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Beyond the Fad: Why Vintage Watches Are Poised to Become a Permanent Part of the Collecting Landscape

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Beyond the Fad: Why Vintage Watches Are Poised to Become a Permanent P...

Taking a deep dive into the vintage watch paradox by unpacking the enduring allure of timeless timepieces. If a vintage watch could speak...

Wild, Wacky, and Weird Dive Watches of the Summer

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Wild, Wacky, and Weird Dive Watches of the Summer

Exploring the most eccentric dive watches of the summer, where quirky designs meet aquatic adventure. My tenth-grade chemistry teacher us...

2023 Collector Conversations: A Year in Review

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2023 Collector Conversations: A Year in Review

Collecting is exciting, but our community of collectors makes it even better. Working at The 1916 Company exposes you to some of the most...

A Guide to Loving Gold

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A Guide to Loving Gold

From Rolex to Omega and all the alloys in between. “This is gold, Mr. Bond. All my life, I’ve been in love with its color… its brilliance...

Collector Conversation: Michael Strahan & Marc Lasry

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Collector Conversation: Michael Strahan & Marc Lasry

Maybe you collected Matchbox cars, comic books, action figures or baseball cards when you were a kid. Maybe you displayed them in your ro...

Best Luxury Watches Under $5,000

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Best Luxury Watches Under $5,000

Watches can come in at all different price points, from a $10 quartz to a $1,000,000+ Grand Complications. Luxury watches under $5,000 is...

A Movement for Each Sport: The Ultimate in Custom Builds

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A Movement for Each Sport: The Ultimate in Custom Builds

Can you acquire a watch equipped with a movement especially designed for your favorite activity? It might seem a prohibitively expensive ...

For The Ritualist: Manually Wound Watches

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For The Ritualist: Manually Wound Watches

Open your eyes. Turn off your alarm. Sit up in bed. Grab your watch from the nightstand. Wind it. If there is a purer daily ritual for th...

What Ever Happened to the (True) Sports Watch?

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What Ever Happened to the (True) Sports Watch?

Does Rafael Nadal get asked if he’s a true sportsman, or if he just looks like one? Of course not! The same applies to sports watches: ca...

Have Green Watches Finally Arrived?

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Have Green Watches Finally Arrived?

Mirroring the general trend, the recent Watches & Wonders show promoted innovative, ethical, and responsible developments in watchmak...

Watches & Wonders: A Personal ‘Best Of’ with Olivier Müller

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Watches & Wonders: A Personal ‘Best Of’ with Olivier ...

Hopefully, having ‘Watches & Wonders’ take place wholly online is only a temporary measure until the end of the pandemic. Despite the...

Guide to Mechanical Watches

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Guide to Mechanical Watches

When looking at purchasing a watch, knowing what kind of movement you want is a good place to start. You should distinguish between diffe...

What Is A Dive Watch: Where Practicality Meets Style

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What Is A Dive Watch: Where Practicality Meets Style

While most watches feature a minimum of 30m water resistance, not all watches are dive watches. There are specific characteristics that a...

Best Watches Under $8,000: A Gift, a Reward, an Upgrade

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Best Watches Under $8,000: A Gift, a Reward, an Upgrade

These days, there is no standard. There is no normal. Some are struggling, and some are thriving. How we look at the collecting hobby wil...

Days To Spare: The World of Long Power Reserves

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Days To Spare: The World of Long Power Reserves

Power reserve is one of those things that isn’t always talked about or praised as much as it should be in the watchmaking world. We all l...

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Limited Addiction: The Best of Limited Editions

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Limited Addiction: The Best of Limited Editions

Let’s face it, acquiring a watch that only a select few others will own is always an appealing proposition. We live in an industry satura...

8 Things to Know About IWC

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8 Things to Know About IWC

There’s a lot we all know about the beloved International Watch Company. Famed for their iconic pilot’s watch collection, the longstandin...

The Power of Necessity | Innovation in Watchmaking

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The Power of Necessity | Innovation in Watchmaking

As the world remains at home, we are forced to come together—remotely, of course—to find a new way to work and solve novel problems. The ...