Considered Q&A
Talking style and watches with the 'lovable grump'.
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Springs + Gears: Hand-crafted letterpress movement prints
Photo courtesy of Naheem Browne
Interview: Designer Naheem Browne
Interview
Sitting down with Shinola’s first watch design intern to talk, art, design, and of course, watches.
Read MoreInterview: Books on Time
Interview
Chatting with Books on Time about some of his favorite horology books, Vulcain Crickets and jump hour watches, and visiting Patek Philippe boutiques just to read.
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📷TrueDome
True Dome: Staying true to your vintage Rolex
Cartier releases 2020: A brief look at the highlights
Recommended: Bjark Ingels completes spiraling Audemars Piguet museum
Business News
The new spiraling structure is a museum, workshop and archive for the luxury watch brand.
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Breaking: Rolex, Patek, Chopard, Chanel say bye to Basel
Tax developments in charity auctions
Vortic Watches, including co-founder RT Custer (right) | Vortic Watches
Hamilton v. Vortic heads to trial: Where we're at and how we got here
Business News
It’s been a long two-plus years for Vortic Watches since Hamilton filed a trademark infringement and counterfeiting lawsuit against it back in July of 2017 (see the original complaint here). But, the suit finally comes to a head this week as a bench (i.e. non-jury trial) is set to begin in the Southern District of New York on February 19 (Hamilton International Ltd. v. Vortic LLC, 17-CV-5575).
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Richard Mille boutique coming to Chicago
laCalifornienne responds to Rolex suit, raising 'fair use' defense
Business News
On January 15, laCalifornienne submitted an answer to Rolex’s complaint filed in the Central District of California. As expected, laCalifornienne has denied the claims brought by Rolex.
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Worn & Wound’s 2019 Windup Watch Fair in Chelsea Market | Windup Watch Fair
Chicago Windup Watch Fair in 2020 "all but certain"
News
In Worn & Wound’s final podcast of the year, hosts Zach Weiss, Blake Malin and Zach Kazan tease that a Worn & Wound Windup Watch Fair in Chicago in 2020 is “all but certain”. The news came after the group had just visited the city to host an event with Chicago microbrand Oak & Oscar.
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On Andrew Yang and Shinola
Analysis
In a recent sit-down with the Des Moines Register’s editorial board, Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Yang was asked why he didn’t wear an Apple Watch. “This is a Shinola watch” Yang exclaimed. “I’m friendly with the Shinola guys and gals.” The interviewer had noticed the watch had stopped moving and that the battery needed to be replaced, indicating that Yang was wearing one of Shinola’s quartz-powered watches.
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Breaking: Swiss Competition Commission places partial delivery ban on ETA sales
Business News
First reported by major Swiss news outlets and now Reuters, the Swiss Competition Commission (Comco, also referred to by German acronym Weko) will ban Swatch Group’s sales of subsidiary ETA’s mechanical movements to most watchmakers in 2020 while Comco contemplates a final resolution to the long-running saga between the Swiss antitrust regulator and Comco.
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Swatch threatens damages over Swiss Competition Commission ban
Business News
In a statement published on December 18, Swatch Group threatened to pursue damages after the Swiss Competition Commission (Weka, or Comco) earlier signaled that it will ban sales of Swatch Group subsidiary ETA’s movements to third parties in 2020 (as we reported on Sunday here).
Read MoreReport: Swiss Competition Commission to ban sales of ETA movements in 2020
Business News
A Swiss newspaper is reporting that Swatch Group subsidiary ETA will be banned from supplying its mechanical watch units in 2020. Swiss newspaper Grencher Tablatt is reporting that a decision will be handed down by Switzerland’s Competition Commission (Weka) this week, without yet identifying what triggered the potentially far-reaching decision.
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A watch's value: Broken down by components
News
Back in October, I wrote about my buying experience with Chronext. It’s an online secondary market platform that connects authorized dealers from around the world with customers, often allowing for prices much lower than MSRP. Chronext sources and inspects all the watches it sells before shipping them to buyers around the world.
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Book Review: The Watch, Thoroughly Revised
News
Around the holidays, outlets are prone to putting out all kinds of “gift guides”. This year, instead of a listicle that Santa can check twice, I thought I’d give a review of a book I often see on these lists: The Watch, Thoroughly Revised.
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Swiss exports hindered by Hong Kong protests
Business News
Swiss watch exports grew by 1.5% in October 2019 as compared to a year prior, totalling 2.03 billion Swiss francs (CHF). But, growth was hindered by the Hong Kong market, which saw exports decline by 29.7%, while the rest of the world was up 6.5%. Like outside the watch industry, much of the headlines within the watch industry have been dominated by Hong Kong throughout the year.
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