Cool Hunting Video: Hodinkee’s Ben Clymer

We talk with Ben Clymer about horological culture and some of his favorite timepieces

In our latest video as part of The Macallan Rare Cask Rare Discoveries Series, we sit down with Ben Clymer, founder and Editor in Chief of Hodinkee, the most popular online magazine about watches. An obsessive collector, the banker-turned-entrepreneur/journalist shares the source for his passion about timepieces and shows us some of the most meaningful and rare items in his collection.

Cheapo Watches

Inexpensive time pieces with playful, fun designs from Sweden

With 2015 in full swing, many around the globe are already finding their New Year’s resolutions easier said than done. For those looking to be more punctual, and more sensible with their spending this time around, Sweden’s Cheapo watches offers countless clever timepiece designs that won’t empty out your wallet. Though they’re certainly not new on the international scene, the modest brand has recently started …

Shinola Watch Dial Factory Visit

Brand president Jacques Panis walks us through the new state-of-the-art facility

The resurgence in stateside manufacturing is largely thanks to more educated and passionate consumers. Where a product’s merit was once simply its final form, there is an ever-growing demand for products with a story that embody considered design and stand up to the highest degree of quality. One of the most vocal and committed to American manufacturing in the consumer space is Detroit-based Shinola, a …