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The vintage tool watch vs. the modern luxury watch

The vintage tool watch vs. the modern luxury watch

VINTAGEMANIA

We all remember how our first mobile phone impacted our daily routine. Suddenly we were offered the ability of calling, texting, surfing on the web, (...)

“We would like to see more brands buy back their vintage timepieces”

“We would like to see more brands buy back their vintage timepieces”

AUCTION

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

Patina: the blue cheese of vintage watches

Patina: the blue cheese of vintage watches

VINTAGEMANIA

NOTA BENE: The word “patina” comes from latin and meant “plate”, at that time most of them were made out of bronze, a material that can be affected by time or (...)

The intriguing fusion of Montblanc and Minerva

The intriguing fusion of Montblanc and Minerva

VINTAGEMANIA

Two different identities, two stories, one brand, and a questionable legitimacy. A vintage watch aficionado’s take on Montblanc’s incorporation of the well (...)

Travel vintage tool watches

Travel vintage tool watches

VINTAGEMANIA

Travel today is not like it used to be. Not so long ago, travel and exploration could almost be perceived as two interchangeable terms. While today you can (...)

Universal Polerouter: one of the last affordable icons

Universal Polerouter: one of the last affordable icons

VINTAGEMANIA

I’m not the first or the last one to write about the Universal Genève Polerouter but my love for the brand and for this model in particular is deeply linked (...)

Why Elvis Presley gave away his one-off Omega wristwatch?

Why Elvis Presley gave away his one-off Omega wristwatch?

A unique Omega wristwatch by Tiffany & Co. will hit auction this May, highlighting the Geneva Watch Auction: SEVEN. But how did the special watch end (...)

Watch auctions: three decades of a legend (part II)

Watch auctions: three decades of a legend (part II)

HISTORY

During the 2000s, the sector saw the arrival of so-called “modern” brands in the watch auction catalogues. Charity events began to (...)

Who are the brands' main competitors? Themselves!

Who are the brands’ main competitors? Themselves!

The sale of a Paul Newman Daytona for 17 million dollars is just the tip of the iceberg. The vintage (and second-hand) market is stealing a march on the (...)

Almost 20 million for a steel Rolex?

Almost 20 million for a steel Rolex?

AUCTIONS

The topic up for debate is whether the auction system is out of control. Is the race to beat the record counter-productive for the watchmaking sector? One (...)

Europa Star: 90 years of editorial adventure

Europa Star: 90 years of editorial adventure

RETROSPECTIVE

At the end of the Roaring Twenties, Swiss entrepreneur Hugo Buchser laid the foundations for the magazine Europa Star. Among tourist guides, a business (...)

Loomes brings British watchmaking to the top of the world

Loomes brings British watchmaking to the top of the world

A unique watch that summited Mount Everest in May 2017 is now being auctioned to raise money for the charity Mountain Trust to help the people of (...)

The holy grail of Rolex watches shatters world record at auction

The holy grail of Rolex watches shatters world record at auction

The Rolex "Paul Newman” Cosmograph Daytona is now the world’s most valuable collector’s watch, worth over USD $17 million. Here’s why it fetched the massive (...)

Bell & Ross launches the Vintage “Bellytanker”

Bell & Ross launches the Vintage “Bellytanker”

Two new vintage inspired models – released in a limited edition of only 500 pieces – pay homage to the sleek bellytanker race cars of the 1940s and (...)

Introducing the “Vintage V5” by Alexander Shorokhoff

Introducing the “Vintage V5” by Alexander Shorokhoff

The new limited edition line features a rare super flat luxury movement from the 1960s Soviet Union, packaged in an elegant retro (...)

Andersen Genève releases one-off Tempus Terrae for Only Watch auction

Andersen Genève releases one-off Tempus Terrae for Only Watch auction

The Swiss watchmaker will donate a special version of the 25th anniversary World Timer Tempus Terrae, featuring a bi-colour dial and blue gold dial and (...)

What's the deal with ‘vintage'? (and beards?)

What’s the deal with ‘vintage’? (and beards?)

It’s not just a trend, it’s become practically an obligation. At Baselworld, you could count on the fingers of one hand the brands that weren’t launching a (...)

RESURRECTING ANTIQUORUM:

RESURRECTING ANTIQUORUM:

ROMAIN REA’S TRICKY TASK

Despite being the first house to launch thematic auctions devoted to watchmaking under the impetus of the charismatic Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum has seen (...)

AUREL BACS : A COLLECTOR OF SUPERLATIVES

AUREL BACS : A COLLECTOR OF SUPERLATIVES

Aurel Bacs has put his stamp on today’s auction world with his record-beating sales. What hidden mechanisms are at work behind these skyrocketing sales (...)

Watch auctions: three decades of a legend.

Watch auctions: three decades of a legend.

HISTORY. PART I

In the early 90s, watches at auction could only be found among the general objects to come under the hammer at non-specialist sales. We take a look back in (...)