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 ›
Vintage watches
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 ›
VACHERON CONSTANTIN : Historiques Triple Calendrier 1942 and 1948
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 ›
TAG HEUER : ‘Heuer Globetrotter’ exhibition
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 ›
VINTAGE : An unexpected Polerouter
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 ›
PANERAI : Mare Nostrum ACCIAIO 42mm PAM00716
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 ›
