Why is Neo-Vintage (late 1980s to 2000), about 15 years or so, considered the golden age for watchmakers? Why are some pieces from this era considered so desirable by collectors? Here are 10 reason I came up with: 1. The quartz crisis was over. Like in du
A few years ago older Roger Dubois, Daniel Roth, and Parmigiani Fleurier offered immense value for the dollar. The LUC Chopard's were dirt cheap too for something with a Geneva Seal. Something like the Ionica was crazy cheap...and still sort of it, just h
I am considering having mine lightly polished... a) Is this a really bad idea? Is it easy for this case to lose shape? It seems like it might be? b) Who would be the best man for the job? I emailed DR too and am waiting to hear back from them. But I am no
I am a huge fan of Daniel Roth for a few reasons… 1. - I love that he was one of the first entrepreneurs to make it as an independent watchmaker. 2. - He led the turnaround of Breguet! Before he revitalized their product line, they were in steep decline.
It looks like LV has acquired the brand and is producing a reworked tourbillon model? = The small watchmaking group they have seems to be handling production. I’m curious to see what happens. Seems like a better direction than what Bvlgari was doing to th
Anyone? Can’t find much online. Looking at reference number 447.X.70 and trying to figure out the year it was made. Also does anyone know roughly what that reference would be worth if it’s the platinum salmon dial variant? Seems like 20 - 25 is fair? Also
Hello dear friends, Watch of the week could have gone any of several ways this weekend. Basically we were spoilt for choice, often the problem with enjoying watches ! Starting with something interesting that Art picked up on when we were discussing Longin
My wife and I were in Barcelona for a few days and, as per a cancelled trip from 2 years ago, I contacted Santi at AdC for a visit. Last time we had met was back in 2018 at the now defunct Salon QP show in London where I photographed 4 of their watches si
Dear friends, thank you all who looked into the competitiion and also to all who took part in this round of WristScan. There have been some interesting thoughts of and insights in our fellow members here and I am very grateful for that! Our dear Captain w