Buying a watch is an art and a science that requires both intellectual know-how and emotional intelligence — but always more of the latter. There will always be other, arguably more 'sensible' things, to spend your money on. But the joy and practicality you get from owning and wearing a [...]
Not everyone needs to wear a watch nowadays. The world has moved on, and we have an abundance of ways to tell the time from looking at the microwave to calling the Naval Observatory. The most common of these is of course, the small computer that is always with us [...]
Most vintage watches, particularly those from high-end brands, are built to last. In fact, with proper care, there’s little reason why they can’t go on ticking indefinitely. But given as they tend to be already twenty, fifty, or even a hundred years old, and that many vintage watches have often [...]
When it comes to vintage watches, there are big names and then there are vintage watch icons. These are the companies that, for a plethora of reasons, have managed to stand the test of time and not only live through turbulent markets but come out stronger. As such, they are [...]
Just like the clothes you wear and the car you drive, the vintage watch brand you adorn on your wrist can say an awful lot about you and the type of person you are. In fact, as it is steeped in decades of history, it can say far more than [...]
It’s hard to imagine life before we were able to know the time in a glance. But for most of human history, this is how it was. Only recently, during the medieval period, did clocks begin to have an impact on how we live and how society functions. It all [...]
When you think about how many wrists and watches have been seen on the big screen, it’s surprising that only a small handful have made an impact on the wider landscapes of fashion and culture. This begs the question: what’s special about the ones that did? Is it because they [...]
We watch the hands go around a circular clock face as if the two have gone together since time first began. But the clock is a very recent invention, and long before we had smartwatches and Rolexes, there were many different — and what we would now see as down [...]
Books about watches general fall into two categories: hardcore manuals filled with esoteric lexicon and intricate specifications, and artistic collections of stunning visuals and watch porn. If you’re a normal person with a general interest in vintage watches, ideally, you want something that falls in between the two. You want [...]
With demand and prices spiking, the level of risk that comes with buying a vintage watch online is greater than ever. No matter if you’re a first time buyer or an established collector, then, if you’re not extra extra careful, you may just end up with a genuine fake or [...]
There are many reasons a man may want to wear a little jewellery on his wrists. The first reason that may come to mind is to look good — or, more accurately, to display status and wealth. This definitely plays a role in the choice, but there’s far more going [...]
You’d think the interest in vintage watches would have finally begun to die down or at least waver a little. But as sales of luxury vintage watch brands show, interest is growing — and there’s no signs its slowing down. Safe to say, then, vintage watches are not a fleeting [...]
