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Interesting article on Hodinkee's declining business
A bit inside baseball, and mostly based on anonymous sources, but it claims that the Crown & Caliber acquisition was a financial mistake. They bou...
How Hodinkee's Big Bet on a Watch Business Backfired
After gutting much of Crown & Caliber, Hodinkee is scaling back its ambitious marketplace plans and refocusing its strategy.
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Talk with Expert on the history of the industry, Professor Pierre-Yves Donze
Last night's talk went very well, with a great overview of the history of the watch industry followed by really interesting questions from our members...
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French brands
Japanese, Swiss, and German brands are typically the first to come to mind (at least for me), even as microbrands have diversified the origins of watc...
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The 47 Zero Sliver and how it just might take me out of the luxury watch cult
This is less a review than a confession of sorts. I’ve had this 47 Zero for a few weeks now and I’m still marveling at how it’s so unlike anything I’v...
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Can you guess what industry I am in??🧐
Whats up WC family!! Out and about with this beauty at work doing an event. Can anyone guess which industry I am in?? I’ll reply at the end of the day...
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When watch marketing was fun...and honest
"This is the only egg-timer that makes you look like a he-man" is how Hamilton advertised its then-new Calibre 11 chronograph, built in collaboration...
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New Breitling Top Times and Premiers - some thoughts
So Breitling just released a bunch of updates to existing lines. The previous 'capsule' collection toptimes got an update and made 'core collection'....
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Jack Forster moves from Hodinkee to Watchbox
Surprised to see Jack Forster move from Hodinkee to Watchbox. Jack has been the public face of Hodinkee as the Editor in Chief and star of the Ask Hod...
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The Next (Current?) Watch Crisis
We are all pretty well versed in the issues the mechanical watch world faced back in the 70's & 80's when a new player emerged, Quartz and the Qua...
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