Gift Guide The Best Stocking Stuffers For Watch Lovers

When traveling with your watches on vacation or to meet up with your fellow collectors, it's important to keep them protected. A watch roll is great for hauling around a larger number of watches, but taking your entire collection with you is usually not a necessity. The two-watch pouch allows for enough room to safely store a pair of watches and comes with a leather divider to ensure they don't scratch each other in transit. With a watch on the wrist and two in the pouch, the only thing left is to figure out the perfect three-watch travel collection.

Giving a quality pen as a gift became a meaningful symbol starting in the mid-1900s. A pen represents the possibility of creativity on an empty page. A well-crafted writing instrument isn't simply a tool of luxury, but a symbol of trust that the receiver will use for important milestones in their life. It's what you use to write your wedding vows, fill out the paperwork for your first house, and to sign your children's birthday cards. A quality pen is like a watch; when taken care of, it will be a reminder of life's adventures. Montblanc has a well-deserved reputation for making some of the best writing instruments around, and with an elegant sweeping design by Marc Newson, this is the pen to find in your stocking.

The Boy Scout motto is "Be Prepared." Two simple words that, when applied correctly, will have you ready to face anything that comes your way. Any good scout will tell you that having a pocketknife on you at all times can get you out of many jams. The Victorinox Hodinkee Watchmaker Swiss Army Knife has the classic knife, scissors, tweezers, and toothpick that are Eagle Scout-approved, but it adds one more important watch-related element: A watch case opener. This unusual twist on the classic pocketknife will have you prepared to do your best John Goldberger impression and pop the back off any snap-on caseback.

Some people think they know everything there is to know about watches. Now let's put that to the test. This edition of Trivial Pursuit is put together by the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie, a non-profit foundation founded by Audemars Piguet, Girard-Perregaux, and the Richemont group, with the goal of promoting and spreading the reputation of watchmaking excellence. Get together with some friends and see who really knows the difference between a free sprung balance and a double swan neck regulator.

Gambier is the newest strap collection in the Hodinkee Shop. From hide to final stitch, these straps are made in France with the finest top-grain leather that has a tight and uniform grain pattern. The tan strap is the perfect neutral to lighten up any piece, without getting in the way. If you want to draw attention to a vintage watch's character or let a gold watch shine, the Gambier tan works as the perfect frame to show off the unique watch on your wrist.

If it's the office at home, or the one we still must travel to, keeping your desk neat and tidy can sometimes be a struggle. Having something beautiful to put on our desks that is useful and practical can help motivate us. That's where this brass pen dock comes in. Molded after standard dice, this 11 oz. piece of brass is an artful desk accessory for your pens and pencils. Rather than a lifeless piece of metal on the corner of your desk, this brass will patina over time, a reminder of how long this stylish tool has been with you.

Though this piece is currently sold out, here's a similar Hodinkee Item we love, and you can shop all lifestyle products in the Hodinkee Shop Right here.

We could not put together a gift guide without including a watch – that's just not who we are. The Sistem51 Hodinkee Stoplight Neon Remix design comes straight from the original '90s Stoplight Swatch. The inside ring on the dial contains a yellow marker that will make its way around to highlight the date, a novel twist on the old-school pointer date. The Sistem51 collection brings mechanical watchmaking to the classic plastic Swatch. If it is a fun addition to a larger collection or the first automatic watch for the next generation, a Swatch always comes with a smile.