Age enhances many matters. Guys, wine (occasionally ), automobiles and most certainly watches. It’s the principal reason why every watch brand’s R&D section spends half of its time covered in publication dust down in the archives in an attempt to locate the most vague reference to reissue. Vintage watches are…
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The Tudor Heritage Ranger, a piece based on the vintage Ranger series which first appeared in the brand’s catalogs in the 1960s. The original was meant to be a “budget buy” alternative to the Rolex Explorer — similarly to the ethos of many other Tudor watches of that era — and…
It’s the perfect centrepiece for the globally launched Presage collection, and clearly a massive favourite with you guys, as it was our fourth most-popular story this year. Seiko straight-up knocked it out of the park with this watch, a massive success that blends the Japanese brand’s legendary high quality and even…
After the Omega Speedmaster Professional won the race to the Moon in 1969, Omega thought it was time to come up with a watch that was perhaps a bit more up-to-date and ready for the 1970s — design-wise, that is, as the watch would still need to handle the same…
Founded in New York City in 1875 by Bohemian immigrant Joseph Bulova, the Bulova Watch Company has been responsible for numerous watch world milestones in its century-plus of existence, and continues to innovate well into the 21st Century. Bulova had already become known for several watch-industry firsts — such as…
Vortic has released a limited Chicago World Champions commemorative watch set in order to celebrate the Cubs’ historic World Series win (a whole 108 years since their last title, finally breaking the Curse of the Billy Goat). For those unaware, Colorado-based Vortic is a young start-up that has made a…
Longines has done a good job at playing the heritage game in recently years, effectively leveraging its history to produce fantastic, vintage-inspired pieces through its heritage line. Watches like the beloved Legend Diver, the Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Chronograph, and the recent Longines Railroad. Now, Longines is tapping into that history…
The modern Audemars Piguet Perpetual Calendar shares plenty of similarities and differences with the vintage models. The overarching design codes have more or less remained the same, with an octagonal Royal Oak case, crown, and perpetual calendar function, but even these are with slight changes. The now 41-mm case (previously…
The brand Hautlence Vortex Bronze that makes a point of ‘crossing the line’ now comes with their most complex timepiece in a bronze case, and it looks just brilliant! Hautlence Vortex Bronze Over the last five years the use of bronze as material for watches has become quite a popular thing,…
IWC Ingenieur Automatic Vintage Collection In March 2008 IWC introduced a collection named the Vintage Collection; a collection comprising models from every IWC family of watches, meaning there was an Aquatimer, a Pilot’s Watch, a Portofino, a Portuguese, a Da Vinci and an Ingenieur. Six legends to celebrate 140 years…