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Getting Creative With The Vacheron Constantin Historiques 1921

Getting Creative With The Vacheron Constantin Historiques 1921

The Inbox: Aren’t Hand Wound Perpetual Calendars Obsolete?

The Inbox: Aren’t Hand Wound Perpetual Calendars Obsolete?

The Audemars Piguet Double Balance Wheel Openworked

The Audemars Piguet Double Balance Wheel Openworked

The 1916 Company Launches Jewelry Exhibition with Contemporary Designers

The 1916 Company Launches Jewelry Exhibition with Contemporary Designers

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Getting Creative With The Vacheron Constantin Historiques 1921

Getting Creative With The Vacheron Constantin Historiques 1921

The Les Historiques 1921 shows just how much you can do with the basic elements of a wristwatch. One of the most difficult things to do i...

The Audemars Piguet Double Balance Wheel Openworked

The Audemars Piguet Double Balance Wheel Openworked

A technically exotic, artistic take on a classic design. The Royal Oak, thanks to the recent win by the Code 11.59 Universelle at the GPH...

The Shutter-Dial Vacheron Constantin Les Historiques “Jalousie”

The Shutter-Dial Vacheron Constantin Les Historiques “Jalousie&#...

A Vacheron for the voyeur in all of us. The whole idea of a watch is to tell the time, but there is a whole genre of watches whose raison...

A Breguet “Souscription” Pocket Watch, From The Master Himself

A Breguet “Souscription” Pocket Watch, From The Master Him...

“To carry a fine Breguet watch is to feel that you have the brains of a genius in your pocket.” Sir David Salomons, the singl...

A Magnificent Philippe Dufour Simplicity 34MM

A Magnificent Philippe Dufour Simplicity 34MM

The complex journey towards simple pleasures. Writing about Philippe Dufour presents some philosophical problems. In a world where watchm...

The Greubel Forsey Hand Made 1

The Greubel Forsey Hand Made 1

A Look At True Luxury In Watchmaking. Over the years, I’ve heard the phrase “hand made” used to describe lots of differ...

The Vacheron Constantin Historiques Cornes de Vache 1955

The Vacheron Constantin Historiques Cornes de Vache 1955

When all you want is a perfect watch. The Vacheron Constantin Historiques Cornes de Vache was introduced in 2015, in platinum, but itR...

A Rolex Day-Date In Yellow Gold, With Carnelian Dial

A Rolex Day-Date In Yellow Gold, With Carnelian Dial

A modern Day-Date with old-school appeal. A Watch A Week has been on something of a complications binge lately and you would think lookin...

Buying Guides

A Guide to Loving Gold

A Guide to Loving Gold

From Rolex to Omega and all the alloys in between. “This is gold, Mr. Bond. All my life, I’ve been in love with its color… its brilliance...

Stop Wearing Stainless Steel

Stop Wearing Stainless Steel

As the end of summer approaches, allow me to offer some belated advice. This summer has been, in a word, hot. Very, very hot. In fact, it...

The Rolex Yacht-Master II: No Yacht Required

The Rolex Yacht-Master II: No Yacht Required

Secrets of the second most complicated Rolex. Rolex as a rule, does not make complicated watches, or at least it doesn’t make any w...

Who Says A Summer Watch Has To Be A Sports Watch?

Who Says A Summer Watch Has To Be A Sports Watch?

Because life’s not always a beach. The minute that Memorial Day rolls around (at least here in the United States) watch writers imm...

Questions to Ask Before Buying a Watch

Questions to Ask Before Buying a Watch

Advice from our global team of watch experts. Buying a new watch can be, without a doubt, a daunting proposition. Between YouTube, Instag...

Collection Building Your Way with Griffin Bartsch

Collection Building Your Way with Griffin Bartsch

How would you spend half a million dollars? What about a million? This new column will offer our community of enthusiasts a forum to answ...

Variations On The Moonphase

Variations On The Moonphase

One of watchmaking’s oldest complications is still evolving. The moonphase complication is as old as watchmaking itself. In fact, i...

Complete Guide To The Code 11.59 Audemars Piguet Collection

Complete Guide To The Code 11.59 Audemars Piguet Collection

The Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 collection was launched in 2019 and sent a tidal wave through the watch industry. This collection was the ...

Collector Conversations

Collecting with Shawn Stockman

Collecting with Shawn Stockman

Grammy Award Winner and entrepreneur, Shawn Stockman on watches, guitars and collecting ideologies. One universal truth about collecting ...

Collecting Together <br> with Alex Assouline

Collecting Together
with Alex Assouline

Crafting a watch collection can be a lot like making a coffee table book. Both weave a narrative not by including everything but through ...

Collecting Together with Josh Wright

Collecting Together with Josh Wright

For those with a passion for well-made things, the obsession lies not only in how an object is made but why it came to be made that way. ...

Collecting Together with Gauthier Borsarello

Collecting Together with Gauthier Borsarello

Put ten collectors in a room and ask them why they collect and you’ll get ten very different answers. Some spend their lives searching fo...

Collecting Together with Shahendra Ohneswere

Collecting Together with Shahendra Ohneswere

If you don’t yet know Shahendra Ohneswere, you certainly know his work. As Senior Vice President of Content Development & Co-Head of ...

Collector Conversation: Michael Strahan & Marc Lasry

Collector Conversation: Michael Strahan & Marc Lasry

Maybe you collected Matchbox cars, comic books, action figures or baseball cards when you were a kid. Maybe you displayed them in your ro...

Collecting Together with <br>Rob Miller

Collecting Together with
Rob Miller

We’re all familiar with the utilitarian tool watch. Rugged, versatile, and built to withstand the forces of nature. But rarely has a mode...

Collecting Together With Mark Cho

Collecting Together With Mark Cho

At the helm of his global retail outfit, the Armoury, Mark Cho is redefining the world of bespoke men’s tailoring, ushering tailored mens...

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Recommended Reading: Ming Thein On Lume

Recommended Reading: Ming Thein On Lume

And a quick look back at the problem of telling the time at night. One of the best of simple pleasures in reading about watches (and, I g...

Rediscovering A Revolution: Unconventional Watch Design

Rediscovering A Revolution: Unconventional Watch Design

Is the pendulum ready to swing back to watches that are anything but ordinary? Tastes in watches currently heavily favor conservative, an...

The Inbox: Rolex Service Intervals, Innovation In Watchmaking, And The Cost Of Craftsmanship

The Inbox: Rolex Service Intervals, Innovation In Watchmaking, And The...

Welcome to the WatchBox Inbox, where we answer questions sent to us by the WatchBox community. This week, we’re looking at how to store w...

Recommended Reading: Watches And Industrial Espionage

Recommended Reading: Watches And Industrial Espionage

Turns out crime does pay. I don’t know a whole heck of a lot about the gentleman who runs Watches Of Espionage, and that’s ju...

Please, Wear Your Watch

Please, Wear Your Watch

From the kitchen to the mountain, your watch can take it. Last week, on July 27, 2023, Kristin Harila summited K2 and, in doing so, stamp...

WatchBox Inbox: Getting Started, Too Many Rolex, And More On Water Resistance

WatchBox Inbox: Getting Started, Too Many Rolex, And More On Water Res...

Welcome to the WatchBox Inbox, where we answer questions sent to us by the WatchBox community. This week, we’re looking at how to start o...

Recommended Reading: ‘Hands Of Time: A Watchmaker’s History Of Time’ By Rebecca Struthers

Recommended Reading: ‘Hands Of Time: A Watchmaker’s Histor...

“Close your eyes and think of a watch.” – Rebecca Struthers, Hands Of Time The process of building a horological library is o...

The Bombshell Vs. the Bomb: Barbie and Oppenheimer

The Bombshell Vs. the Bomb: Barbie and Oppenheimer

When worlds collide and atoms split, there’s only one thing to do — talk watches. There are moments in history that are clear dividing li...

History of Time

I Love the 90s, Part II

I Love the 90s, Part II

A unique design language takes hold. This is the second in a multi-part series on the lasting impact of the 1990s on the watch industry a...

I Love the 90s, and You Should Too

I Love the 90s, and You Should Too

An Underappreciated Era Revisited: Part I This is the first in a multi-part series on the lasting impact of the 1990s on the watch indust...

The Art Of Invention: How De Bethune Builds The Future Of Watchmaking

The Art Of Invention: How De Bethune Builds The Future Of Watchmaking

At De Bethune, technical innovation and horological art go hand-in-hand. There is a natural tendency when you look at watches, to think o...

The Tourbillon In The 2000s: Everything Everywhere All At Once

The Tourbillon In The 2000s: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Tourbillon evolution, fast forward. The tourbillon, as we’ve seen, was for the most part a device used quite rarely in watchmaking ...

Tourbillon Chronicles Part III: Rise of the Wristwatch

Tourbillon Chronicles Part III: Rise of the Wristwatch

The last word in pocket watch accuracy becomes the first name in wristwatch complications. In the late 1970s, as we (probably) all know, ...

The Inauguration and Evolution of the Datograph

The Inauguration and Evolution of the Datograph

A comprehensive look at the history of A. Lange & Söhne’s signature chronograph Around 2008-2009, at the start of my teenage ye...

Tourbillon Chronicles Part II: Two Centuries Of Evolution

Tourbillon Chronicles Part II: Two Centuries Of Evolution

How the tourbillon earned its reputation as one of the pinnacles of watchmaking. During his lifetime, Breguet produced only a small numbe...

The Tourbillon Chronicles: <br>Birth Of The Tourbillon

The Tourbillon Chronicles:
Birth Of The Tourbillon

How a watchmaking legend created one of watchmaking’s legendary complications. Welcome to The Tourbillon Chronicles, a four part se...

Industry News

The 1916 Company Launches Jewelry Exhibition with Contemporary Designers

The 1916 Company Launches Jewelry Exhibition with Contemporary Designe...

The 1916 Company and Eleonor Picciotto will showcase collections by Suzanne Syz, Alexandra Rosier, Selim Mouzannar, and Elie Top. The 191...

Audemars Piguet Wins Big At The GPHG

Audemars Piguet Wins Big At The GPHG

The company’s Code 11.59 Universelle RD#4 takes home the top prize, the Aiguille D’Or. The 2023 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie...

Geneva Watch Days: Is Bigger Better?

Geneva Watch Days: Is Bigger Better?

The biggest ever edition of Geneva Watch Days may be the shape of things to come. It was not all that long ago that the tradition of mult...

The Louis Vuitton Tambour, In Steel

The Louis Vuitton Tambour, In Steel

A steel drum serenade for the wrist. For every major fine watchmaking brand, there is a design which is so strongly identified with it th...

The De Bethune DB28xs Starry Seas

The De Bethune DB28xs Starry Seas

A company with big ideas makes a small miracle. De Bethune’s DB28 collection is not, of course, the only family of watches that De ...

H. Moser & Cie. Serves Up Tantalum With a Side of Stone

H. Moser & Cie. Serves Up Tantalum With a Side of Stone

H. Moser & Cie. takes tantalum to a new level with Jade and Lapis. The history of watchmaking is, in part, an exercise in material sc...

The Lion in Winter: The Carillon Tourbillon Biver

The Lion in Winter: The Carillon Tourbillon Biver

“I will be the master of my cheese until the last piece.” — Jean-Claude Biver, 2009 I have a lot of memories of Jean-Claude B...

Roger Smith “Masterpiece” Pocket Watch No. 2 Up for Auction at Phillips

Roger Smith “Masterpiece” Pocket Watch No. 2 Up for Auction at Phillip...

The watch that earned the blessing of one of watchmaking’s toughest critics: George Daniels. In every professional life, if you are...

Auction News

The Watchmaking World Has A New “Big Three”

The Watchmaking World Has A New “Big Three”

And they’re not brands, they’re watchmakers. One of the oldest tropes in fine watchmaking is that there is – or was – a ̶...

Freddie Mercury’s Plastic Seiko Hits £15k at Auction

Freddie Mercury’s Plastic Seiko Hits £15k at Auction

And there’s still 48 hours to go… If reports are to be believed, Apple — who, as much as we may not like to recognize or admi...

Rexhep Rexhepi for Only Watch 2023

Rexhep Rexhepi for Only Watch 2023

The Akrivia founder unveils his third Only Watch submission. Few watchmakers have garnered as much attention in recent years as Rexhep Re...

How Much Would You Pay For Freddie Mercury’s Plastic Seiko?

How Much Would You Pay For Freddie Mercury’s Plastic Seiko?

A prime example of a niche Seiko with unmatched provenance is blowing its estimate out of the water. It’s been a bit of a quiet summer in...

The New York Auctions — One Week Later

The New York Auctions — One Week Later

I like New York in June, How About You? Last week saw the auction world swing back to New York City with collectors and enthusiasts desce...

Phillips Hong Kong Auction XVI: An Imperial Patek, And Independents Ascendant

Phillips Hong Kong Auction XVI: An Imperial Patek, And Independents As...

Condition is everything – except when it isn’t. Phillips: The Hong Kong Watch Auction XVI, took place over the 24th and 25th of May...

Geneva Auction Week: Indies Shine, Classics Climb, And That Million Dollar Milgauss

Geneva Auction Week: Indies Shine, Classics Climb, And That Million Do...

Or should I say, two million dollar Milgauss? The dust is settling from this spring’s Geneva Auction Week 2023, and while it may be...

Recap: Christie’s The Art of F.P. Journe

Recap: Christie’s The Art of F.P. Journe

In a white glove sale, F.P. Journe cemented his position as one of the most collectible watchmakers alive today. It was hard to deny the ...

Watch 101

The Inbox: Aren’t Hand Wound Perpetual Calendars Obsolete?

The Inbox: Aren’t Hand Wound Perpetual Calendars Obsolete?

If hand-wound perpetuals are such a bad idea, why do they even exist? Greetings all, and welcome back to The Inbox. We’ve been on a...

We may not want to admit it, but quartz is here to stay — and that’s a good thing. When we talk about watch enthusiasts, what we usually ...

How to Spot a Fake Rolex

How to Spot a Fake Rolex

Rolex is one of the most recognizable watch manufacturers, producing approximately one million timepieces per year. Rolex models have bee...

Enamel – The Inside Track

Enamel – The Inside Track

While it hasn’t exactly become widespread, it’s no surprise to find that enamel is a thing in contemporary watchmaking. Over and above th...

What’s Behind Black?

What’s Behind Black?

Being seen without us knowing where it comes from: such is the dark destiny of black, watchmaking’s lucky color. Let’s find out more by t...

Starry Skies: How Aventurine Dials are Reshaping the Blue Dial

Starry Skies: How Aventurine Dials are Reshaping the Blue Dial

Also known as goldstone, aventurine has had a resurgence as a dial material in the watch industry over the last two decades. Its unique c...

Bi-compax: Panda, Zorro und die anderen

Bi-compax: Panda, Zorro und die anderen

Do good things always come in threes? Not always. For the majority of chronographs, counting minutes and seconds is enough. In which case...

Zeiger: Hohe Kunst der Uhrmacherei

Zeiger: Hohe Kunst der Uhrmacherei

Die erste Sache, die man erblickt, ist die letzte, für die man sich interessiert. Grausames Schicksal der Zeiger einer Uhr! Sie zeigen we...

Watch Reviews

The MB&F HM11 “Architect” Remembers Days Of Future Past

The MB&F HM11 “Architect” Remembers Days Of Future Pa...

The HM11 is an homage to a world of tomorrow that never was. 1957 was, like most years, a year when quite a lot happened. More specifical...

MING Goes Gold: The 37.04 RG Rose Gold Monopusher Chronograph

MING Goes Gold: The 37.04 RG Rose Gold Monopusher Chronograph

The first precious metal watch from MING is a study in contrasts. The first MING watch, the 17.01, was launched in 2017 and it was as an ...

Patek Philippe Announces The Aquanaut Luce Minute Repeater, The First Grand Complication Aquanaut

Patek Philippe Announces The Aquanaut Luce Minute Repeater, The First ...

The entry level Patek just stepped into the heavyweight ring. Patek Philippe doesn’t really do so-called quiet luxury, or at least ...

Introducing The De Bethune DBD Evergreen For Dubai Watch Week

Introducing The De Bethune DBD Evergreen For Dubai Watch Week

The latest version of the DBD Digitale goes green. Dubai Watch Week brings people together, but it’s also primarily an opportunity ...

The Greubel Forsey Tourbillon Cardan Revives The Super-Tourbillon

The Greubel Forsey Tourbillon Cardan Revives The Super-Tourbillon

There’s a new Lord Of The Rings. The tourbillon may have been more or less declared obsolete as a regulating device, but if it̵...

Patek Philippe Announces The Ref. 1938P-001 Minute Repeater Alarm “Philippe Stern”

Patek Philippe Announces The Ref. 1938P-001 Minute Repeater Alarm R...

An aristocrat among alarms, in tribute to one of the giants of modern watchmaking. The watch is a tribute to Patek Philippe’s honor...

Light Weight Champion: The MING LW.01

Light Weight Champion: The MING LW.01

A heavy hitter that weighs next to nothing. The introduction of increasingly high tech materials into modern watchmaking has made it poss...

The H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Chinese Calendar Limited Edition

The H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Chinese Calendar Limited Edition

A clean, clear display of a highly complex calendar. There are few subjects more beautiful than the various calendar systems which have d...

Press Room

Introducing The 1916 Company

Introducing The 1916 Company

The 1916 Company ushers in a new era for watch & jewelry enthusiasts, uniting WatchBox, Govberg, Radcliffe, and Hyde Park Jewelers. T...

WatchBox China Inaugurates Shanghai Collector’s Lounge and Salon

WatchBox China Inaugurates Shanghai Collector’s Lounge and Salon

Collectors unite to celebrate WatchBox’s official opening in mainland China alongside first public viewing of the De Bethune DB28xs Starr...

Milestone: WatchBox Crosses 150 Million Views on YouTube

Milestone: WatchBox Crosses 150 Million Views on YouTube

Tim Mosso, architect of the ultimate watch review video library, tops 100 million views on WatchBox Reviews channel WatchBox, the world’s...

WatchBox Presents: A Traveling Exhibition

WatchBox Presents: A Traveling Exhibition

Experience Two Decades of Complexity & Beauty: A Global Event Series Celebrating the Pivotal Collections by F.P. Journe and De Bethun...

Andy Zhang Appointed CEO of WatchBox China

Andy Zhang Appointed CEO of WatchBox China

Collector turned watch industry executive to lead WatchBox expansion in mainland China. WatchBox is pleased to announce the appointment o...

Jack Forster Named Global Editorial Director at WatchBox

Jack Forster Named Global Editorial Director at WatchBox

WatchBox strengthens mission to educate and entertain collectors with arrival of renowned watch journalist PHILADELPHIA, PA (August 18, ...

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