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‘Holy Grail’ 376.0822 Omega Speedmaster
This unassuming Speedmaster seems an unlikely candidate for the title holy grail. Nonetheless, Speedmaster collecting legend Chuck Maddox settled on the title after…
647A IWC Pellaton Automatic
I’m not sure the word bewitching has ever been more appropriate. Some watches are designed or marketed to be elegant, while others simply…
Value Proposition: 7996 Tudor Oysterdate Ranger
A ‘first’ in anything remotely tied to Wilsdorf, whether coronet or rose, tends to attract attention and huge premiums. However, there are exceptions…
1 of 30 Green Cartier Tank Americaine Platinum 1734D
I would like to begin by making a distinction. I’ve been corrected by people who know far about the subject than myself that…
True, 1 of 300 3570.31 ‘Mitsukoshi’ Omega Speedmaster
It’s a rule of life; Japan gets some amazing watches that the rest of the world never lays eyes on. This is more…
10922-2 Ulysse Nardin Skin Diver
Ulysse Nardin are today probably best known for their outrageous Freak designs and, if I’ve had anything to do with it, an FP…
Nivram (Marvin) 1930s Tuxedo Calatrava
I have never more lamented my Neanderthal wrist proportion more than just Monday. Let me explain. One of the great joys in this…
2447NST Heuer Carrera Second Execution
TThis may very well be the most killer iteration of all those very killer early Carreras. Reverse panda, three register, inner tachymetre scale.…
Meters First 5513 Rolex Submariner
I (and probably many others) had a collector tell me once, ‘. . .just buy the sub.’ In the previous decade those would…
6240 Rolex ‘Large-Daytona’
We’re back in the realm of Wilsdorf details again, but for good reason. I’ve covered a majority of the Cosmograph and Daytona’s evolution…
1 of 140 SBGW275 Grand Seiko ‘Genbi Valley Iwai’
This is a watch which, I think it’s fair to say, we’d all been hoping for for some time. Grand Seiko’s SBGW line…
The Other 321 Seamaster: Omega’s 145.006-66
In the pantheon of great watch calibres, many actual experts far more learned than myself have placed Omega’s 321 (and all Lemania 2310…
6030 Rolex Oyster Perpetual Bubbleback
Not all symptoms of modern watch collecting are as lamentable as the AD situation or Nautilus hype would suggest. One marked advancement, to…
