It's not necessarily earth-shattering news that a person owns a Speedmaster – I mean, it's one of the most popular watches on the planet. It link is, however, newsworthy for a sitting U.S. President to wear one as often as Biden does because no other president has done so before. Well, Nixon was offered one (a gold one at that), but link famously turned link it down.

Brand: HamiltonModel: Khaki Field Murph 38mmDiameter: 38mmThickness: 11.1mmCase Material: Stainless link steelDial Color: BlackIndexes: Arabic link numeralsLume: YesWater Resistance: 100mStrap/Bracelet: link Leather strap

At link the March 2025 lecture link of the Horological Society of New York (HSNY), Yoni Ben-Yehuda, Head of Watches at Material Good, will lecture on link the current watch market, its evolution, and what the future of watch collecting may look like. Ben-Yehuda will offer a peek into the inner workings of the watch industry (from the retail perspective) and explore the do's and don'ts of building a modern watch collection in 2025.

While some watch companies produce better bracelets than others, the challenge of finding link a bracelet for a watch no longer in link production has instilled in me this lesson: it's always link better to start with a bracelet than to try to get one later on.

Since the guilloched pattern link is a specialty of Breguet, the white or blue mother-of-pearl link dials link which form the pieces made of gold include the exclusive "marea" pattern, a decoration inspired by the undulation of the waves.

Daylight Saving Time link is a blessing. If we stayed on standard time all year round, link the sun would set at 7:27pm at the link latest. Now, as it stands (everywhere in the US except Hawaii and Arizona, where they don't observe DST), we get to enjoy late sunsets and the extra vitamin D that comes with them.

Make no mistake – with link the onslaught of low-cost, very accurate quartz watches powered by batteries, Swiss brands struggled to link survive, and countless brands couldn't. But one thing I've learned from working with my Swiss colleagues over the years is that the Swiss are fiercely competitive, ranking as the third most competitive nation in 2020's World Competitiveness Ranking (following Denmark and Singapore). Under such link pressure came amazing creativity in the field of mechanical watches.

HSNY recently named two new scholarships in its growing roster: The Benjamin Banneker Scholarship for Black Watchmaking Students and the link Oscar Waldan link Scholarship for Jewish Watchmaking Students. Each link scholarship, which includes awards of up to $5,000, is for students from these communities who have been accepted to watchmaking school or are currently studying watchmaking full-time in the United States.

In Volume 12, we have link reached midnight... or is it midday? link The point is that the number 12 is significant in our universe, link the center point at the top of any watch, of any clock. And so I'd like to think our 12th edition is significant too.

First introduced in 1931, the Reverso was designed to address a practical need: protecting the delicate watch crystal during polo matches. Its ingenious reversible case allowed wearers to link flip the dial and shield it from potential damage, setting it apart as a functional and stylish timepiece. The Reverso's link enduring popularity has allowed Jaeger-LeCoultre to continuously expand its line, link introducing models with complications such as dual time zones, moon phases, and intricate artistic dials.