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What goes around comes around or as the French say - Plus ca change!
You can view our range of 1960's Dive Watches here!
As the French are won't to say in their inimitable style 'Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose' - The more things change, the more things stay the same. That never felt more relevant to me than when i took possession of a recent batch of outstanding 1960's dive watches. Looking over them i was suddenly struck by an overpowering sense of familiarity. Where had i see them before? I must admit it's not a genre of watches i'm that aware of ...
The Science Of Appreciation
A good friend of mind and occasional customer asked me recently how I could be so sure that the vintage watches I sell would increase in value. Hmmm. So Sure? Tough question. There is no doubt that i firmly believe that when i say a watch will increase in value it's based on experience and an appreciation of the dynamics of the market and the desirability of a particular watch. However the question got me thinking about what it is that gives me such confidence. Could there even be a formu...
How to knock 95% off the value of your vintage watch!
I've been 'banging on' for some time now about the intricacies and foibles of collecting and valuing vintage watches and i was reminded of it again this last week when sorting through some old press cuttings i cut our and collect on the subject of vintage watches (don't judge me!). What caught my eye in particular was a piece from The Times last year which perfectly summed up the advantages and also the subtleties in not only owning a vintage watch but ensuring it's cared for properly.
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Test Drive: Rolex Daytona Cosmograph P Series Cream Dial. Enough said!
Sometimes words alone are not enough. For that matter sometimes pictures are not enough. Which is why i've just spent a weekend wearing a 2002 Rolex Daytona Cosmograph P series cream dial watch. I say wear, but when you come across a piece as rare and beautiful and unworn as this model it take some courage to wear it. Perfect in every way and a spanking as the day it was first sold, the right term for what i did was 'try it on'.
But what an experience. The Daytona has always been a watch c...
Greg Franks - Our Friend
Greg Franks is a man I didn’t know 6 months ago. Yet when I started the Watch Collector, it was to enable me to talk to and hopefully meet people like Greg. People who shared a passion for vintage watches, enthusiasts who appreciate the aesthetics and simple beauty of a perfectly engineered measurement of time. Over the months I have been speaking with him I’ve come to understand that passion in the precise way he has built his collection of watches and the massive appetite he has for the inf...
Vintage Watches. The latest craze
Maybe it's just me, but wherever i look these days I seem to see vintage watches. (The theory doing the rounds at The Watch Collector is that i might be slightly obsessed!) I can't help feeling that the whole vintage watch market is going through a significant surge in growth. And surely the fashion and cultural zeitgiest suggests this craze is here to stay. There are theories that the revival in particular of 50's and 60's watches is due to men and women of a certain age embracing pieces fro...
It's time to celebrate in style
Recently i had a significant birthday (lets just say if i was a cricketer, i'd have been raising my bat in acknowledgement to the pavilion). My wife, observant soul that she is, thought i might like a special watch as a birthday present which is how i became the proud owner of a Rolex submariner from the exact year of my birth. It was a real box find on her behalf for which i was very grateful and its unblemished condition, without the dreaded curse of refurbishment, was a testament to the ca...
A Wo(mans) watch, the must have accessory
For many the trend of women wearing mens statement watches can be dated back to Sharon Stone in the 80's and her undoubted love of wearing mens Rolex watches. Not only wearing them, but making them look sexy and symbolic in an empowering way. But even before Ms Stone was making the Rolex Submariner a must have for strong female role models, there were precedents for women in the public eye to sport their favourite mens watch. Particularly where Hollywood was concerned. From Honor Blackman's...
