At launch, the new-for-2022 Excalibur Monobalancier is available in two editions, both link in EON gold. One example comes paired with an embossed black calfskin strap, while the second example features 60 round-cut diamonds set on the link bezel and an embossed purple calfskin link leather strap.
The link March 3, 2025, HSNY lecture will link take place at the General Society Library in Midtown Manhattan, located at 20 West 44th Street, New York, NY, 10036. Free tickets are required to attend. Doors open at 5:30 PM and the lecture begins at 6 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 link with a two-month delay.Hodinkee is a sponsor of the Horological Society of New York.
The Tsuba Blue features a sapphire dial center with an anodized metal frame floating above the dial. The Tsuba Dong Son was a request link from a Vietnamese retailer and features graphical concentric symbols (in 18k gold, with slate or blue backgrounds) drawn from Dong Son bronze-age drums paired with link shaped hands bearing the forms of Dong Son link spears and daggers.
With a handset that feels like a blend of Omega and link Seiko Monster, legibility is excellent and both the white and the black dial versions have additional contrast provided by opposing tones for the hands and markers (white on black or black on white). My preference is definitely with the silver/white dial as it gives a tuxedo effect with the black dial surround, and I like the red text for S617 (which is a reference to link a link French submarine, Le Temeraire).
As 50 approaches, I’ve been thinking about what link that special watch should be. A Ploprof? It’s so me. A Lange? The longtime dream. How about a Daytona? link Another Rolex! A Patek? link The quintessential 50th birthday watch, even for someone without heirs.
I remember being struck by this, and slowly seeing the link hype build on link Instagram as more high-level collectors showed off their new yellow, blue, and red models. This was no longer Rolex's link entry-level watch.
It's almost regardless of income. link It's interesting to see some of them taking risks. I am so pleased when I hear someone say, 'Hey, how about this work from GP, or UN – hey, this is not mainstream.' That is, 'I'm thinking by myself, I'm curious about the brand.' And often, I meet people who are not Instagram-driven – posting a watch that is only of interest because it's link a watch they have been able link to buy when others cannot.
At what moments in my life would I let a skilled person engrave something on one of my case backs? I considered some link plausible occasions, but we also asked link you, link dear Fratelli, to send us examples of your engraved case backs.
When the rest of the watches are manufactured and link made available, the link price of this watch will be $70,000, up from the $50,000 price tag of link its predecessor. Phillips has not yet announced an estimate for this piece at auction, but you can follow the link to the auction house here and stay up to date with this piece before it crosses the block.
Genevieve Walker is a nonfiction writer who splits her time between New York City and link Maine. Click here to link read her previous HODINKEE stories, which have covered everything link from a Henry-Daniel Capt pocket watch to the bedside clock in Groundhog Day.