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A new high jewelry Patek Philippe Aquanaut ref. 5268/461G combines its contemporary casual chic design and Haute Joaillerie in a new white gold Aquanaut Luce model. This new watch is cased in 18K white gold measuring 38.8 mm in diameter with a thickness of 9.1 mm. The rounded octagonal bezel is enhanced by a row of baguette-cut sapphires set in a subtle gradient running from light to dark blue.

Nivada Grenchen’s F77 was a big hit when it was released last year. With an integrated bracelet, 37mm case, and exposed-screw bezel, the F77 captured all the fun of 1970s sports watches. Even better, this was no mere homage: the watch has actual heritage street cred as a reissue of a model produced by Nivada […] The post Hands-On: The Nivada Grenchen F77 Lapis Lazuli appeared first on Worn & Wound.

Hodinkee Insurance joins more than 80 amazing brands showing at the West Coast outing of Worn & Wound's enthusiast-driven watch fair.

While pilot-style watches have now found a comfortable niche within the modern Patek Philippe catalogue, the introduction of the Calatrava Pilot Travel Time 5524 in 2015 sparked more than just curiosity: it stirred a veritable commotion. Many were taken aback, feeling it was a departure from the typical Patek Philippe aesthetic. The design, markedly different […]

The watch is a striking skeletonized celebration of 20 years of brand history and 10 years of the Caliber SH21 in-house movement.

There is something undeniable about a blacked-out pilot’s watch. I don’t know exactly what makes the recipe work so well, but you don’t have to look far to see that it does. From that perspective, it’s no wonder that it’s a formula Hanhart, a brand well known for their pilot’s watches, would fall back on. […] The post Hanhart Introduces the New Limited Production Preventor9 appeared first on Worn & Wound.

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} } Grand Seiko Lectures on Japanese Sense of Aesthetics, May 15! 🎍 Japanese Sense of Aesthetics: The Preservation and Evolution of Grand Seiko Design (with Special Guest) Joseph Kirk, Brand Curator and National Training Manager, Grand Seiko Corporation of America (New York, New York) Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Grand Seiko design adopts its ethos from Japan itself, embodying elements of nature, light, and shadow, and even from architectural design to bring to life a unique sensibility in the watch industry. While Grand Seiko established its design code in 1967, the design traits of the brand have continued to evolve over time. At the May lecture of the Horological Society of New York (HSNY), Grand Seiko Brand Curator and National Training Manager Joseph Kirk, along with special guest Junichi Kamata, Grand Seiko Design Director, will discuss how the brand has mastered its manufacturing and craftsmanship, attained through years of experience and today defined by its unique dials, Zaratsu polishing, and even movement designs that reflect the natural beauty surrounding the studios where the watches themselves are made.  Doors open at 6PM ET, lecture to begin at 7PM ET. RSVP is required. The lecture video will be available to members immediately, and to the general public following a two-month delay. RSVP PLEASE NOTE LECTURE WILL TAKE PLACE ON WED., MAY 15. HSNY Awards Record $150K in Financial Aid at Gala Lifetime Membership Card Crafted by Voutilainen SA The Horological Society of New York (HSNY) held its 158th anniversary Gala & Awards Ceremony on Saturday, April 6, 2024, where it awarded a record-breaking $150,000 in financial aid to 25 watchmaking students and four U.S. watchmaking schools, and raised an additional $113,000 toward its mission to advance the art and science of horology. HSNY celebrated a night of philanthropy, glamour, and horology at its annual gala held once again at the historic Harvard Club of New York City across the street from the Society’s headquarters. The black-tie affair brought together 280 esteemed VIP attendees, community leaders, and passionate supporters, all uniting under one roof to champion horological initiatives. Highlights of the evening included guests of honor Carol Heppner, the great-granddaughter of HSNY’s founding president George Schmid, and actors Ben Ahlers and Simon Jones from HBO’s The Gilded Age, which has a storyline featuring HSNY. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL GALA RECAP... GALA IMAGES HSNY Establishes a Partnership With the Antiquarian Horological Society Championing Horology Across the Pond The Horological Society of New York (HSNY) announces today that it has established a partnership with the Antiquarian Horological Society (AHS) based in London, England. Since 2021, HSNY has been partnering with like-minded nonprofit organizations to further their mutual interests in continuing to promote the art and science of horology. Established in 1953, the AHS is a friendly and inclusive membership organization for those fascinated by the Story of Time. With a large array of digitally searchable assets, they aim to be ‘Ancestry’ for the world of timekeeping and run a diverse program of talks, meetings, and visits around the UK and overseas, including annual international study tours. The AHS publishes a quarterly learned journal, as well as a wide range of books, and supports education, conservation, and research through bursaries, prizes, and awards. AHS members span thirty countries and joining only takes a few seconds. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT... Welcoming New HSNY Members  HSNY would like to welcome the following new members. It is only with our members' support that we are able to continue flourishing as America's oldest watchmaking guild and advancing the art and science of horology every day.  GOLD Nishant Patel, FL SILVER Harold D. Shappell III, TX BRONZE Andrew Bartus, IL Andrew ONeal, NY Darren Bush, WI Duane Tollison, NY Faisal Nayani, GA Henry Guzman, CA Ira Wood, TX Jason Artyukhov, NY Jason Sippel, England Jefferson Ogg, OH Jeffery Harper, IL Joel Keller, CA Jonathan Najmi, NJ Matthew Corluka, CA Matthew Dawe, NY Nicholas Moro, NY Sean Harris, Germany Steve M. Wooten, CT Steven Krichbaum, MD Timothy Patterson, NY * Upgraded Membership Level BECOME A MEMBER GIFT A MEMBERSHIP Reading Time at HSNY: See You in the Chat Room This post is part of a series, Reading Time at HSNY. Today’s article is guest-written by our intern, St John Karp, a graduate student in Library and Information Science at Pratt Institute. Alternative Ways of Telling the Time In 1999 Swatch launched a satellite into orbit around the planet Earth. Sputnik 99 (or “Beatnik”) carried a radio transmitter designed to synchronize the time for Swatch’s “.beat” line of watches. These watches could tell the time using conventional hours, minutes, and seconds, but their selling point was that they could also display the time using Internet Time, a Swatch initiative backed by MIT that divided the day into 1,000 beats. The director of MIT’s Media Lab Nicholas Negroponte, channeling the argot of the dot-com era, said, “Cyberspace has no seasons and no night and day. Internet Time is absolute time for everybody. Internet Time is not geopolitical. It is global. In the future, for many people, real time will be Internet Time.” The Horological Society of New York (HSNY) has an extensive collection of ephemera in its library, and during my internship, I was able to dig up a number of Swatch catalogs from the late 1990s and early 2000s that showcase Swatch’s attempt to reinvent time. Decimal time and alternative time-keeping systems have a history as long and checkered as my pajama pants. The French revolutionaries in the 1790s proposed decimal units of time as part of the Republican calendar, which reinvented the calendar with new months and seasons and set the year One as the first year of the French Republic. Horologists such as Louis Berthoud made clocks and watches that displayed this metric time, and several of HSNY’s books detail the history of these gorgeous pieces (image 2). Sadly the Republican calendar did not outlast the revolution, though I’ve calculated that my birthday would have fallen on the first day of Thermidor — the month when people tended to get assassinated. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL POST... On The Horological Horizon...    NEW YORK CITY COURSES Engine Turning (Guilloché) with Brittany Nicole Cox — April 26 SOLD OUT! Engine Turning (Guilloché) with Brittany Nicole Cox — April 27 SOLD OUT! Horology 101 to 103 — May 4 WEEKEND CLASS Horology 101 — May 7 Horology 102 — May 9 Horology 101 to 103 — May 11 WEEKEND CLASS Horology 101 — May 14 Horology 101 — May 21 Horology 104 — May 30 TRAVELING EDUCATION Horology 101-103 in DALLAS [May 18 - 19] Horology 101-103 in SILICON VALLEY [June 15 - 16] Horology 101-103 in ATLANTA [October 12 - 13] Click here to register for classes! Join the waitlist here!  GIFT A CLASS THE ALLIANCE OF BRITISH WATCH AND CLOCK MAKERS HSNY was honored to attend British Watchmakers’ Day and we had the best time! View the event recap and save the date for next year — Saturday, March 8, 2025!  WILLARD HOUSE & CLOCK MUSEUM Endowment Kickoff — April 27, 2024 Join the museum for the first public reveal of the horological gift to Willard of the Charles N. Grichar Collection—including over 80 clock masterworks by the Willard family, Edward Howard of Boston, and fine mechanical watches for the pocket and the wrist. In total, approximately 400 timekeepers will come to a new space being built to house the collection. This addition to the collection will mesh perfectly with the story already told at the museum, expanding the narrative into the 20th century. Learn more and register here. Can you believe Madison Avenue Watch Week is turning 10? Join us as we celebrate a decade of watchmaking excellence in the heart of New York City! From April 30 to May 4, guests are invited to attend panel discussions, private appointments, classes, and even a walk down the iconic avenue to visit some of the boutiques where horological marvels await. Click HERE to learn more and RSVP! We marvel at clocks of centuries past in museums, shops, and auction houses, but chances are we may never get to see them running and restored to their former glory. That's where Clocktime comes in! The Clocktime website is a new digital museum created by the world-renowned inventor Dr. John C. Taylor OBE FRSEng. Clocktime visitors can discover the magnificent mechanical timepieces from the golden age of British clockmaking (1500–1800) and watch them go in real-time! Plus, guests can explore the interactive clocks, watch exclusive videos of Dr. Taylor discussing his favorite timepieces, and discover the craftsmanship and artistry that went into the creation of each timepiece via extensive image archives and a horological glossary to follow along. Take it from us — Clocktime is worth taking a look! Visit the Clocktime Digital Museum DONATE TO HSNY HSNY thanks our sponsors for their generous support Copyright © 2024 Horological Society of New York, All rights reserved. unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences 

Ever since the lots for the 10th Edition of Only Watch were revealed, the watch community has been held captive by the beauty of these dazzling timepieces.

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Earlier this month at Watches & Wonders in Geneva, Eberhard & Co. unveiled two new chronographs, expanding its 1887 line-up, first developed in 2019. The Swiss brand unveiled both the Chronographe 1887 Édition Limitée and the Chronographe 1887 Automatique. These timepieces represent a fusion of tradition and modernity, paying homage to the brand’s founding date […] The post Eberhard & Co. Debut Two New Chronographs at their First Watches & Wonders appeared first on Worn & Wound.

For some reason, watches with a jumping-hour complication always intrigue me. The fact that they don’t necessarily need to have traditional hands inspires designers to do things differently. They come up with original ways of displaying the time. Sometimes, there’s just a simple hour window and an additional minute hand. But the watches can also […] Visit Pre-Owned Spotlight: Jumping-Hour Watches From Bell & Ross, Gérald Genta, And Breguet to read the full article.

In our latest visit to the global WatchTime archives, a look at how watchmaking has countered the threat of magnetism over the years, from using metals like palladium in 1915 to silicon in 2015. Magnetism has been the mechanical timekeeping’s ...

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While the plethora of introductions at Watches and Wonders 2024 were additions to existing collections, Hermès surprised with an entirely new watch collection, the Hermès Cut. With a modest diameter of 36 millimeters, the women’s casual ...

Not only are the watches crafted in collaboration with William Massena and his Massena LAB well executed and exciting, but they also serve as invaluable educational tools. They ignite a curiosity to delve deeper into horological history, exploring the lives of notable figures, the evolution of brands, distinctive styles, and the captivating mechanics behind them. […]

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The latest team up between Bulgari and Tadao Ando results in a mesmerising series of Serpenti watches with marquetry-like dials. The post The Bulgari Tadao Ando Serpenti explores the seasons with snakeskin stone marquetry appeared first on Time+Tide Watches. The post The Bulgari Tadao Ando Serpenti explores the seasons with snakeskin stone marquetry appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

(Portions of this article by Roberta Naas first appeared on Forbes.com.) Ulysse Nardin, a brand with the determination to go where others don’t — from technology to craftsmanship, pioneering designs and mechanics, creative partnerships and even grassroots causes — took a little side-trip to the desert for the sand-colored mainplate that serves as the backdrop… The post A Closer Look At The $148,300 Freak S Nomad By Ulysse Nardin appeared first on ATimelyPerspective.

This exceedingly competitively priced central tourbillon watch commemorates the 70th anniversary of Hillary and Norgay's ascent of Everest. The post CIGA Design’s Central Tourbillon Mount Everest Homage Edition represents another peak for Chinese watchmaking appeared first on Time+Tide Watches. The post CIGA Design’s Central Tourbillon Mount Everest Homage Edition represents another peak for Chinese watchmaking appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.