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Kathleen McGivney
Kathleen McGivney

Kathleen McGivney is the CEO of RedBar Group, the world's largest watch enthusiast community. She manages and contributes to the European Watch Company blog, and has been a contributing writer for HODINKEE, Modern Luxury, Harrods Magazine, and Watchonista. She is frequently featured as a watch expert in articles in the New York Times, Marie Claire, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Robb Report, GQ, Watchonista, WatchPRO, and the New York Post.

Everything You Need to Know This Week in Watches (August 24-28)

Everything You Need to Know This Week in Watches (August 24-28)

Omega revives the Speedmaster 38 with seven references, Longines adds its first monopusher chronograph to the Master Collection, MB&F builds an Alien-inspired clock you assemble yourself, and Geneva Watch Days opens next week.

Aug 28, 2026

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4 min read

Everything You Need to Know This Week in Watches (August 17-21)

Everything You Need to Know This Week in Watches (August 17-21)

Blancpain revives a 1968 Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe, Roger Smith marks 100 years of George Daniels, Spinnaker returns to SpongeBob, and Glashütte Original, Czapek and Legare add new releases.

Aug 21, 2026

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2 min read

Up Close With Jaeger-LeCoultre's Collectibles VI in London

Up Close With Jaeger-LeCoultre's Collectibles VI in London

The sixth capsule of Jaeger-LeCoultre's Collectibles program brought 12 museum-grade vintage timepieces, seven of them Reversos, to the maison's Old Bond Street flagship.

Aug 19, 2026

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4 min read

Everything You Need to Know This Week in Watches (August 10-14)

Everything You Need to Know This Week in Watches (August 10-14)

TAG Heuer sends off the final Dutch Grand Prix with an orange Formula 1 Solargraph, Fears closes its Brunswick Jump Hour, Panerai puts the Luminor Marina in Carbotech, and secondary prices rise 1.5% in the second quarter.

Aug 15, 2026

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3 min read

Everything You Need to Know This Week in Watches (August 3-7)

Everything You Need to Know This Week in Watches (August 3-7)

Rolex slipped to about 30% of Chrono24 sales, a seven-year low, as the marketplace released its Rolex Report 2026. Plus GPHG first-round voting opens, Breitling and Aston Martin revisit the DB5, Vacheron Constantin heads to the Hamptons, and Chronoswiss cuts its first stone dials.

Aug 7, 2026

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4 min read

Beyond Big Ben: A Collector's Guide to London's Watch and Clock Museums

Beyond Big Ben: A Collector's Guide to London's Watch and Clock Museums

Where to find John Harrison's H5, a 1585 automaton galleon that fires its own cannon, and the world's only museum devoted to electrical horology.

Aug 5, 2026

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5 min read

Everything You Need to Know This Week in Watches (July 27-31)

Everything You Need to Know This Week in Watches (July 27-31)

A Gold MoonSwatch Drew 1.2 Million Applications for 1,969 Watches, Bucherer confirmed four more U.S. showrooms, and TAG Heuer brought back Team Ikuzawa in Tokyo.

Jul 31, 2026

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3 min read

Swiss Watch Tariffs Change Again: What the New 12.5% Rate Means

Swiss Watch Tariffs Change Again: What the New 12.5% Rate Means

Congress let the 10% global tariff lapse on July 24, and new Section 301 duties on 60 trading partners, Switzerland included, replaced it the same minute.

Jul 24, 2026

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7 min read

Wearing a Girard-Perregaux Laureato Fifty to Craft's Final Service

Wearing a Girard-Perregaux Laureato Fifty to Craft's Final Service

As Tom Colicchio closes his flagship after 25 years, a longtime regular says goodbye

Jul 15, 2026

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3 min read

A Day at Yankee Stadium With the Oris Lou Gehrig Limited Edition

A Day at Yankee Stadium With the Oris Lou Gehrig Limited Edition

Oris's Big Crown Pointer Date honors the Iron Horse in 2,130 pieces, and we wore it from Monument Park to the final out

Jun 18, 2026

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6 min read

Why There Are So Many Watch Shows Now

Why There Are So Many Watch Shows Now

Consumer watch fairs barely existed a decade ago, but this spring, collectors could attend thirteen events across three countries in six weeks, a shift that's changing how watches are bought and sold.

Jun 4, 2026

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5 min read

We Love “Night at the Museum.” But This Was Way Better.

We Love “Night at the Museum.” But This Was Way Better.

Vacheron Constantin's Historiques 1921 and an Afternoon Spent Getting Pleasantly Lost at the Met

Mar 18, 2026

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4 min read

How a Cold DM Slid Onto Olympic Ice

How a Cold DM Slid Onto Olympic Ice

Curling’s reliance on timing makes it one of the rare Olympic events where a wristwatch makes sense

Feb 26, 2026

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2 min read

The Other Best in Show

The Other Best in Show

At AKC Meet the Breeds, an IWC white-dial Ingenieur finds its perfect companion

Feb 20, 2026

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3 min read

The Murky World of Seized Watch Auctions

The Murky World of Seized Watch Auctions

Each year, law enforcement confiscates millions of dollars in luxury timepieces. Here’s what to know about how they get sold

Feb 10, 2026

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3 min read

A Snow Day with a Snowflake

A Snow Day with a Snowflake

The perfect backdrop for Grand Seiko’s most seasonally poetic watch

Feb 9, 2026

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3 min read

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