Cartier CPCP 2846 Tank Monopoussoir
You may be forgiven for imagining that the Tortue was Cartier’s only design to receive that spectacular THA ébauche monopusher chronograph during the…
Salmon Dial 42040 Vacheron Constantin Overseas
Remember that ad from the 1980s that went, ‘Since 1735, there has never been a quartz Blancpain watch. And there never will be.’ I…
Havana Dial 1803 Rolex Day-Date
The joys of Rolex Day-Date collecting are in many ways like the joys of mild alcoholism. In both, the satisfaction is to be…
01-0150-415 Zenith El Primero Sub Sea
With one glance at the El Primero Sub Sea, you get the feeling this is the sort of watch Zenith couldn’t create today.…
3536 IWC Aquatimer 2000 Steel
If the 3536 were a person, it would be a Michael Fassbender type. I know you think I’m talking nonsense, hear me out:…
Italian Air Force Leonidas CP-2 Flyback
Recent re-editions of the Breguet’s XX, Breitling AVI, Heuer/Sinn’s 3H Bundeswehr, and Zenith’s A. Cairelli have brought increased attention to vintage Air Force…
Mk4 ‘Triple Six’ 16660 Rolex Sea-Dweller
There’s something inherently worthwhile about going absurdly above and beyond a required goal. Maniacal focus to the extent of vastly overachieving has a…
14790ST ‘Yves Klein’ Audemars Piguet Royal Oak
We love a Royal Oak around here. However, not all are created equal. In the pantheon of neo-vintage Royal Oaks, a few dials…
885107 ‘Exotic Nina’ Universal Genève Compax
There aren’t many chronographs which can be described honestly as on par with a Paul Newman. This one can be, and it’s an…
270.2.73 Jaeger-Lecoultre Reverso Minute Repeater
JLC knowns how to throw a party. And they went really, really hard for the Reverso’s 60th, throughout the whole decade of the…
165.024 Omega Seamaster 300
The 165.024 was never a rare watch, but it is today. Examples that haven’t been messed about with are far less common than…
‘Vieux Panier’ Guilloché 43031 Vacheron Constantin Perpetual
The 222 is not VC’s only reference forgotten to the evolution time, now only known to enthusiasts. The phrase ‘post-quartz perpetual’ brings to…
425.050 A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Rattrapante Honeygold
The way I explain what a rattrapante is to non-watch people is simple. I say, ‘It’s like a mechanical stopwatch, but magic .…
