Tillhör Televerket Breitling 815 ‘Long Playing’ Chronograph
Telephone companies are not glamourous. Telephone companies are not sexy. Likewise, state-owned telephone companies are a particularly lackluster proposition. And yet, in 1970s…
Black Dial 1019 Rolex Milgauss
Amongst the soon-to-be-discontinued Z-blue, CERN, and white-orange dialed Milgausses (Milgausss, Milgausses, or Milgaussi?), it’s easy to forget the that antimagnetic Wilsdorf family member…
eBay Find: Tritium Service Dial Ghosted 7928 Tudor Submariner
I strive to feature wholly original watches at all times where possible, though in the world of vintage that is an increasingly grey…
14.755-62 Omega Seamaster 300
Trilogy Seamasters are great, but this is something else entirely. The Seamaster 300 story began in 1957 with the CK2913. In that first…
Handwerk Kudoke 2 in Salmon
In the fray of flourishing modern independents, one could be forgiven for getting a bit lost. There’s Asaoka, Naoya Hida, Kurono (wait isn’t…
Rolex 3525 ‘Barilotto’ in Yellow Gold & Steel
How good does this look? If you’re anything like me, the only valid reply is ‘quite’. In fact, I’ve said before that the…
Patek Philippe 130 in Steel
As Patek’s first chronograph produced at meaningful scale, the 130 holds a special place in many collector’s hearts. It also happens to be…
A Well-Preserved IWC 3705
Yeah, alright, this is probably my pick amongst all the modern IWC lot. I know it’s simple. I know it’s humble. I know…
Mk1 ‘Great White’ 1665 Sea-Dweller
You are not a Navy Sealab/Comex diver. You are not an astronaut. You are not a factory Porsche driver. At least, based on…
Tropical Transitional 6262 Rolex Daytona
Tropical dials have a tendency to polarize watch collectors like few other topics. Godiva 1665 DRSDs, caramel 321 Speedmasters, and latte-brown Cosmographs all…
Thin Case Doxa Sub 300 ‘No-T’ Searambler
Although Doxa’s Sub 300 is not nearly as lauded by the market as Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms or Rolex’s early Subs, it was a…
No Reserve eBay Find: 216570 ‘Floating-Hand’ Explorer II
I have said for some time that I aim to feature rare, interesting, or undervalued watches here. This beautiful 216570 definitively falls into…
Lip Genève Reverse Panda ‘Carrera’ Chronograph
Everyone loves an unfussy, two-register, 1960s Carrera analog. Everyone. We find them from Leonidas, Zodiac, Clebar, and even Sears (yes, that Sears). Lip,…
