ASSOULINE

Watches: A Guide By Hodinkee

grey/blue paper slogan print to the rear illustration-style print hard rectangle body hardback 300 pages ISBN: 9781614288657 25cm x 33cm

Heralded by The New York Times as the "High Priest of Horology,” Ben Clymer celebrates a decade of his brand Hodinkee in this timeless, luxe edition by Assouline. Beginning its life as a blog, designed as a casual and accessible space for watch lovers, Clymer’s creative platform became a magazine, and a marketplace for the world’s most esteemed brands. Through a series of covetable timepieces, 'Watches: A Guide By Hodinkee' is informative, aspirational and thorough. With striking photography, this smart, elegant and meticulously designed edition dedicates chapters to chronographs, dive watches, high design, and horological icons, resulting in an essential compendium for connoisseurs, veterans, and novices alike.

Over a short ten-year time-span, Hodinkee has positioned itself as the preeminent and most distinguished destination for modern and vintage wristwatch enthusiasts. Exiting a career in finance, Ben Clymer decided to fuse his horological and writing passions in order to start a blog discussing everything from new products to vintage wristwatch auctions. Titling his endeavor after the Czech word hodinky, which means ‘little watch,’ Clymer sought to create a platform that was casual and accessible to all levels of enthusiasts—within a few years The New York Times. dubbed him the “High Priest of Horology.” What started as a humble blog quickly transformed into a full-fledged magazine and e-comm hub for some of the world’s leading watch brands. Celebrating the decade milestone since Hodinkee’s founding, this book captures the storied expertise of the world’s leading experts on time. With chapters breaking down chronographs, dive watches, high design, and horological icons, this book is a connoisseur’s compendium for the timepiece veterans and novices alike..