Cartier Celebrates 100 Years in North America
On April 30th Cartier celebrated the 100th anniversary of Cartier in North America with an event at the Cartier boutique on Fifth Avenue. Attendees included Bernard Fornas, President & CEO of Cartier International, Fr��d��ric de Narp, President & CEO of Cartier North America as well as photographer Bruce Weber and Alan Khazei, founder and CEO of Be The Change, Inc. Celebrities on hand included Lisa Arian, Jessica Biel, Sandra Brant and Ingrid Sischy, Tory Burch, Nan Bush, Graydon Carter, Chiara Clemente, Maria Cuomo Cole, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Beth Rudin Dewoody, Susan Fales-Hill, Anne and Mario Grauso, Audrey B. Gruss, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Hearst, Sir Elton John, Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, Martin Luther King III, Phillip Lim, Richard Meier, Demi Moore, Her Majesty Queen Noor, Zac Posen, Laurie Tisch, Patti Smith, Martha Stewart, Justin Timberlake and Stephen Wynn, Kate Hudson, Eva Mendes and Rachel Weisz.Some images from the evening – click to view larger ve

In-Depth: A Visit To Kansas City For The American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute's 2015 National Convention
The American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute held its 2015 national convention in Kansas City last week and by all accounts it was a massive success. With many upstart American watch brands in attendance, the theme for this year's convention was The Rebirth of the American Watchmaking Spirit. HODINKEE was there to learn more about the history of this venerable organization, and what is in store for its future. 1 OF 9 The convention was held at Kansas City's glamorous Hotel Phillips. The AWCI is America's professional organization for the horological industry. The institute was founded in 1960 when regional watchmaking guilds found it in their best interest to organize on a nationwide basis. You may recognize the name of one of the founding regional guilds of the AWCI – the Horological Society of New York. Today, the AWCI represents America's watchmakers and clockmakers through a range of education, certification and business services. In addit

Incoming teaser!
Start your guessing! I have a shipment exception notification from FedEx but hoping it still arrives today.

Quartz or Mechanical?
I just did a post of a Jewery Rep not knowing who AP is while hanging out in the World Perks Lounge in Minneapolis waiting for my flight and I look up to see there are 6 clocks on the wall showing different cities local times. Low and behold... Can you guess what brand is on the clocks???Hahaha!!!

The Rolex box
Hi guys, I recently bought an omega constellation and the box is oh so good! Where as the boxes of my two rolexes are just plain and boring! I mean, I paid 5 times as much for my DD40 and I actually expect the box to be special too! Anyone else think rolex should up their box game? At least for PM watches !!??Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk