This 20-Minute Video Will Teach You About Watch Collecting & The History Of The Modern Timepiece
Did you know that we, at HODINKEE, have published hundreds of professionally shot, highly produced videos on watches over the span of the last few years? You can see them all on our Youtube page. One video, originally published in June of 2014, the HODINKEE editorial team felt would be a particularly poignant clip to show today, when most Americans are away from work due to Labor Day. This video, Talking Watches with Jean-Claude Biver, not only tells us how he, and other top tier consumers collect (case quality and dial originality are a must!), but also about his early days in the watch industry, which date back to the 1970s. In sum, this 20 minute video is an amazing primer on not only serious watch collecting, but also how the watch industry came to be what it is today. Watch above and for more, you can see the full Talking Watches with Jean-Claude Biver here.

Ceramic
Hi all,I will soon have a ceramic diver, very excited, one of the reasons why I always wanted one is that they are almost unscratchable, but of course in case of a serious shock or ding they can dent or break. I heard of some breaking the case, wanted to know if anyone already dented or broke a ceramic part, bezel, case, crown or pushers, and if yes how did it happen?As I understand the ceramic used by AP is top notch, just on looks they explode the competition, and I'm sure they are very hard, but did hear some stories or watches being dropped on tile floors and breaking, has this happened to you or anyone you know?I am not a die hard AP fan, I like many models but some less, but the AP ceramic is second to none, I saw a ceramic Pam last week, it's nice but it's only brushed ceramic, AP mixes brushed and polished with these vertical lines, it's clearly awesome, I'm glad I could secure a BNIB one from AP and would like to say that the AP customer service was top notch, Panerai is awful

NAV01 in rotation this week
Happy Thursday!No work tomorrow and closed out this week with the nav01 in rotation.Cheers!Sent from my XT1096 using Tapatalk

Tudor BBB reasonable price?
I was offered a very good example on strap, with full box and papers at 3750 USD. Do you think this price is reasonable? These BBB seem hot recently.

Attention Rolex...
By the way, my very best wishes to all, and may 2018 be your best year ever.I just returned from a week fishing at Tropic Star Lodge, Panama. Throughout the trip I wore a Yachtmaster. I kept being told to be careful with the clasp of my watch getting caught with the reel when reeling in. I've been fishing all my life, most of that time wearing a Rolex watch and I must admit that I've never had the clasp of my watch hitting a reel. However, when looking at it, the protruding end of the clasp could very easily get caught with the reel. Moreover, I have always disliked the way the clasp fits high over the bracelet on the Oyster bracelet. Which is a reason I like very much the way the Jubilee clasp on the new 36mm Datejust fits flush with the bracelet; the same as on the President bracelet. It would be great if Rolex would take a further step in improving their bracelets by making the clasp fit more seamlessly with the links on the bracelet. As is the case with some IWC and Omega br