fascinating and absurd. The conversation shifts to Frank MĂźller and Swatch, as the team dissects advertising missteps as…

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Introducing: Ming Celebrates A Dazzling Eighth Birthday With The New 57.04 Iris Monopusher Chronograph

Accompanying the new, more flamboyant case design, the 57.04 Iris comes with an equally attention-grabbing new dial finish. What might be familiar are the laser-cut indices on the underside of the top sapphire crystal, filled with Ming’s proprietary Polar White lume compound, as well as the shape of the blue hour, minute, and central chronograph…

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