We’ve covered the auctions of couple of timepieces with literary ownership before, and it’s time for another one, with familial provenance. A gold pocket watch dating from 1836 that was once owned by Charles Dickens is coming up for auction…. Read More ›
Vintage watches
EXHIBITION: Vintage Fifty Fathoms
It was only last month that we covered the new Blancpain Tribute to Fifty Fathoms No Rad, a limited edition re-interpretation of the 1960s’ Fifty Fathoms “no radiations” with its immediately recognisable symbol. We mentioned the simultaneous release of a… Read More ›
NEWS: Breguet becomes patron of French National Navy Museum
In a very fitting partnership, Breguet has announced their new status as a patron of the Musée national de la Marine in Paris, part of which includes the creation of a new room when the museum re-opens, after a four… Read More ›
EXHIBITION: “The Heartbeat of the City: 500 Years of Personal Time”
From Tuesday 27 October until Sunday 13 December 2020 the History of Science Museum, Oxford, is hosting an exhibition on time and time-keeping called “The Heartbeat of the City: 500 Years of Personal Time”. It is presented by the History… Read More ›
NEW: Accutron Legacy Collection
If you had thought that the recent birth of the Accutron brand with the Spaceview 2020 and Accutron DNA launch models were enough to keep going for well at least a couple of months more, you’d have been mistaken. If… Read More ›
VACHERON CONSTANTIN: Les Collectionneurs – Australia edition
You may recall the announcement last year about Richemont piloting the use of blockchain authentication through the Vacheron Constantin Les Collectionneurs. This new ‘collection’ consists of vintage timepieces (including pocket watches) that have been restored by the brand and are… Read More ›
NEW : Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Nageurs de Combat and Fifty Fathoms Barakuda
Two years ago Blancpain released the Tribute to Fifty Fathoms MIL-SPEC, a modern interpretation with a contemporary version of the water tightness indicator. This feature was present in the MIL-SPEC 1 (MILitary SPECification) model of 1957-58. It was based on… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2019 : Bulova Driver Computron LED (with added Apollo 11)
It was a short message from #thewatchnerd asking me if I knew that there was a certain Bulova re-issue that lead to this post. Did I know? No I didn’t, but did his news pique my interest? More than just… Read More ›
ONLINE AUCTION : Sotheby’s and Vacheron Constantin sell vintage timepieces and Manufacture visits
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 ›
LONGINES : Heritage Military Watch
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 ›