Vintage Watches For Sale – Certified Authentic – Stetz & Co. https://www.stetzcowatches.com/ Buying | Selling | Consignment Thu, 23 May 2024 20:26:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://i0.wp.com/www.stetzcowatches.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-SCo-FAV-ICON.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Vintage Watches For Sale – Certified Authentic – Stetz & Co. https://www.stetzcowatches.com/ 32 32 214977044 Our Top 5 Value Brands in Vintage https://www.stetzcowatches.com/2022/09/01/our-top-5-value-brands-in-vintage/ Thu, 01 Sep 2022 19:21:47 +0000 https://www.stetzcowatches.com/?p=13555 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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]]> 13555 Holding the Ligne – A Visual Evolution of the Audemars Piguet 13 Ligne “VZ” https://www.stetzcowatches.com/2022/05/16/holding-the-ligne-a-pictoral-evolution-of-the-audemars-piguet-13-ligne-vz/ Mon, 16 May 2022 21:58:10 +0000 https://www.stetzcowatches.com/?p=13424 As the few years that have passed since our initial compendium on Audemars Piguet’s 13 ligne “VZ” movement have given us the opportunity to further examine a variety of examples of the movement in detail, I felt it was the perfect time to revisit the subject with a specific focus on the technical and aesthetic […]

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]]> 13424 Ghosts of APs Past – A Photographic Walk Down Memory Lane https://www.stetzcowatches.com/2020/11/09/ghosts-of-aps-past-a-photographic-walk-down-memory-lane/ Mon, 09 Nov 2020 22:23:24 +0000 https://www.stetzcowatches.com/?p=7142 There’s no doubt that a certain nostalgia accompanies the holidays as we come together to spend time with loved ones, catch up on life and relive old memories. So, in the spirit of this special time of year, lets let the nostalgia run over into watches and take a walk down memory lane with a […]

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]]> 7142 COLLECTOR PROFILE – DR. UWE HAHMANN https://www.stetzcowatches.com/2020/10/05/collector-profile-uwe-hahmann/ Mon, 05 Oct 2020 20:17:08 +0000 https://www.stetzcowatches.com/?p=7015 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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]]> 7015 The Audemars Piguet ref. 5093 “Disco Volante”: A Visual Journey https://www.stetzcowatches.com/2020/07/06/the-audemars-piguet-ref-5093-disco-volante-a-visual-journey/ Mon, 06 Jul 2020 15:20:29 +0000 https://www.stetzcowatches.com/?p=6645 We’ve heard the name. We know the stories. An overnight conception. A design scrawled on a napkin. Mention the name Gérald Genta and the mind can’t help but conjure images of two of the most iconic horological births.

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]]> 6645 The Curious Case of the (Audemars Piguet Built, VZ Powered) Gübelin Jubilee https://www.stetzcowatches.com/2020/06/15/the-curious-case-of-the-audemars-piguet-built-vz-powered-gubelin-jubilee/ Mon, 15 Jun 2020 18:55:17 +0000 https://www.stetzcowatches.com/?p=6515 When talented people kick around ideas, some pretty cool stuff can result. As the Swiss watch industry as we know it was built on the spirit of collaboration (a watch could contain parts manufactured in over a dozen independent shops, and some companies went as far as sharing board members) it comes as no surprise […]

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]]> 6515 Audemars Piguet Dial Signatures By Year https://www.stetzcowatches.com/2020/04/22/audemars-piguet-dial-signatures-by-year/ Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:18:12 +0000 https://www.stetzcowatches.com/?p=6225 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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]]> 6225 COLLECTOR PROFILE – RONI MADHVANI https://www.stetzcowatches.com/2020/02/15/collector-profile-roni-madhvani/ https://www.stetzcowatches.com/2020/02/15/collector-profile-roni-madhvani/#comments Sat, 15 Feb 2020 21:46:04 +0000 https://www.stetzcowatches.com/?p=5998 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 […]

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]]> https://www.stetzcowatches.com/2020/02/15/collector-profile-roni-madhvani/feed/ 1 5998 Our Ten Favorite Vintage Audemars Piguet Reads on the Web (And Only One Royal Oak in Sight) https://www.stetzcowatches.com/2019/07/12/our-ten-favorite-vintage-audemars-piguet-reads-on-the-web-and-only-one-royal-oak-in-sight/ Fri, 12 Jul 2019 01:45:50 +0000 https://www.stetzcowatches.com/?p=4947 As it’s been a few months since we last posted on anything vintage Audemars Piguet, we felt it high time to break out the drum and give it a good beating. The following are some of our favorite bits of content and the result of no few bleary-eyed Bunnahabhain fueled nights playing the digital sleuth. […]

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]]> 4947 The Vintage Watch Market – Onward and Upward or Bubble Set to Burst? https://www.stetzcowatches.com/2019/05/19/the-vintage-watch-market-onward-and-upward-or-bubble-ready-to-burst/ Sun, 19 May 2019 00:43:30 +0000 https://www.stetzcowatches.com/?p=4635 Just as we think we’ve seen it all, the latest round of auction results leave us scraping our collective jaws off the floor.  In this wild and unpredictable market astonishing auction results seem to have become the norm. And in the midst of longest bull market in decades, one could be forgiven for buying into […]

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