Thursday, Dec 29 2011
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Have You Seen This Watch? Vacheron Constantin Looks To Reunite Lost Timepiece With Rightful Owner
Vacheron Constantin is doing its good deed for the holiday season. The vintage Vacheron above was lost in a prominent NYC restaurant recently. Vacheron was contacted by that restaurant about the loss, and now they have put out a call to the watch collecting community to …
Rolex Square Crown Guard Submariner 5512
Only produced for a small period of time circa 1959, Square Crown Guard 5512 Rolex Submariners are very rare. They were the first batch of Submariners produced after Rolex switched from ref. 5510 (without crown guards) to ref. 5512 (with square or non-square crown guards). …
VIDEO: Inside The Atelier of Camille Fournet, Strapmaker To The Whole Industry
Camille Fournet is a Paris-based strap maker that provides these make or break accesories to watch collectors the world over (their bespoke offerings are quite popular indeed), but also supplies stock straps directly to manufactures. Most of the time, this relationship is …
Totally Rad And Totally Thin
Been some time since I brought an ultra-thin watch to your attention, hasn’t it? Well, we’re going to rectify that particular problem, now that I’ve stumbled across a model from Rado named the Rado True Thinline. As you might guess, the most interesting aspect of this …
Catalog Archive
Over the last couple of weeks you may have noticed a new section added to Calibre 11- an archive of TAG Heuer catalogues stretching from the first days of TAG Heuer in 1985 through to the modern series. In addition to the annual catalogues showing the whole collection, …
Vacheron Constantin Vladimir Custom Watch
The owner of this watch named it the Vladimir. He was able to call it whatever he liked because he custom commissioned it from Vacheron Constantin. The brand is among the few that will entertain clients who not only want … Continue reading → No related posts.
Last Chance: 10 Giveaway Watches For Holiday 2011
The big 2011 holiday watch giveaway is almost over here on aBlogtoRead.com and you have just a bit longer to enter. Rather than one watch to win, there are 10 watches for 10 winners. Click here to enter for a … Continue reading → Related posts: The Grand Holiday Watch …
FOUND: Syrian Dictator Hafez Al-Assad's Personal Vintage Rolex Sea-Dweller
Remember Eric Ku? He's the vintage Rolex dealer we interviewed over the summer who, while owning and operating a bakery outside San Francisco, also happens to travel the world searching for the world's great timepieces belonging to, occasionally, great men. But, for every …
