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Experience: Cartier Panthère de Cartier Backgammon. One of the Most Beautiful Sets Out There.
The Cartier Panthère de Cartier Backgammon set is our latest craving for
the lavish lifestyle we enjoy as watch collectors. Living a lavish
lifestyle involves indulging in luxury experiences and possessions like
this top-of-the-line set that we consider essential. Enjoying the finest
things that money can buy and the constant pursuit of the most extravagant
pleasures is a huge part of the watch life.
Watch Collecting Lifestyle
over 1 year ago
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Louis Erard’s Latest is a Regulator with a Traditional Grand Feu Enamel Dial
Swiss watchmaker Louis Erard has recently collaborated with Donzé Cadrans, a veteran in the enamel dials field since 1972. As a first for Erard, the Le Régulateur Grand Feu Enamel model is adorned for the first time with a traditional grand feu enamel dial. This partnership shows an expansion for the Swiss brand into new […]
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Worn & Wound
over 1 year ago
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Hands-On: A Quick Look At Parmigiani Fleurier's New Toric Chronograph Rattrapante
The Toric line is nothing without a complication in the mix and Parmigiani brought one of their best, right out of the gate.
HODINKEE
over 1 year ago
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The Horologist's Loupe, June 2024
The Horologist's Loupe, June 2024
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Jack Forster Lectures on the Ideal vs. Real, June 3 (6PM) 🎭
Ideal vs. Real: Searching for Perfection in an Imperfect Universe
PLEASE NOTE JUNE’S LECTURE WILL BEGIN AT 6 PM.
Jack Forster, Global Editorial Director, The 1916 Company (New York, New York)
Monday, June 3, 2024
The world of horology, of timekeeping and calendar reckoning, is based on the assumption that in the world around us, there are orders that can be reflected in watches and clocks. This includes everything from the simplest precision timekeepers, which rely on the stability of mechanical, electromechanical, and quantum oscillators, to highly complex calendars and calendar systems that reflect cycles in the physical universe, including the motion of astronomical bodies. Beginning from an examination of the simplest ideal classical oscillator – a pendulum with a massless rod, swinging in a vacuum on a frictionless bearing – this lecture will look at the gaps between ideal systems and their physical manifestations.
At the June lecture of the Horological Society of New York (HSNY), Jack Forster, Global Editorial Director of The 1916 Company, will look at factors affecting the stability of oscillators and also at the behavior of longer natural cycles that determine the structure of calendars. In both cases, the great challenge is for horologists to understand that it is fundamentally and axiomatically impossible to ever duplicate the behavior of idealized systems – but the challenge is to get as close as you can. What connects the simplest and the most complex horological mechanisms, is their attempt to capture the ideal – whether an ideal oscillator or a perfectly harmonious calendar – in a mechanical form.
Doors open at 5:30 PM ET, lecture to begin at 6PM ET. RSVP is required.
The lecture video will be available to members immediately, and to the general public following a two-month delay.
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Previous Lecture: Japanese Sense of Aesthetics: The Preservation and Evolution of Grand Seiko Design
Joseph Kirk, Brand Curator and National Training Manager, Grand Seiko Corporation of America (New York, New York)
May 15, 2024
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Video recordings of lectures are available immediately to HSNY members, and to the general public with a two-month delay.
HSNY Hires New Assistant Librarian, St John Karp
The Horological Society of New York (HSNY) announces the appointment of St John Karp as Assistant Librarian. Karp joins HSNY full-time following an internship during the final semester of his Master of Science in Library and Information Science degree at the Pratt Institute. He brings his skills in archival processing, cataloging, and research assistance to HSNY’s Jost Bürgi Research Library, which serves as a rich resource for horological researchers and enthusiasts worldwide.
Formerly, he worked in other archival roles including at the American Numismatic Society, and in his previous career, he was a software developer. His hobbies include Esperanto, B-movies, and admiring other people’s shelving. Please join us in giving Karp a warm welcome to our team!
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.
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Reading Time at HSNY: Bedini’s Books
This post is part of a series, Reading Time at HSNY, written by our librarian, Miranda Marraccini.
Sometimes a mark in a book makes you feel as if you know someone. In this case, it’s an image on a bookplate of a cramped space filled with books, some splayed out, some haphazardly piled (image 1). Barely discernible behind the wings of one giant volume are the hands and cap of a man, reading. He’s hunched over in concentration or absorption (his expression isn’t visible). The Latin motto around the square image reads “Satis Temporis Non Est Nobis” or “For us, there is not enough time.”
Besides the most obvious meaning of this phrase, a kind of memento mori about the brevity of life, there’s also a separate subtext for bibliophiles like us: there’s never enough time to read the books we want, and never enough books about time. I know as a reader I heavily identify with the first part of that subtext and as a librarian at the Horological Society of New York (HSNY), the second. This bookplate, and the book it adorns, belonged to the late Silvio Bedini (1917-2007).
A colorful American historian and longtime scholar at the Smithsonian Institution, Bedini was a bibliophile and horologist of the first order. He helped create the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology at the Smithsonian, a repository of rare books and manuscripts on astronomy, chemistry, and more. At HSNY, we recently acquired a selection of books from Bedini’s personal library, which had been sold to Second Story Books in Washington, D.C.
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Editorial – Are Watches a Good Investment?
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over 1 year ago
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Pre-Owned Picks: A Zenith-Era Rolex Daytona, A 1957 Trilogy Speedmaster, And A Distinctive Take On A Perpetual Calendar From Patek Philippe
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over 1 year ago
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over 1 year ago
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Behind the Scenes: IWC’s Lorenz Brunner on the Birth of the Portugieser Eternal Calendar
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over 1 year ago
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Grand Seiko: A Constant Force in Watchmaking
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over 1 year ago
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Hands-On With The Hermès Cut On The Calm Greek Island Of Tinos
The Hermès Cut debuted in April at Watches and Wonders in Geneva. That’s why we were quite surprised when we received an invite from Hermès for a press trip organized around this new watch. Usually, trips like this are organized in advance to focus everyone’s attention on the novelty. It’s also common that the program […]
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New: F.P.Journe Chronographe FB for the 20th Anniversary of the Boutique in Tokyo
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First Look – Louis Erard Unveils its First Regulator with a Grand Feu Enamel Dial
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The Red Arrows Celebrate Their 60th Display Season With Two New Breitling Avenger Watches
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Another Look at the Patek Philippe Nautilus Flyback Chronograph in White Gold with Denim Strap (With Live Images)
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