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Breguet’s best watch in years has one problem
A $185,000 tourbillon, when prototypes aren’t ready, and whether you can ever really see everything.
 • Tony Traina
Attention is the easy part.
A microbrand refunds every pre-order, Adam Golden on who’s propping up the indie market, and a familiar Vacheron that photographs better in Malibu.
 • Tony Traina
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Making ‘Chasing Time,’ the First Real Watch Documentary (w/ Adam Golden and Chris Gary)
Why a record auction result isn’t your exit price, plus a year inside the watch world on camera.
 • Tony Traina
An Introduction to Unpolished
A start here guide for new enthusiasts and collectors.
 • Tony Traina
‘Uncomplicated’ Americans: Notes from New York Watch Week
Everything I saw and heard this weekend, from a quiet firing at LVMH to Bradley Taylor’s full order book.
 • Tony Traina
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The newsletter for watch collectors. Recs on what to buy (and not to). From a former Hodinkee editor.

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Forget Ebel. Zenith did the 90s El Primero best
The De Luca, Rainbow Flyback, and the Chronomaster I’d buy, plus six for sale right now, all under $7k.
 • Tony Traina
10 things I just learned about Lange & Söhne
Why Lange melted its Wellendorff bracelets, and what else its CEO and head of product development told me.
 • Tony Traina
Am I Buying Microbrands All Wrong?
500-word on the Fears Brunswick Perpetual Calendar + September Recap
 • Tony Traina
Am I Buying Microbrands All Wrong? (w/ Zach Kazan, Worn & Wound)
Zach Kazan is the managing editor of Worn & Wound, and he’s covered microbrands as closely as anyone for the last decade.
 • Tony Traina
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13 vintage details I never stop thinking about | Sunday Edition
Tiny pyramids, a parking emoji, and the best ‘script’ ever put on a dial.
 • Tony Traina
Titaniumize Everything (w/ Austin Rogers, @rehaut)
Austin Rogers is a New Yorker by way of Ohio, and goes by @rehaut on Instagram.
 • Tony Traina
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Late to the trend, and better for it | Moser Streamliner 34 Review
A week with Moser’s smallest sports watch. Plus, why Rolex doesn’t need scarcity.
 • Tony Traina
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