Inside The Manufacture: A Visit To NOMOS Glash��tte, From Design To Production (VIDEO)
Late last year, our trusty producer, Will, and I had the joy of traveling to Germany to visit the folks from NOMOS Glash��tte �C a brand that is no stranger to us at HODINKEE, or you, as readers of HODINKEE. NOMOS is a small independent watch brand of roughly 260 employees based in Berlin and Glash��tte with a very simple goal �C to make (mostly) in-house, affordable, and well-designed wristwatches. No quartz, just good old-fashioned well-made movements that range in cost, for the majority of the collection, between $1,500 and $4,000 �C a noble goal if there ever was one. We know all this, but I wanted to know more, so that in detail, I could answer the questions "who or what is NOMOS?" and "how do they do what they do?". In this special Inside The Manufacture, I'll answer this for you. First, check out the video above, and then read on. 1 OF 49 The Early Days + Ownership NOMOS was founded by Roland Schwertner in 1990, which to most of us seems like just a few years ag

The Glash��tte Original Senator Observer (Live Pics, Specs, Pricing)
Glashütte Original, like Zenith, may not win the praise of the most demanding collectors, but there is a quiet charm about them. Residing literally just next door to the other Glashütte-based high-end manufacture, GO goes about producing subtle and elegant wristwatches without much fuss or fanfare, but they are all excellently made, and all produced entirely in-house. Oh, and relative to their neighbors, they offer fantastic value. This new piece from GO is one of their strongest, most handsome offerings yet.? 1 OF 8 The clear winner of this year's introduction by Glashütte Original at Baselworld 2015 was the watch you see here – the Senator Observer, or GO's take on a deck watch. For the uninitiated, a deck watch was a hand-held pocket watch that navigators would use as backup to the ship's marine chronometer. Of course the chronometer was the standard by which all measurements were made, but a deck watch allowed all sailors to do their o

Breaking News: Steel Patek 5016 At Only Watch Sells For 7.3M CHF, Becomes The Highest Priced Wristwa
If you’ve been following HODINKEE lately, you probably know that this is a big weekend in the watch auction world. And the watch that has probably attracted the most attention is Patek Philippe’s contribution for Only Watch, a piece unique 5016 in steel. Why? Because, as Jack alludes to here, there has been a widespread consensus that if the right elements came together, this watch could become one of the highest priced wristwatches of all time. 1 OF 2 Patek Phillipe for Only Watch 2015 ADVERTISEMENT Well, the hammer just dropped on the Patek and we have the result. After back and forth bidding between two phone bidders for the last 2 Million CHF, the watch sold to a phone bidder in English (probably from the UK, based on the fact that Paul Maudsley was the Phillips employee taking the bid), and the final price was 7,300,000 Swiss Francs (CHF), which makes it the #1 wristwatch of all time!  A very strong result that shows

APSC Clearwater email?
Can someone provide an email contact for APSC? I want to order another strap & buckle, but I'm out of the country now, so phone is much more difficult.Thanks!

New arrival ...
Hi everybody ....Just add this beauty 5180G to my PPs collection ...Hope you like this quick pic.Khalid