As you know, we love our vintage watches, and today we have another rare horological beast for you. This one is particularly unusual. No, it’s not a Longines with a cracked dial which has had the cracks filled with gold…. Read More ›
Vintage watches etc
Vintage timepieces.
A look at a 1939 Longines Lindbergh
In March, I wrote about a rare Longines Wittnauer Second Setting watch. Thanks to a distinguished collector friend of JPVFX, we now have a follow-up post of an even more well known and rare Longines aeronatical beast – the Longines… Read More ›
Marking Time – ‘The Clock’ & a horological workshop
Following an AUD$53 million redevelopment, Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art re-opened, at the end of March, with a new exhibition called ‘Marking Time’. Featuring the work of eleven Australian and international artists, it shows the ways in which they visualise… Read More ›
The rare Longines-Wittnauer Second Setting watch
One of the reasons I carry a camera with me all the time is because I never know when I might meet an unexpected watch. Firstly, a bit of history. The relationship between Wittnauer and Longines goes back a long… Read More ›
A GTG at Scopri Italian Restaurant
Scopri 191 Nicholson Street Carlton VIC 3053 Ph : (03) 9347 8252 A week after having spent a few days in Melbourne, I found myself there again for the Melbourne Watchband’s end of year dinner last month, having been talked… Read More ›
An early Omega Bumper
Amongst many vintage watch enthusiasts, Omega has a strong hold both aesthetically, and because of the mechanical innovations made by the brand. One of these is the calibre 28.10. Introduced in 1943, it was Omega’s first commercialised automatic moment, and… Read More ›
Universal Genève Polerouters – Cal.69 and Cal.138
Polerouter Date cal.69 UG was founded in 1894 as “Universal Watch” by Numa-Emile Descombes and Ulysse Georges Perret for the “production of watch-cases, domes, watch dials, movement, fitted boxes and packaging for watches”. Descombes died at age 34 in 1897,… Read More ›
Selections from Antiquorum’s NY December auction
With the end of 2011 nigh, Antiquorum’s December “Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces” auction in New York will feature a mixed bag of 450 modern and vintage timepieces, and even some parts (see lots 323 to 327). You can view… Read More ›
Which came first – Glashütte or Prim?
In 2007, Glashütte Original presented what would turn out to be the first in a line of “Sixties” models (with a square-cased tourbillon featuring in 2011’s line-up) based on an almost identical design that they’d produced in, of course, the… Read More ›
Sold : John Wayne’s Rolex King Midas
(Photo from Heritage Auctions) The “Personal Property of John Wayne Signature Auction”, conducted by Heritage Auctions, has just closed, with an astonishing total of $5,382,492 for the sale. Amongst the items sold was Lot 44182, described as follows : “An… Read More ›
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