This is easily the strangest, yet most significant watch you could randomly stumble across on Chrono24 right now. It’s the 5950R-010, a small run of 15 pieces which are all extremely sought after. Its calibre is a direct descendant of the CHR 27-525 PS in ref. 5959, introduced in 2010...

Production of the Langematik Perpetual is no more, removed from the catalogue in 2024. And it’s really gone for this Wellendorff bracelet 310.225, as Lange Wellendorff bracelets are also no more. The 310.225 is probably not a reference that will ring any bells. It’s a Langematik Perpetual. This Lange QP is...

There may never be a Patek Philippe this beautiful again. To those paying close attention, this era (Philippe Stern’s) is really having a moment. 3940, 3970, and 5004: they may as well be their own ‘holy trinity’ within the brand and there really is a magic about each that is...

Holland & Holland make guns. They have since 1835. One might think the French attitude of FP Journe might mean that the brand is above collaborations, but in the earlier days this was certainly not the case. This is the Chronomètre Holland & Holland, notably not a Souverain. You might...

A limited production of a classic shape Cartier always causes a stir. But this is particularly the case when we’re talking only 90 examples, for the 90th, with a salmon dial, of the Santos Dumont. The Santos Dumont was Cartier’s first wristwatch shape and one of the very first men’s...

Aventurine is one thing and mother of pearl is another, but no one thinks of Lange when someone mentions stone dials (the aforementioned aren’t typically considered stone). Yet, for the Lange 1’s 30th birthday, the Germans decided to tread where none had prior. In some ways, it’s a bit logical....

1990s IWC was daring, cerebral, and of utmost quality. They were all guns blazing thanks to Blümlein and the mid-sized Ingenieur is no exception. This is the ref. 3521, sometimes called the ‘JLC’ Ingenieur for obvious reasons, the 887/2 ébauche, but it is perhaps most notable as the first COSC...

The second Mirage ever to trade hands is at auction this week, this time in Prussian Blue. Independent auction debuts are always interesting battles, but particularly when the watch in question is so in demand that it’s sold out for six years. That’s down to the watch itself, the first...

The ref. 25594ST ‘Owl’ is a Royal Oak that made its name from its Day Date apertures, wide-eyed with a strangely Rolex-adjacent complication. It’s decidedly not a QP, but also no 4100. And, for that, collectors adore it. It is an eclectic Royal Oak, neither as crazy valuable as say...

The 1815 Side Step is Lange referencing their past in a way we don’t see often. To celebrate the 125thanniversary of Wempe, Wempe were delivered this absolute beauty in 125 examples split across two metals There are 50 in this platinum, the rest are pink. It’s known as the Side...

The 1016 is where function meets restraint. There are more robust Rolexes. There are more luxurious Rolexes. But I’m not aware of any better designed Rolex dials. The 3-6-9 is divine intervention, so good that even the Sub had to start somewhere. We’re all very aware, also, that this is...

With all the ‘Black Knight’ insanely valuable 6238s, it’s easy to forget just what an insane value the silver dial ‘last of the Pre-Daytonas’ is. Introduced in the early 1960s and produced in large overlap with its successor, the 6239, the 6238 ran until 1967. It was notable lacking a...

Brass movement Journe is usually described as stopping in 2004, when the brand moved to pink gold movements. That’s largely true, at least until 2021, when a 99 piece run of the Octa Automatique was produced in brass at 40mm. And it gets even better, because gold dials came back...

This isn’t a Day-Date, it’s a dial from a very different place and time in Rolex. It’s Eastern Arabic Hindi, it’s tropical chocolate, and it’s wrapped in pink gold. This is an 1803, same as any other. Except the dial certainly spent some degree of time in the desert, it...

Last year, Cartier's cult classic Tortue Monopoussoir received a breath of new life. Privé has revisited the beloved 90s chronograph devised from THA and the minds of a young Journe, Halter, and Flageollet. Although the shape goes back much further to 1912, surprisingly the second case shape Cartier made after the...

Developed just after the initial World Timers by Louis Cottier, the ref. 2597 is a damn cool ‘Travel Time’ from 1956, the very start of the jet age. The reference can be thought of as a 570 Calatrava with a little je ne sais quoi complication. The watch featured, effectively,...

The 14k gold 6265 is a unique artifact of a time and place. It was born out of gold old fashion import duty dodging, as the US at the time had different rates depending on the gold alloy. More than that, though, and not often discussed, the gold variants of...

Production of the Langematik Perpetual is no more, removed from the catalogue in 2024. This is a reference 310.026, produced from 2014-2017, one of the most representative of its breed. It was expensive and difficult to manufacture, from the Zero-Reset seconds to the multi-mass rotor and its beautiful finishing. It...