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Colin Chapman, founder of the legendary automotive marquee, Lotus, once stated that “simplify, then add lightness” was his philosophy. It’s an oft-celebrated, frequently misquoted, and pervasively genius idea: removing all but the essentials to create something that transcends…
There were a number of surprising and sometimes divisive releases from Patek this year, but when you look at them as a whole, you can attempt to read the tea leaves to see the future of the Maison. We start with the most technical.
Minerva, founded in 1858, has entered a new phase in 2026, stepping out from its long-standing double branding with Montblanc to operate as a stand-alone name. The transition has already brought several new creations, including the Unveiled Crownless and new executions of the…
All that and more in this week's edition of Hodinkee's What's Selling Where column.
One of the oldest Swiss watchmaking brands (Founded in 1737 in Le Locle), Favre Leuba underwent a global relaunch in 2024 under the leadership of CEO Patrik P. Hoffmann and has since been pretty busy relaunching timepieces that honour the brand’s extensive archives while meeti…
“Now, art thou the man to pitch a harpoon down a live whale’s throat, and then jump after it? Answer, quick!” Herman Melville wrote these words and had Captain Peleg say them to Ishmael in the 1851 classic novel Moby-Dick. Now, I ask, are you ready to pitch the Favre Leuba Har…
Nousseima Baraket founded Buci in 2022 with a Kickstarter campaign that funded her first collection aptly and simply named “Garde-temps” or “timepiece.” Baraket is of African and French origins, with her parents hailing from Tunisia and raising her and her siblings in the Fren…
Founded in 2022 by Nousseïma Baraket, Buci approaches watchmaking through the written word, taking ideas from books, poetry and different forms of writing. Its debut Garde-Temps collection established this identity, followed by collaborations with seconde/seconde/ and Revoluti…
Orient reinterprets its heritage in integrated-bracelet sports watches with the new Flusso collection. Drawing inspiration from the SK (“Super King”) models that appeared in the brand’s catalog during the 1970s and ’80s, the Flusso modernizes the formula for a contemporary aud…
The Donut Watch Company is to Ming what the MAD Editions watches are to MB&F — a technically separate marque, but really a platform for lower-priced playfulness from the same people who bring you the Ming timepiece brand. Ever since SevenFriday debuted on the scene years ago w…