Audemars Piguet Automati Hot News

• Editors' Picks: A Sub-$5,000 Mechanical Watch To Buy Now, And The Watch It Will Make You Want To

  So what do you do when you have $5,000 to spend on a watch? Read HODINKEE of course. We've got four of our editors to consider the question for you: what's the best buy in mechanical watches under $5000 – and what's your new prize, once you have it on the wrist, going to make you want to save for? Well, read on, friends. We have listed our top mechanical watches for under $5,000 ........

• Just Arrived: Lord Elgin Panorama

  It arrived last night and I spent until the wee hours cleaning and polishing it. By far, this had to be the most gunked up watch case I've ever cleaned. I had to take a Dremel to the dirt, after a soaking it, to removed it. It was so hardened that hand buffing was just futile. Additionally the crystal was very scratched as well (I should have a new one from Esslinger coming soon).All in all t........

• Vintage Watch Ads

  I am addicted to vintage watch ads!The nostalgic look and catchy slogans touted the incredible attributes and innovations of the day!A watch on Credit?Hamiltons even got you the Girl!Here are a few, if you have others from your favorite brand,post away!........

• I Did It!

  Well, I finally did it. I just purchased my "holy grail" watch. A WW2 era Benrus Sky Chief chrono. Pretty much the same as you see in my avatar. I'm really excited with this purchase guys, because while I've been collecting vintage Benrus watches for quite sometime now, it's always been the Sky Chief that I really wanted. It's the only chrono Benrus ever made, and this one is all-original and look........