Friday, Dec 16 2011
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Your Ultimate Vintage Watch Buying Tip: Condition Matters, A Lot (Sometimes To The Tune Of $480,000)
We are often asked to help people find vintage watches to buy. In most cases, we're happy to do it. But one major misunderstanding among new collectors is that when you pay less for a particular reference, you're getting a better deal. For example, on any given day, we …
Watch What-If: Bell & Ross BR01 Heritage
"Watch What-If" is a special column on aBlogtoRead.com that asks the playful question "what if an iconic watch you know and love was offered in a different style?" The idea embraces a good timepiece's core design and has fun by … Continue reading → Related posts: Bell & …
Spotted: Tom Cruise Wearing A Tudor Heritage Chronograph In Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
The guys over at Watches In Movies spotted Mr. Tom Cruise wearing one of our favorite watches of last year, the Tudor Heritage Chronograph, in the new Mission Impossible flick. Yup, Ethan Hunt himself is wearing a black dial Heritage Chrono ref 70330N. Pretty, pretty …
SIHH 2012: preview Baume & Mercier Capeland Flyback Chronograph
Baume & Mercier introduced the Capeland Flyback Chronograph collection last year at SIHH. Next month, at SIHH 2012, they will introduce a new vintage inspired Capeland. Aesthetically, the new Capeland has been redesigned with an all new two register layout, as opposed to …
TokyoFlash On Air Touchscreen Watch: For The Space Robot In Your Life
Another day, another Tokyoflash watch. This one, the On Air, has an LCD screen with backlight and you tell time by reading the numerical minutes read-out as it rotates around in place of the hour hand. It is, to be fair, pretty darn ingenious. The watch is another fan …
Hourtime Episode 89 – Shabaka Trapezium Master Niemeyer
Welcome to the HourTime show, the best 30 minute (+/-) hour podcast on the web This week, John channels his inner wookie when discussing the Jean Dunand Shabaka, decides theCabestan Trapezium Watchis less than useful, thinks theJaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Diving …
EXCLUSIVE: A Preview Of The Incredible New Movement Inside The Not Yet Released Van Cleef & Arpels Poetic Wish
You are looking at one seriously bad-ass movement. What this is is the movement that will be inside Van Cleef & Arpels' SIHH 2012 watch called the Poetic Wish. We got an exclusive peek at the watch over the weekend in Paris, and in total honesty, it blew us away. Van …
Seiko’s Answer to the Timex Weekender?
A few days ago, we took a look at the Timex Weekender, which, in the black color combination we saw, looks very similar to the watch shown here. The question is, is it worth the price difference? Much like the Timex, we have a very simple style (hours / minutes / seconds) …
Girard-Perregaux Sea Hawk II Watch Review
How to begin with this one. I think a bit of history first. Girard-Perregaux is one of the oldest Swiss watchmakers, around since 1791. A maker of their own movements ('manufacture'), they are mainly known for their formal and dress … Continue reading → Related posts: …
BRONZE Cushion Case (teaser)
By TLex Check out these spy shots of a new bronze cushion case diver that will differentiate itself from other bronze divers around at the moment. Stay tuned for the full reveal next week!
