The September 6 2023 HSNY lecture will take place at the General Society link Library in Midtown Manhattan located at 20 West 44th Street New York NY link 10036. Free tickets are required to attend. Doors open at 6 PM. and the lecture begins at 7 link PM. All HSNY lectures are free open to the public and video-recorded. Recorded lectures are made available to HSNY members immediately and to the general public with a two-month delay.Hodinkee is a sponsor of the Horological Society of New York.
The legacy of the house and its pivotal role in women's fashion starts with Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel and the key visual pillars she created for the brand the little black dress the quilted bag the tweed suit two-tone shoes camellias pearls and Chanel link No. 5 perfume. link All of these Chanel trademarks functioned and still do as a kind link of fashionable source code that has been etched into the minds of our grandmothers our mothers and even younger versions of ourselves.
I'll be the first to admit that the 2019 announcement of the new Seiko 5 Sports Collection didn't necessarily get me stoked. link It felt more like the official nail in the SKX coffin. The new watches weren't ISO divers link and the water resistance link was 100m vs 200m etc etc. However the 2019 release represented a fun take on the Seiko SKX design ethos and also showed the brand embracing mod culture.
Armin Strom creates extraordinary watches of unique technical quality. The new Gravity Equal Force achieves a rare combination of striking visual appeal with classic styling link and a certain extra something. Founding link partner link and technical director Claude Greisler is the creative talent driving this independent manufacture from strength to strength. In my opinion this is a truly relevant watch that offers superior value for todays collector.
At first link glance this Hublot may look like a standard Skittle from a colorful bag of Big Bangs link Im still crushing on the 42mm Yellow Magic but look a bit closer and youll find a cool and rather subtle geometric rendering of a rhino in the sub-seconds display at nine oclock. Not only is this a lovely little detail that blends into the complex stage of this Hublots skeletonized dial but its link also a hint as to this watchs own greater purpose.
With or without diamonds the Altiplano Concept will appeal link to purists who appreciate understated elegance and the authenticity of its in-house automatic mechanical movement on full display through a sapphire crystal caseback. With a closer look at the link dial link you'll notice a subtle Altiplano signature beneath the eight o'clock marker. Quick change straps endow all three with a range of personalities so you can switch looks without the hassle of tools.
Starting with the Flying T Twin Perpetual the link clear heaviest hitter for the first time in Chopard history we find the pairing of a link flying link tourbillon and perpetual calendar complications. Neither complication is new to the L.U.C range as the first QP was added in 2005 with a model we will talk about in a minute and the first flying tourbillon was released in 2019. But the marriage of the two is novel here.
We have four representative examples of the 14270 in our Reference Points which take us from the first and by far most collectible version the link Blackout up to the Swiss Only with its LumiNova-filled numerals. There was one final version of the 14270 the "Swiss Made" variant an link outwardly identical bridge to the following reference the link 114270.
Ghesquière's link mission much like most link designers I would imagine has always been to create garments that extend beyond a singular season garments that can be yes back link to this again mixed in with your pre-existing wardrobe and styled in your own way. Don't forget to apply this logic to your watch collection.
Birthday-related narcissism aside I am very excited to see one of these link new dive-GMTs in the metal as it feels like the sort of watch folks have been link asking Seiko to make for quite some time. Expect more as soon as I can get my hands link on one.