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February 4, 2014 |
The Watch Snob Finally Weighs In On SIHH 2014 When the most intriguing thing about you is your booth at the Salon International Haute Horlogerie -- the SIHH, and not your watches, you may have a problem.   |
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Glashutte Original vs. A. Lange & Sohne "While I admire most of what Glashutte Original is doing (its cartoonish sports watches notwithstanding), I will almost always choose its neighbor from down die Strasse." |
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James Bassil |
SIHH: The Best New Watches of 2013 The first big watch show of 2013 opened today in Geneva: the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie. The SIHH is organized and hosted by Richemont, the company that owns such watch brands as Baume & Mercier, IWC, and more. |
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Watch Snob: Do Real Men Wear Louis Vuitton Watches? Two of the most ubiquitous men's watches on the market... Two prestigious luxury brands that mean nothing in the watchmaking world... |
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IWC Watches I'll admit, I'm a sucker for advertising. So I've fallen hard for IWC's "Engineered for Men" campaign and the design of its watches, which really appeal to my inner pilot, diver and sailor. |
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James Bassil |
SIHH: The Best New Watches Of 2013 - Part II We'll open with an entirely sensible new model from IWC, and build up through price and complications to some outrageous mechanical monsters from Parmigiani. |
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Ben Clymer |
Men's Watch Trends: 2011 Tired of the same old men's watch designs? Curious about what's shaking up the watch industry? Join the club. |
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Baume & Mercier William Baume Jumping Hour While Baume & Mercier may be best known for its entry-level luxury watches (usually under $5,000), every now and then it likes to pull out the big guns to show off what it can really do. |
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Robert-Jan Broer |
Sports Watches: 2011 Although it doesn't hurt to have a classic-looking timepiece to pair with a suit for a formal occasion, it's the sports watches that get the most attention. |
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Sihh 2012 We asked five of the world's most respected watch experts -- who also happen to be regular AskMen contributors -- to share their top pick from the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, a major Swiss trade show most men can only dream of attending. |
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Robert-Jan Broer |
Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Moon 39 Jaeger-LeCoultre was on a roll at this year's Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva. |
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Watch Conglomerates The downside is a slight loss of character from buying a watch from a conglomerate brand. However, at least you know the brand will be around in 20 years |
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Steel Watches: Watch Snob Every great watch ever made has been done in steel; it is both durable and handsome. |
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Robert-Jan Broer |
Calibre de Cartier With the Calibre de Cartier series, Cartier takes aim at those men who care about aesthetics as well as mechanical movements. |
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Common Man Watches The Watch Snob answers questions about technologically advanced mechanical movements, the best tourbillon watches, and about one of his own friends. |
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March 27, 2013
Robert-Jan Broer |
Perpetual Calendar Watches Is the perpetual calendar useful? Of course, it makes the life of the fortunate a bit easier. However, mechanical perpetual calendars do not come cheap. |
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January 1, 2003
Edward Kiersh |
Spending It Fine watches can be excellent overall investments -- assets that are fun both to own and appraise. |
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March 11, 2014 |
The Snob Weighs In On Two Lange & Sohne Watches It's true that the Terraluna is a quite large watch. It is also so extremely beautiful and so emotionally and intellectually compelling that I could not possibly care less. |
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Cartier Watches The Calibre de Cartier is the only Cartier watch that gets true horological props from the Snob. |
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July 1, 2014 |
The Watch Snob Weighs In On Collecting Vintage Rolexes There are indeed very good independent watch and clock-makers but they are generally extremely expensive to patronize and are largely disinterested in being brands. |
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JLC Reverso The Reverso is one of those timeless classic watches that everyone should have. |
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Cheap Watches Frankly, other than the odd NOMOS Glashutte, there's scarcely a watch under $6,000 that makes me look twice. |
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Ariel Adams |
Ralph Lauren Sporting Collection Verging on the side of "that looks about right," the Ralph Lauren Sporting Collection timepieces are conservative and tasteful without taking too many design risks. |
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March 22, 2014
Jack Forster |
Classic Or Cutting-Edge: Which Watch Should You Strap On Your Wrist? The truth is, classics are classics for a reason -- they're generally versatile. |
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Xemex Some Xemex watches are produced with Valjoux movements; others are not. Can you appraise the brand in general terms? |
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Designer Watches: Watch Snob The Watch Snob's take on collaborations between watchmakers and fashion labels. |
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July 21, 2003
John Rossant |
Richemont in a Rut Will a tough-love approach fix the luxury-goods maker? |
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Journe Watches It is impossible to compare one haute horlogerie watch brand to another. There really are not any downsides to either F.P. Journe or A. Lange & Sohne. It is akin to comparing Mozart to Beethoven. Both make exceedingly fine timepieces. |
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Mid-Tier Watch Brands These watches offend me because they deign to consider themselves serious timepieces, often preying upon the novice watch buyer by plying them with false pedigree and tenuous history. |
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February 25, 2014 |
Steer Clear Of This Brand - The Snob Deems It Insufferable Armin Strom's watches are virtually indistinguishable in terms of design; the design elements themselves are a collection of some of the most worn-out tropes and basic design mistakes in modern watchmaking. |
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Durable Watches Sadly, I am smitten with the looks of Cartier Tank watches. Have I detected a ray of horological hope in your writing about Cartier's Tank Anglaise? |
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Men's Vintage Watches Starting a watch collection with vintage watches... Complications in a modern watch... Finding a Swiss-made timepiece with some history that is good value... |
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September 29, 2013
Jack Forster |
What Does A Watch Need To Have In Order To Be Great? The notion that an in-house movement is in some way inherently better is an illusion born of many factors. |
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Frank Geelen |
IWC Ingenieur AMG High-end cars, high-end watches -- they're both cool boy toys, and so is the IWC Ingenieur AMG, which we're taking a look at today. |
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Swiss Army Watches: Watch Snob Despite what one may think, Victorinox Swiss Army really does make a decent product. |
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Best Watch Brands: Watch Snob There are plenty of brands that most people consider "high-end" that, while I respect, simply aren't superlative in any way: IWC, Vacheron, Piaget, and Zenith all make nice watches, but they are meaningless. |
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin High-grade timepieces convey prestige and class, and could be not unjustifiably considered fine artwork in many cases. |
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October 22, 2013 |
Watch Snob: Is The Breguet Classique Truly Legitimate? It's certainly one of the most intellectually interesting watches in the last ten years. |
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Rafael Nadal's Winning Timepiece: Watch Snob My take is that Rafael Nadal is the best tennis player in the world and he deserves to be wearing the $525,000 RM 027 from Richard Mille. |
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Frank Geelen |
Montblanc At SIHH 2013 Watches are often considered the only acceptable jewelry for men. So what kind do you wear? Here is an example from the Salon de la Haute Horlogerie, 2013. |
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Swiss Watches The world would be a far better place if it was run by men with an appreciation for fine timepieces, with the possible exception of Sarkozy -- but, then, he's French. |
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August 5, 2014 |
The Watch Snob Talks Vintage Collecting - Is There Any Worth To Dead Brands? When it comes to watches, it's as with romance -- better to fall in love with the right girl first and then inquire about the cost of a wedding. |
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Purchasing Watches Where is the best place to purchase a watch? What brand is the best for a husband's anniversary gift? Is a quartz movement the highest watch making achievement? |
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Watches For Soldiers I'm in the U.S. military and am tired of wearing the same old Timex/G-Shock/Suunto in the field. |
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Thin Watches: Watch Snob The Watch Snob answers questions about Jaegar LeCoultre Master Grande Ultra Thin and Breitling watches. |
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Ben Clymer |
How To: Start A Watch Collection This fashion tip will provide you with a fundamental understanding of watch terminology, the four different categories of watches (and when to wear them), the differences between collecting vintage and new watches, and, of course, where to find them. |
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January 31, 2011
Jason Heaton |
The Power Reserve: Degrees Of Complication Seeing the fruits of your winding efforts becomes immediately apparent on a watch with a power-reserve complication. Like a gas gauge in a car, the power-reserve meter on a watch dial indicates how much power is left to accurately maintain timekeeping. |
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Jason Heaton |
The Chronograph: Build The Ultimate Watch Collection If you're setting out to build your ultimate watch collection, you have to include the chronograph. |
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Haldimann I'm all for modern art and experimentation. But one tenet that should never be abandoned in watchmaking is the display of time. |
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Large Watches "Wear a 45mm watch, baggy pants and an oversized T-shirt and hey, maybe you don't look so fat after all." The Watch Snob is in. |
