TIME TEST: The Name Game
Ever wonder how your watch got its name? Test your knowledge of watch-brand handles by matching these brand names with the explanations of the origins. Answers take the form 1-C, 2-G, etc. Good luck! Your list of brand names:1. Citizen2. Omega3. Hautlence4. Bell & Ross5. Fr��d��rique Constant6. Casio7. Girard-Perregaux8. Seiko9. Oris10. Maurice Lacroix11. Movado12. TAG HeuerMatch the brands to these explanations of their origins:A. This brand was named after a brook and a valley near H?lstein in the northwestern part of Switzerland, where the company was founded in 1904.B. This brand's name means always in motion in the artificial language of Esperanto. The language was founded in 1887 by an ophthalmologist from what is now Poland. Within a few years it gained a following in Canton Neuchatel in the Jura mountain region of Switzerland, and some schools, including the region's main business school, began teaching it. It was therefore in the air in La Chaux-de-Fonds, in Canton Neuch

HODINKEE Events: View The 2011 Harry Winston Basel Collection In NYC....Including Opus Eleven
Click to view inviteHarry Winston had a really strong showing at Basel this year, and we're not even talking about the undisputed star of the show, the Opus Eleven.? You can tell the brand is paying a lot of attention to timepieces, and as CEO Fr��d��ric de Narp said in his presentation to us, it's amazing to see what Harry Winston has accomplished in only 20 years of watchmaking.The Harry Winston 2011 collection is expansive, and while the Opus is surely the focal point, the rest of the pieces are rather refined, and supremely elegant.? We'll be highlighting a few of them over the coming weeks, but in the mean time, we would like to invite you to view the entire collection in New York City.The full Harry Winston collection will be on display on Wednesday April 27 and Thursday April 28 at the HW boutique on 5th ave from 10am-6pm both days. If you are interested in coming in to see it, send a note to RSVP@HarryWinston and let them know when you'll be there.? We promise you, you won't want

Conversion from hoarding all brands to Patek
Some might know me from here or other forum but at the end my landmark its been impulsive buying until now. It might be interesting for some and it might be boring for others but here it is. I always say Ignorance is a bliss and it reflects in various situations in life but in watches is even more evident. I went crazy and bought as many iconic watches from different as I could, but soon enough I discovered a few of things:1) The week has 7 days, and to truly enjoy your watches is better to have 3-4 watches that you truly love than 20 watches (sorry 19). Because of those many watches you will wear your favorites little or you end up not wearing a lot of them.2) As much as I want them to be all keepers, I flip them and when you flip you loose $$$$$. Isn't better to enjoy them and loose as little as possible ? hell yeah!! whats the Formula : Patek and Rolex. Yes that's the prescription my doc gave me Of course we are allow to deviate a little bit from that prescription: AP and Lange wou

Name on certificate/paper
Curious about everyone's opinion. Would you be bothered if you bought a brand new authentic Panerai watch that's not under your name on paper?

Rolex Submariner Date 2017 unworn
I have for sale my Rolex Submariner Date (Black Face)2017 for (reluctant)sale.Purchased from Mappin Webb in April 2017. It has never been worn, however stickers were taken off in Mappin Webb before being gift wrapped. Receipts and all documents in box. Absolutely unmarked.