GEAR PATROL // Timekeeping Icon: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak

TIMEKEEPING ROYALTY Timekeeping Icon:  Audemars Piguet  Royal Oak By ADAM CRANIOTES on 8.6.13 Photo by AP http://gearpatrol.com/2013/08/06/timekeeping-icon-audemars-piguet-royal-oak/ To refer to the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak as a mere icon is to almost willfully ignore the importance of the watch,...

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GEAR PATROL // Icon: IWC Portuguese

Icon: IWC Portuguese By ADAM CRANIOTES on 7.15.14 Photo by IWC http://gearpatrol.com/2014/07/15/icon-iwc-portuguese/ The contemporary IWC Portuguese is not merely a watch, but rather an entire model line within IWC’s collection, with everything from chronographs to minute repeaters...

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Auctionata Magazine: One to Watch

One to Watch By Hannah McWilliams November 30, 2014 https://magazine.auctionata.com/2014/11/30/one-to-watch/ Horology enthusiast Adam Craniotes breaks down the biggest brands in the business. Many people can say they collect watches, but few can claim to transform their hobby into an  internationally recognized movement. And...

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Wound for Life // OPINION: THE RED BAR EFFECT

BY ISAAC WINGOLD  OPINION MAY 26, 2014 Photographs by Jaygraphy.com OPINION: THE RED BAR EFFECT http://www.woundforlife.com/2014/05/26/opinion-red-bar-effect/          (Read full article on Wound For Life)            http://www.woundforlife.com/2014/05/...

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NY Times: For Luxury Watch Buyers, One Just Isn’t Enough

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/09/fashion/for-luxury-watch-buyers-one-just-isnt-enough.html OCT. 8, 2014 By GUY TREBAY Photographs By Christian Hansen for the NY Times NY Times: For Luxury Watch Buyers, One Just Isn’t Enough Truth to tell, the Top Gun Big Pilot perpetual calendar watch is no thing of great beauty. Produced by the prestigious...

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To say that I love watches would be an understatement.  To say that I’m fanatical about watches, would be closer to the truth, but regardless of how I try to spin it, the end result is the same I love watches. This love — obsession, really — began at the age of 8 with the gift of my first watch, and has grown exponentially with each passing year.  Some folks burn out and move on when they reach a critical mass in their given hobby; not me.  In my case the fire just grows hotter, burns higher and consumes more and more of my...

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