Gong Xi Fa Cai! It's the start of the Lunar New Year today, and another year marks another turn around the Chinese Zodiac cycle. So, I wish you a very

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In a moment when much of the conversation around independent watchmaking gravitates toward spectacle—openworked dials, exposed balances, and increasingly elaborate displays—Annelinde Dunselman is quietly working in the opposite direction. From

Love is in the air at Hodinkee HQ as we head into Valentine's Day weekend. To celebrate, we gave each member of the editorial team a Valentine—a theoretical $1,000 to

By way of introduction, here's my favorite watch story. In early 2017, my dad texted a picture and asked, "What do you think of my new watch?" I stared at

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The Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres, or COSC, is adding a new level for chronometer certification, introducing an upgraded tier that will better reflect the evolution and precision improvements in

What We Know How do you say goodbye to one of the best super-affordable, super-classic dress watches on the market? According to Baltic, you do it with a bit of

Rolex, the top Swiss watch brand by sales, reduced its production in 2025 for the second year in a row while increasing its dominant market share position as the industry

What We Know For a small watch, we'll keep it short and sweet here. Grand Seiko has just announced a brand-new Caliber 9F51 quartz movement that powers its smallest 9F-based

This week on The Business of Watches, we head to La Chaux-de-Fonds and sit down with a CEO who is running a very different business from most watch brands. Mitchell

When was the last time you thought about the Yangtze jiangtun porpoise? Probably never, but Oris wants to bring the name of this critically endangered finless porpoise into the conversation

By now, you're probably used to Unimatic's never-ending onslaught of new variations of their distinctive, brutalist silhouettes. Some of them are crazy, some of them are subtle, but what's undeniable

What We Know It kind of feels like Vacheron Constantin's Overseas Tourbillon has been here for a long time now. A few years back, one of my first hands-on stories

If you've ever been in Geneva during Watches and Wonders, you know the event doesn't stop at Palexpo—it spills into the city itself. In 2026, that footprint is getting even