Founded in New York in 1921 by Romanian-born brothers Benjamin, Oscar, and Ralph Lazrus, Benrus relied on Swiss production, centred in La Chaux-de-Fonds, and during the 1930s and 1940s, it became known for its pilots and military watches. Early models such as the Flyer and Airman were popular among the airline pilots, helping establish the […]
Suppose you know the Dutch indie watchmaking scene, then De Rijke & Co. is the name you must be familiar with. Founded by Laurens De Rijke, the brand began almost by accident during a vintage Vespa trip, when the idea for a watch specifically designed for driving emerged. De Rijke’s concept of a driver’s watch […]
Bremont‘s aviation-focused Altitude collection just added a new reference with a playful yet historically grounded collaboration: the Altitude MB Meteor Felix the Cat, created in partnership with Universal Products & Experiences. Why? It turns out that the cartoon character has a place in aviation culture, serving as a long-standing symbol of courage, humour, and good […]
What We KnowToday, Dutch brand De Rijke & Co. introduces a series of three new limited-edition takes on its distinctive driver watch design, in collaboration with artist Guy Allen. A successor to De Rijke's previous Guy Allen collaboration, Land, Sea, and Air, the new Series 2 triples down on the automotive component of those designs, with a trio of Amalfi watches featuring different cars on the dial. The "Amazon" features a Land Rover Defender driving through a green jungle-like backgroun
While the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games have recently come to an end, it is time now for the Paralympic Winter Games to begin, as they will be held between March 6th and 15th, once again in Northern Italy (between Milano and Cortina). Omega‘s involvement with the Olympic Games (summer or winter) as the Official […]
Take it easy, reader: another Friday's upon us. You've made it. Here are some interesting watches to distract you from the fact that, as of early Sunday morning, many of us will need to reset our internal and external clocks and watches due to daylight saving time.Each week, I end up finding a few watches that seem worth highlighting, but maybe not about spending a few hundred words on. To that end, while I will never buy a Patek 3940, I admire them immoderately and find them beautiful, and he
Following the success of the Millesime collection, a series of vintage-inspired, 1930s-based watches, Raymond Weil went on to revamp one of its older collections, the Toccata. For nearly 50 years, the Toccata has explored the realms of shaped dress watches, finding inspiration in classically composed music. But at the end of 2025, RW presented the Toccata Heritage, […]
When you think about Kurono Tokyo, the side-brand of Japanese independent watchmaker Hajime Asaoka, you should picture something compact and elegant in your mind. Watches often focus on traditional crafts, with restrained cases and classically Japanese. The sportiest models the brand has ever created were mid-century-styled chronographs. Well, this is about to change as Hajime […]
The connection between Depancel and the automotive world is rather obvious and quite cool. The very name of the brand says it all, being the contraction of vintage French car manufacturers Delage, Panhard and Facel Vega, and even the logo is inspired by the 1954 Facel Vega coat of arms. Then, a quick look at […]
Windup Watch Fair is heading back to Dallas this March, and Hodinkee Insurance is excited to once again be in attendance. Hosted by Worn & Wound, Windup has become a staple of the domestic watch calendar, bringing together collectors, brands, and curious newcomers for a weekend dedicated to discovering and discussing watches.Our Head of Hodinkee Insurance and licensed insurance agent, Marc Hajjar, will be on-site throughout the weekend to answer questions about protecting your watch and je
Russell Crowe is a true watch guy. For the informed, this is by no means news, as he's had a reputation as a serious collector for many years now, notably with his 2018 Sotheby's auction, The Art of Divorce, which featured 29 pieces from his personal collection. But recently, the Aussie A-lister has begun sharing candid (and often watch-focused) videos on his secret TikTok account, @igp366.The account focuses on sharing updates from his life, but importantly for us, his watches. So far, Crowe
Parmigiani Fleurier’s luxury sports watch collection, the Tonda PF, was introduced in 2021. A refined, minimalist interpretation of the luxury sports watch, the Tonda PF collection is home to several complications. Originally available in 40 and 42mm case sizes, the brand responded to requests for more compact, unisex case sizes and, in 2022, introduced a […]
Indie brand Lebois & Co expands its Heritage collection with the Heritage Sector Chronograph Aventurine, a new version of the brand’s vintage-inspired chronograph distinguished by a textured aventurine dial and a revised sector-style layout. The watch also debuts a better naming structure within the brand’s catalogue, with “Heritage Sector” becoming the designation for Lebois & […]
Every brand at one point dreamt of having an icon on their hands. A cornerstone model that stands the test of time, design trends, and, more importantly, captures the hearts of fans and collectors worldwide, indefinitely. Watches like the Lange 1, the Submariner, the Nautilus, the Speedmaster or the Royal Oak. For Nomos, even though […]
Let’s be a bit of nerds for a minute… You probably have heard the concept of JDM (in cars and watches), the contraction for Japanese Domestic Market, objects created exclusively for Japan and, in principle, not accessible outside of the Island. Which makes them cool. Next, the so-called California dial, a design that dates back […]
It seems that promoting traditional watchmaking, its crafts and techniques, to protect watchmaking know-how and the women and men behind it, as well as supporting the emergence of new talents, has become quite a recurring theme these days. Don’t get us wrong, we most certainly encourage initiatives such as the Louis Vuitton Watch Prize for […]
This week on The Business of Watches, we talk to the man who runs the brand that makes the mighty El Primero movement. Benoit de Clerck has been in the CEO chair at Zenith Watches for a couple of years now, and that's coincided with a challenging time for the sector and one of the industry's most storied brands, with more than 160 years of history and still located in its original manufacturing location in Le Locle, Switzerland. Under de Clerck's leadership, Zenith is responding to the challen
Founded in 1882 in Switzerland before relocating to Germany in 1902, Hanhart gained fame as a producer of stopwatches in the early 1920s, followed by Flieger chronographs for pilots in the late 1930s. The Hanhart 417 was introduced in the 1950s as a pilot’s chronograph for the German armed forces and re-edited in 2020. While the […]
What We KnowIt might just be the era of the cream, sandy dial. On the heels of Tudor's launch of its new "Dune White" Tudor Ranger, German brand Hanhart has just launched two new "Desert Pilot" chronographs in its quintessential, historically informed format. Measuring 39mm or 42mm, both 13.60mm thick (11.55 mm without the large domed crystal) and made in a matte grey grade 5 titanium, the watch blends vintage features like its fluted, red-accented bezel (in titanium) and bold, legible dials,
One of the major watch brands from Japan, and a proper industrial giant producing millions of movements a year through its Miyota manufacture, Citizen covers everything from entry-level watches to high-end models with impressive attention to detail. In between the highly accessible Tsuyosa collection and the luxury The Citizen collection sits the Series 8, a […]