New Watch Brand Carbon14 Offers Environmental Award
New watch brand Carbon14 launched last month at Ecofest, New York City’s largest environmental conference and festival. More than 10,000 people attended the multi-day event. The brand, also known as C14, offers 3 collections called Air, Earth, and Water. To spotlight the brand’s environmental focus, it is offering the $50,000 C14 Environmental Award. The purpose of the Award is to highlight the work of “ordinary people doing extraordinary things” to help the environment. Nominations can be submitted via the brand’s website. Votes for nominees will be cast online, and the 20 nominees receiving the most votes will be reviewed by a panel of judges that includes Sheryl Crow, host of Discovery Channel's Planet Green Summer Rayne Oakes, environmental scientist Felicia Keesing, founder/CEO of CauseCast Ryan Scott, and Carbon14 CEO Robert Hollander. The winner will be announced on Earth Day – April 22, 2010.Click the image of the Carbon14 Earth 3.3 below to

Rolex Explorer 2 Watch For 2011
For 2011 Rolex offers a new Explorer 2 to follow up last year's new Explorer. While the Explorer was bumped up to 39mm last year, the Explorer 2 is the Rolex sport watch with a modern size of 42mm in width. That is 2mm larger than the Submariner, and it likely wears better than the 43mm wide Submariner Deep Sea. Also new is the return of the orange GMT hand in addition to the Maxi-dial like size of the hands and hour indicators.In a 42mm wide case, the Explorer 2 is in 904L steel with a mix of polished and brushed surfaces. While known for its white dial, the Explorer 2 now comes with a black dialed version as is traditional for the line - both in lacquer. Contrast on the dial on both models remains excellent, with the signature large orange GMT hand remaining on the dial. Both dials feature "Chromalight" luminant. The hands are all in white gold. I have had arguments with people about Rolex hands being in white gold. While not all of them are, many of the newer Rolex models have white

Breaking News: Sotheby's Chairman Daryn Schnipper Confirmed For HODINKEE Collectors Summit, To D
The HODINKEE Collectors Summit is really taking shape. Not only will we have the likes of Aurel Bacs, Jason Singer, John Reardon, and Philippe Dufour in the house for completely candid, behind the scenes conversation with you, but we are thrilled to announce a new addition the schedule. And it's a big one. Like, to the tune of $24,000,000. Daryn Schnipper is the international chairman of the Sotheby's watch department. She is the woman responsible for selling the most expensive, most important watch on the planet, twice. Yes, Daryn is the woman who first set the record at $11 million dollars for the Henry Graves Supercomplication – one we thought would stand for all eternity – only to break it this past November by selling the very same watch for over $24 million. She'll be at the 2015 HODINKEE Collectors Summit to tell you what it was like first discovering this horological giant and then going through the process of researching it, understanding

Breitling Claspd
Hi everyone,Just got myself a Superocean Steelfish 44mm Silver Dial (2008), my first Breitling.Still getting used to the weight of the watch, it is Heavy. (Much much heavier than my Rolex and Omega)Not sure if this topic came up before, It it possible to fit the Pro II Bracelet to the New Breitling Push Button Clasp?Would this not be the ideal combination? Security and easy adjustments.Maybe I should ask AD.Any thoughts?

Event Horizon Speedmaster
So I was watching the Sam Neil film Event Horizon and in the opening scene an Omega Speedmaster is seen floating past the camera aboard the Event Horizon ship itself.The movie is set in 2047 so this just goes to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that there will be Speedmasters in 40 years.Best regards,Joe