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Did you say vintage?

Did you say vintage?

TRENDS

The term ‘vintage’ appears to be invading the entire watchmaking world and yet it covers many very different realities from the authentically ‘vintage’ (...)

Rolex “Bao Dai” sets auction world record

Rolex “Bao Dai” sets auction world record

The diamond-encrusted Rolex 6062, commissioned by the last Emperor of Vietnam, has just sold for a massive 5,066,000 Swiss (...)

Out of Order watches make you say… “OOO”?

Out of Order watches make you say… “OOO”?

Beat up and broken in. That’s what Italian watchmaker Out of Order, or OOO, is offering to watch enthusiasts. Will the design concept have mass (...)

Watch auctions: premium and everything else

Watch auctions: premium and everything else

ANALYSIS

’Everything beautiful is expensive’: such could be the slogan for the current collector watch market. But beyond the record prices for exceptional lots at (...)

VINTAGEMANIA - Introduction

VINTAGEMANIA - Introduction

The fashion for vintage which has boomed over the course of the past decade concerns not only watches – far from it. Vintage is everywhere, in cars, (...)

Tudor mines the productive seam of “reinterpretation”

Tudor mines the productive seam of “reinterpretation”

VINTAGEMANIA

Officially, at Tudor, they don’t use the word “vintage”, preferring the term “retro-chic”. Old models are not “reissued”, they are “reinterpreted”. It was in (...)

VINTAGEMANIA - Beyer Chronometrie Zurich - “The brands are returning to their roots”

VINTAGEMANIA - Beyer Chronometrie Zurich - “The brands are returning to their roots”

Interview with Juergen Delémont, manager of vintage watches at Beyer Chronométrie Zürich.

VINTAGEMANIA - Iconeek: “today, everything sells”

VINTAGEMANIA - Iconeek: “today, everything sells”

Interview with Vanessa and Fabien Chicha, founders of Iconeek.

VINTAGEMANIA - “Collecting vintage watches is making us more demanding”

VINTAGEMANIA - “Collecting vintage watches is making us more demanding”

An interview with two young collectors

VINTAGEMANIA - Chronographs for collectors: in praise of diversity

VINTAGEMANIA - Chronographs for collectors: in praise of diversity

Chronographs from the 1950s and 1960s are currently among the most highly prized by collectors. World leaders such as Omega Speedmasters, Breitling (...)

VINTAGEMANIA - My own private frankenwatch

VINTAGEMANIA - My own private frankenwatch

By browsing the many vintage watch websites, it’s possible to select exactly the elements you want, and build your very own unique (...)

ENTRY-LEVEL - Chez Maman, an Aladdin's cave of watches

ENTRY-LEVEL - Chez Maman, an Aladdin’s cave of watches

When a vintage furniture store in the Marais in Paris starts selling watches, you’d expect no less than an affordable, varied and quirky selection. And (...)

Frederique Constant rallies with new vintage series

Frederique Constant rallies with new vintage series

The brand has unveiled its Vintage Rally limited edition watches inspired by the Austin Healey, one of the most beautiful British sports cars in (...)

Linde Werdelin's vintage ambitions

Linde Werdelin’s vintage ambitions

A new marketplace for the brand’s older timepieces - called “LW Vintage” - has just been launched. It raises an important question: what is (...)

Atlantic: when obscure means great value

Atlantic: when obscure means great value

The Swiss brand has been around for about 128 years, producing solid watches at a great price. But don’t tell the Swiss about it just (...)

Museum Classic by Movado

Museum Classic by Movado

A true icon of contemporary watchmaking, Movado’s legendary Museum dial was designed in 1946 by American artist Nathan George Horwitt. He held that “we do (...)

Real, fake and real fake watches

Real, fake and real fake watches

Counterfeiters are increasingly turning their attention to collectible watches, whose prices have skyrocketed. Sometimes all it takes is one tiny detail, (...)

Casio, the return of the original smartwatch

Casio, the return of the original smartwatch

The Japanese electronics giant has recently opened a museum exhibition showcasing its rich histoy of digital watches, which are also resurfacing on wrists (...)

The Return of the Audemars Piguet Prodigal Watch

The Return of the Audemars Piguet Prodigal Watch

Geneva is the place for some of the biggest and priciest watch auctions in the World. A rare Audemars Piguet minute repeater broke another world record, (...)

What James Bond Can Teach Us About Watches

What James Bond Can Teach Us About Watches

Watch enthusiasts generally see quartz movements in a negative light. But James Bond can teach us a thing or two about the coolness of the quartz, and the (...)