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December 6 2022

Introducing the Zodiac Super Sea Wolf World Timer GMT ‘Pan Am’ for Hodinkee

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Pan Am Airways, founded in 1927 and extinguished in 1991, was for more than half a century the largest international airline in the world, whose logo was for a long time the second most recognized worldwide.

During its golden age, many watch brands displayed the airline’s logo on the dials of their watches, in the form of the most different collaborations and this year, after more than 30 years of its disappearance, we have seen the rebirth of these partnerships, first through Breitling, most recently with Timex and now in a limited edition Zodiac for Hodinkee and it’s the latter we’re here to talk about.

This exclusive edition comes in the form of the Zodiac Super Sea Wolf World Timer GMT model, with the Pan Am colour palette as it should be.

Thus, the new Zodiac “Pan Am” comes in a stainless steel case 40mm in diameter and 13.6mm thick, a bidirectional blue world-time bezel with the various cities inscribed in white, sapphire crystal, screwed crown at three o’clock and a solid case back, and lastly 200 meters of water resistance.

Over the white background dial, a black 24-hour outer chapter ring that works in partnership with the central blue GMT hand, applied plated hour markers, baton hands in the centre filled with luminescent material, central seconds hand, date window at 3 o’clock and the inscriptions in black of the brand logo preceded by the model at 12 o’clock and the Pan Am logo in blue at 6 o’clock.

Inside, it comes with the Soprod C125 automatic movement, which operates at 28,800 Vph and offers up to 42 hours of power reserve.

The watch is attached to a three-link stainless steel bracelet with a polished and brushed finish and comes with a few extras, such as an extra black leather strap with a blue Pan Am logo, a Pan Am patch and a cleaning cloth printed with world time zone map and past Pan Am flight paths.

In all, there are 182 units that can be purchased exclusively at the Hodinkee store for a price of $1,795.

Photos Credits: Hodinkee

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July 26 2022

Introducing the Zenith Chronomaster Original Limited Edition for Hodinkee

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Zenith together with Hodinkee unveils the new Zenith Chronomaster Original Limited Edition which is the result of a collaboration between the two brands. The new chronograph, which comes with a salmon opaline dial, is a new and unprecedented iteration of the Zenith Chronomaster Original based on the 1969 A386, which since last year and for the first time, comes with a fully integrated automatic chronograph movement, which you can find out more here.

The new Chronomaster Original, which retains the layout of the previous variants on the outside and on the dial, features a stainless steel case measuring 38mm in diameter by 12.6mm in thickness, with finishes that alternate between polished and brushed, crown with the signature of the brand at three o’clock flanked by two pump-style pushers, sapphire crystal on the dial and case back and 50m water resistance. On the opaline salmon dial, the usual three registers in different shades of grey, a date window at 4 1/4 o’clock with the background matching the dial, a grey inner ring and a salmon outer ring, rhodium-plated faceted hour markers and hands all filled with Super-LumiNova and a central chronograph hand that makes one turn in 10 seconds.

Inside lives, the high-frequency El Primero 3600 automatic movement, introduced last year as we mentioned earlier, delivers 36,000 Vph and offers up to 60 hours of power reserve.

The watch is offered with a tapered stainless steel bracelet, with polished central links and brushed outer links.

The Zenith Chronomaster Original Limited Edition for Hodinkee is limited to 300 units, which can be purchased exclusively from Hodinkee and Zenith online stores for $9,500.

Introducing the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Mil-Spec Limited Edition for Hodinkee

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Blancpain launched a new version of its iconic watch from the mid-1950s, the Fifty Fathoms Mil-Spec, is an impressive recreation of a time-honoured watch and was also an inspiration for many dive watches from other brands.

Going back to the past and after the end of World War II, instrument watches continued to be an important piece of military equipment, so it was no accident that many watches that we know today still have the connotation of being born inspired by military forces and the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Mil-Spec is probably one of the fathers of this connotation. Developed by rigorous military requirements, with an easy-to-read underwater dial, highly reliable, robust and resistant, it was soon chosen to equip military forces worldwide. Therefore, it was not surprising that in 1953 it was adopted by the Combat Diving Corps of the French Army and a few years later, when incorporating a moisture indicator on the dial around 1957-58, it was also adopted by the units of US combat divers (including the elite UDT and Navy Seals).

This new Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Mil-Spec, is a limited edition of 250 pieces, launched exclusively in the USA and developed in collaboration with Hodinkee. It is faithful in dimensions and design to their ancestors, a brushed satin case of 40.3 mm, a matte black dial without a date window, white hour indexes that vary between sticks and circles and a diamond shape that marks the 12 o’clock, white hours and minutes central hands, a central seconds hand, a humidity indicator at 6 o’clock and 300m water resistance. Off the dial, a unidirectional black sapphire bezel, a crown at 3 o’clock with tiny crown guards. This watch is powered by an In-house calibre 1154 with automatic winding, antimagnetic characteristics thanks to its silicon balance spring, a power reserve of 4 days and a sapphire bottom that allows observing the movement of the watch. As expected, the watch comes with a black Nato nylon strap.

These watches will be available at Blancpain Boutiques in the United States and also at the Hodinkee online store, for $ 14,400.

General Specifications:

Brand: Blancpain

Model: Fifty Fathoms Mil-Spec Limited Edition for Hodinkee

Reference: 5008 11B30 NABA

Dial: Matt Black

Lume: Super-LumiNova

Case Material: Satin-brushed stainless steel

Case Dimensions: 40.3 mm diameter, 13.23 mm thickness

Crystal: Sapphire Glass

Case Back: Sapphire Glass

Caliber: 1154

Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, moisture indicator, diving bezel

Winding: Self-winding

Power Reserve: 4 Days

Water Resistance: 300 Meters

Strap: Black nylon Nato strap

Price: $14,400

Limited Edition: 250 pieces

December 2 2020

Hodinkee announces a new CEO

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Hodinkee through a press release has just announced its new CEO Toby Bateman, former leader of Mr. Porter. This announcement was made by Ben Clymer himself, the Founder and now former CEO of Hodinkee, who takes the opportunity to enlighten and calm the followers of Hodinkee, that it is not about his removal from the company, but rather to free him from his time to do what he likes most and that is the true essence of Hodinkee, that is, telling stories and spending more time with the watch community.

This press release also served to announce some more news in the Hodinkee universe, such as the hiring of a new editorial head, Nick Marino and raised $ 40 Milion in a new investment round.

Ben Clymer’s departure from the limelight had been noticed for some time, then he made rare appearances and wrote one or another more important article for Hodinkee. This news could thus mean a new turning point for Hodinkee and the return of its leader doing what we’ve always been used to and we, as members of that community, can only be satisfied and say that Ben Clymer is very welcome and already needed.

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