Welcome back to Bring A Loupe, and happy first Friday of August! This week, I stumbled upon a few vintage dealers fighting on Instagram, getting mad online, about the age-old

Shockingly high tariff rates on Swiss goods imported to the U.S. announced by the White House are threatening to upend the Swiss watch industry and crimp sales in the biggest

Oftentimes, with "provenance watches," the conversation is centered around potential value. We see rare birds come up at auction: Paul Newman's Paul Newman Daytona, or, more recently, Al Capone's Patek

What We Know One of the things that Glashütte Original has become known for is keeping the post-war era of Glashütte, Germany's design, alive. This time, they've taken the brand's

While mechanical watches and their micro-engineered marvels remain the raison d'être for Hodinkee—and what drew me to writing about horology—sometimes the mood calls for a complete departure. Something fun, rugged,

What We Know One of the most enticing, beloved, and often expensive art forms in watchmaking is cloissoné enamel, where thin strips of metal (often gold) are glued onto a

Whenever a brand releases a new field watch, two things immediately spring to mind – World War II, and the Dirty Dozen. As much as the romance of hard-used, battle-worn

Atelier Wen has always been dedicated to showcasing Chinese artisanal craftsmanship. A brand founded by two Frenchmen whose backgrounds in China compelled them to focus on a different kind of

After a year and a half on the back burner, one of Hodinkee's favorite video franchises, Three On Three, makes its triumphant return (again). Back like the McRib, this edition

According to Google, I really shouldn't like this watch. I'm not an astrology guy, or a horoscope guy, or even really a Zodiac guy, so on the way to the

When Pharrell Williams launched JOOPITER in 2022, the debut sale was built around his own personal archive: sneakers, apparel, jewelry, as well as a handful of important watches — including

Happy Friday, and welcome back to Bring A Loupe! It seems as though the response to including more "bidder beware" picks here has been positive, which is nice. Though it's

What We Know The A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk needs very little introduction around these parts. Having received quite a bit of recognition from horological circles since its introduction in

After about a year of existence, Albishorn has quickly become one of my favorite brands. Part of that is due to the quirky and creative design of the brand, which

The 1960s were a complicated decade for the United States military. The polarizing, drawn-out conflict in Vietnam threw soldiers, sailors, and aviators into the volatile politics and protests of the