Vintage timepieces.
Last Friday TAG Heuer launched ten exhibitions worldwide under the ‘Heuer Globetrotter’ banner, bringing together important historical pieces from their museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds and from collectors local to each participating locale. All up, there are four hundred watches, timepieces… Read More ›
Today’s post is about a watch from the early 1960s. A vintage Universal Genève Polerouter of no particular individual horological historical importance, it is a watch whose existence only recently became known to me. It belonged to my late grandfather,… Read More ›
Today is about a limited edition 42mm Panerai – the PAM000716 aka the Mare Nostrom Acciaio, based on a 1990s Pre-Vendôme Mare Nostrum. Of course this is not the first Mare Nostrum reissue; most recently there was a 2015 model… Read More ›
Perhaps in some ways, the last thing that one would expect from the modern Rado brand is a heritage-inspired dive watch, but that’s exactly what 2017 has brought – a homage to one of their pieces with its origins in… Read More ›
IWC has a long and legendary history when it comes to pilots’ watches, and their modern ones form both a popular and an important part of their collections. They also love to do historical nods, and this is now manifested… Read More ›
On the first day of the Phillips/ Bacs & Russo auction in Geneva this weekend, what is known as the Rolex ‘Bao Dai’ (Keeper of Greatness) Ref 6062 sold to a phone bidder for 5,066,000 CHF (including buyer’s premium), doubling… Read More ›
Although it seems, in recent years, that the popularity of diving into the archives for new releases has markedly increased, Longines has been paying attention to their heritage for awhile. This year has brought some very pared back models, including… Read More ›
Those of you who follow me on Instagram may recollect photos I posted in January 2017, before SIHH, of the new Autavia from TAG Heuer. Even by soft launch standards it was pretty low key. If you didn’t happen to… Read More ›
The departure of Zenith CEO Mr Aldo Magada and the increased engagement of Jean-Claude Biver with the brand during this interim period has, not unexpectedly, lead to something surprising – the resurrection of the Defy name. Some of us still… Read More ›
The most widely known notable date for Omega’s Speedmaster Professional may have been in 1969 when it accompanied Buzz Aldrin to the surface of the moon, but as Speedmaster collectors know, ‘pre-moon’ Speedys are arguably the most desirable ones. The… Read More ›
