See Us Learning To Build Watches This Week #fcwatchweek
Today I will be flying to Geneva to learn how to make a watch and one of you is joining me. If you recall, back in December 2012, our monthly giveaway was for either a Frederique Constant (or Alpina) watch, and the grand prize was a trip to Geneva to build your own watch and take it home with you. Well, now our grand prize giveaway winner, Mr. Andrew E. and I will be fulfilling the experience at the headquarters of Frederique Constant this week.This will be the first time either of us will build a watch. Frederique Constant boasts some nice in-house designed and produced movements, and we will get guidance from their top watch makers. One of them will be the talented Pim Koeslag, who also produces the watches for Frederique Constant's very high-end DeMonaco brand.During the week, our team will be sharing updates from the manufacture mostly on the watches-dealer Facebook page, Twitter, as well as on the watches-dealer Instagram feed. Note that we will be using the tag #fcwatchweek if yo

The Watch I Wore The Most In 2014, By Every Single Member Of The HODINKEE Team
Members of the HODINKEE team are often asked about our personal watch buying and wearing habits. That's understandable – we spend our days around incredible watches, both old and new, and most of us have dedicated not only our careers but also our lives to understanding and appreciating these timepieces. This year, we continue our annual tradition of sharing our watch-wearing habits of the past 12 months. We asked every member of the HODINKEE team, from Kelly, to Blake, to Eric and Will, to Felix and Jason, to Evald, to Paul, to Ben and John Mayer, which watch, out of all the watches they've worn in 2014, they spent the most time with. The answers will tell you a lot about who we all are as watch lovers. Jason Heaton �C Rolex Submariner 2 OF 11 This Rolex Submariner has accompanied on most of my significant adventures over the past few years and it got the most wrist time in 2014. I wore it while crewing (fittingly) on a sailboat in the four-day Rolex

New Deployment Buckle
I just called AP in Clearwater and they advised me that in a few weeks a new deployment buckle is being released that will fit the current 42mm 26400 strap watches. It will be released in gold and stainless. Price will be as follows:Stainless $694 Gold $3376Screenshots coming from a video AP is sending me!Its a folding buckle that clips with two blades.

A little gift
Just received this from a friendly AD in NYC and wanted to share IMG_1194.JPGIMG_1193.JPGIMG_1192.JPGSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A what age you bought your 1st Patek ?
My first Patek was really my 1st High end watch. I started with watches in May 2012, so for the last 6 months of 2012 I bought JLC, Rolex, Omega, etc; Until my 41 birthday on January 2013, I post a thread called Is Hobnail the Final Answer? Let's call a friend just in case . On that thread I was convinced that if I was going to pull the trigger for something that expensive like a Patek it had to be the strongest representation of the brand something that set it a part from the rest. So I thought well it gotta be a hobnail bezel, to make a long story short after arguing about all these Calatravas and frustrated with the case sizes and proportions at the end (after 50 replies or whatever ) I said screw it; I am not buying a Calatrava and bought a 5712 I was 41photo 1.jpgphoto 2.jpgphoto 3.jpgnautilus copy.JPG