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Vacheron Constantin bring archives back to life

Vacheron Constantin bring archives back to life

ARCHIVES AND HERITAGE

The Geneva-based watchmaker provides a highly original service: it restores and repairs its oldest timepieces before putting them on sale in its boutiques (...)

Heritage: The power of the past

Heritage: The power of the past

ARCHIVES AND HERITAGE

In the watch business it’s difficult to talk about the present without bringing up the past. It’s almost Pavlovian.

Five underrated vintage chronograph calibres

Five underrated vintage chronograph calibres

PART II: MINERVA, MOVADO & PIERCE

Can you think of a single brand that doesn’t offer a chronograph in their current line-up? The chronograph is still perceived today as one of the most (...)

Redbar: uniting collectors worldwide

Redbar: uniting collectors worldwide

WATCH CLUB

This is undoubtedly the most successful ‘organic’ initiative looking to bring together watch aficionados worldwide. Paradoxically, it all began online, (...)

Five affordable vintage alarm watches

Five affordable vintage alarm watches

VINTAGEMANIA

If you snooze, you lose! A selection of 5 vintage alarm watches that you could wear everyday and won’t cost you a fortune.

The price performance of vintage watch icons: ROLEX, PATEK PHILIPPE, OMEGA

The price performance of vintage watch icons: ROLEX, PATEK PHILIPPE, OMEGA

The performance of watches is a fascinating topic. In addition to the sheer enthusiasm for particular watches, models, brands, materials, and movements, (...)

Five underrated vintage chronograph calibres

Five underrated vintage chronograph calibres

PART I EXCELSIOR PARK & ANGELUS

Can you think of a single brand that doesn’t offer a chronograph in their current line-up? The chronograph is still perceived today as one of the most (...)

‘There is no vintage bubble'

‘There is no vintage bubble’

ALFREDO PARAMICO

Alfredo Paramico is a world-class collector, primarily of Patek Philippe and Longines. This Italian former merchant banker, living in Miami, now manages an (...)

Yesterday's marketing is more modern than you think it is

Yesterday’s marketing is more modern than you think it is

VINTAGEMANIA

Art deco advertisements certainly look prettier mounted on your wall than the modern ones you’ll find in the glossy magazines in your doctor’s waiting room. (...)

Watchfinder: a turning point for the pre-owned watch market

Watchfinder: a turning point for the pre-owned watch market

The pre-owned watch is the “next big thing” for the watch industry. The takeover of the British second-hand watch platform by the Richemont group indeed (...)

No price bubble for the Rolex Bubble Back

No price bubble for the Rolex Bubble Back

VINTAGEMANIA

1933 - in order to make room for the newly patented and revolutionary rotor that transformed manually wound watches into automatic ones, the engineers at (...)

MB&F: avant-garde vintage

MB&F: avant-garde vintage

PRE-OWNED

The frontiers of vintage are constantly being pushed back. The brands have clearly taken this on board, as they are multiplying initiatives to regain (...)

Phillips: “We welcome brands that buy back their history”

Phillips: “We welcome brands that buy back their history”

INTERVIEW

An interview with Paul Boutros, Head of Americas & International Strategy Advisor at Phillips in association with Bacs & (...)

Can you dive with your vintage watch?

Can you dive with your vintage watch?

VINTAGEMANIA

Have you ever asked yourself that question? I’m sure that if you’re a collector, or simply the owner of a vintage watch, you’ve surely asked yourself at least (...)

Auctions: independent dominance explained

Auctions: independent dominance explained

VINTAGEMANIA

The most recent sales in Geneva have once again demonstrated the overwhelming supremacy of Rolex, Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet. Why have collectors (...)

Great Britain: a horological superpower for 200 years

Great Britain: a horological superpower for 200 years

GUEST COLUMN

For about 200 years before the 20th century, Great Britain boasted undisputed supremacy of watchmaking, thanks to the British Empire’s global maritime (...)

It could have been a great advertisement

It could have been a great advertisement

VINTAGEMANIA

It was a sunny day on the Atlantic coast in France. Mr. X (pseudonym) thought it was a great opportunity to practice his swing on the golf course nearby. (...)

The school piece: an underrated gem

The school piece: an underrated gem

VINTAGEMANIA

Such timepieces are strangely overlooked on the vintage market: few collectors and aficionados understand their immense technical and sentimental value. (...)

A curated selection of vintage chronographs

A curated selection of vintage chronographs

VINTAGEMANIA

The ’50s, ’60s and ’70s were the apogee of the chronograph. These ten chronographs, selected from hundreds of models, demonstrate the technical vitality and (...)

Rolex and Omega break records at Phillips auction

Rolex and Omega break records at Phillips auction

The “Daytona Ultimatum” thematic sale raised over 22 million Swiss francs at the Geneva auction May 11-13. We also saw a new world record for an Omega watch (...)