nearly everything they build today is just a copy of an earlier „original“. The patina and rareness of a great vintage piece is something completely different from what they sell at the AD...
This question has been growing on me for a long time now. The first Rolex I ever tried was a vintage GMT Master. Since then, I have only had 6 digit models, Submariner Ceramic green and black, Milgauss, Sea Dweller, Daytona Ceramic and the last one GMT "b...
They do not make watches today that are as good as the old ones. Just think of steel hardness today compared to before (I wrote a chapter about that in my book).
When you machine steel, the tool needs to be harder than the part you are working with. The tools then become more expensive and each operation takes longer to perform, both increases production cost. The steel parts in a movement most subject to wear (du...
I thought you were talking about steel cases and other outer parts. I still own two Rolex from the sixties and "keep alive" (my women’s watches) two very old ones and a Tudor. My 1967 Submariner got wet a couple of times but the movement, once fixed, stil...
nearly everything they build today is just a copy of an earlier „original“. The patina and rareness of a great vintage piece is something completely different from what they sell at the AD...
And I've been looking for a GMT from 1974 or even a Sub from 1974. From my searches, it seems like 1974 was either a bad year for Rolex in which they made no watches, or a fine vintage as nobody is offering theirs on the market. I want to buy one now, bef...