Six restored vintage Vacheron Constantin watches are to be sold in an online auction through Sotheby’s commencing at 5:00 PM BST today (5 October) and finishing on October 15, 2018. Sotheby’s and Vacheron Constantin have partnered to hold the auction… Read More ›
Although they are not Longines’ biggest sellers, if there’s one thing that they can be counted on, it is that the brand will come up with some good looking vintage reissue models for their Heritage Collection. This year, it comes… Read More ›
Vacheron Constantin have released three new additions to their ‘Historiques’ models. One of them is a smaller (36.5mm) version of their American 1921. The other two are the ones that we are highlighting here. They are, as they say, similar… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
That I look forward to seeing what Longines releases in its Heritage collection each year is no big secret, and Baselworld 2016 brought with it two additions to this collection. Today is about a watch with a familiar case shape… Read More ›
