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February 19, 2016

3 Great Watches for Fly Fishing

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Fly fishing. If you’ve spent any amount of time chasing trout in tiny mountain streams or targeting bonefish in the Florida flats, you’ll know that there’s a culture that surrounds this sport that is truly unique. I grew up in Western New York pursuing native, stocked and lake run trout in rivers and streams almost all year long. I’ve recently moved to Miami, and I’m looking forward to transitioning to salt water… and getting after snook, reds, bones and maybe even tarpon. Regardless of what you fly fish for, you’ll likely recognize three distinct activities that are part and parcel…

February 12, 2016

In The Thick Of Things…

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The phrase “Slim Is In” certainly does not hold true in the world of horology these days. As both men’s and women’s wristwatches have grown in diameter and width in the past two decades, they also increased in thickness as well. Influential Swiss watchmakers Raymond Weil and Movado prided themselves in the 1990’s on producing some of the thinnest timepieces available with their ultra-thin Othello and Soleil collections, measuring less than 7mm in thickness, which is little more .27 of an inch in size. The Citizen Stiletto introduced in the early 2000’s probably holds the record for being the thinnest timepiece,…

February 4, 2016

Our Very Good Years – Men’s Watches As We Age

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Call me old. Especially around 9 PM at night when I really feel old. Last Friday night, I spent a lot of time with the brooding side of Frank Sinatra on Youtube, and of course “A Very Good Year” came on. That song is iconic for both the Chairman of the Board and for the whole Rat Pack lifestyle. It expresses the good life, and how it eventually gets compartmentalized as we age in a series of moments. We start to think in generalizations about periods of our life, rather than looking on the whole. Since I work around watches…

January 25, 2016

88 Rue Du Rhone Time…

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High-end luxury brands and designers often name a product after a street address or location where they started. Chanel’s 31 Rue Cambon fragrance is named for the Paris address where Coco Chanel opened her first store. Hermès 24 Faubourg fragrance is named for the 24 Faubourg Saint Honoré address where the brand’s founder Charles Hermès set-up shop in 1880. Prominent British men’s clothier Savile Row is named for the tawny street in the Mayfair section of central London. New luxury watchmaker 88 Rue Du Rhone is inspired by the prestigious street in Geneva, Switzerland, where many luxury retailers are based.…

August 11, 2015

Watches You’ll Be All Wound-Up About!

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Automatic timepieces have long held a revered place in time-keeping history for their precision craftsmanship and intricate movement inside. Whether it is Swiss-made or crafted in other regions around the globe, an automatic watch features a built-in mainspring mechanism inside that windsa automatically from the natural motion of the user’s arm and provides energy to run the watch. Unlike mechanical watches, which can only be powered by manual winding, automatic timepieces are powered by the motion of the wrist and manual self-winding as well. However, many watch collectors who have automatic timepieces in their collections choose watch winders to keep their…

February 10, 2014

Raymond Weil Watches For The Well-Dressed Wrist

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In today’s ever changing world of luxury wristwatches for men and women, the brand Raymond Weil has held a prominent position for over 35 years. The brand was founded in 1976, by Swiss watchmaker Raymond Weil, who had worked over 26 years in the watch industry and was previously the President of the Geneva Watchmaker Union, as well as Vice President of the Watchmaking Industry Training Centre. Weil at time wanted to turn his vision into what Swiss watchmaking should be with timepieces that would bring a new dimension to the industry. With the launch of the Amadeus Collection in conjunction…