Why is Vulcain, with a history most notably known as ‘the (U.S.) Presidents’ watch’, reissuing a 1950s Presidents’ Chronograph in honour of Real Madrid? When one thinks of modern watch brands and football club watches, this is not the type… Read More ›
Vulcain has just announced a re-issue of ‘the ringing diver’ aka the Cricket Nautical, first introduced over six decades ago. The Cricket Nautical was born of a collaboration between three divers who happened to have relevant expertise, and Vulcain. It… Read More ›
Vulcain has dipped into its heritage before for modern pieces, and today, the latest ‘new heritage’ piece is a revival of a 1970s Chronographs. The new Chronograph 1970s Hand-Wound is not their first historically oriented chronograph, with the 50s Presidents… Read More ›
Vulcain’s flagship (and most well-known) model the Cricket needs no introduction, and today’s post features one that contains the Calibre 120, the original Cricket movement that was patented in 1947. The first modern wrist alarm movement, it predated the more… Read More ›
Earlier this year we covered Vulcain’s new Cricket Nautical Seventies Limited Edition model which paid homage to a very funky version of the Cricket. Vulcain have just released another new model, this time paying tribute to its 1961 Nautical watch… Read More ›
Inspired by conversations online with English watch and clock collector AlanL and Sydney enthusiast Danny, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at a Jaeger-LeCoultre SIHH 2013 novelties dinner (about which I will cover in a separate post), this post… Read More ›
Vulcain, most well-known for its Cricket alarm watches, has launched a faithful modern replica of their Cricket Nautical from 1970. The first Nautical models were launched back in 1961; these watches were not only capable of going down to 300m… Read More ›
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