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Our Top 5 Value Brands in Vintage

With record auction results regularly making news, vintage watch collecting has earned a well deserved reputation for rapidly depleting bank accounts. Thankfully, it doesn’t have to take a mint to build an exceptional collection of vintage watches if you’re looking in the right place. Here are five of our personal favorite brands we look to […]

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COLLECTOR PROFILE – DR. UWE HAHMANN

Maintaining an orbit in the pre-Royal Oak Audemars Piguet space comes with a few universal truths; foremost, it’s a place where patience reigns supreme as the essential character trait. Vintage watch collectors are generally a patient bunch, but the minuscule number of watches produced by Audemars Piguet during the mid-20th century dictates the necessity for […]

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Audemars Piguet Dial Signatures By Year

As collectors of vintage Audemars Piguet quickly realize, there’s a high degree of variation in the style and format of dial signatures used by the maison throughout the 20th century. Below is a compilation of dial signature macros organized by year. This list is far from complete and will be continually updated. It should be […]

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COLLECTOR PROFILE – RONI MADHVANI

If you’re into vintage watches odds are you’ve heard of Roni Madhvani (IG @roni_m_29).  Some may remember him from his appearance on Hodinkee’s “Talking Watches”, or WatchTime India’s “The Watch Hunter of Africa” profile. Roni’s expansive collection is, in a word, unique, with nary a lollipop hand or Pepsi bezel in sight.  Among the grail […]