Who actually makes all these watch cases? Today it's the manufacturing brand but over most of the last Century that question couldn't be answered that easily. Particularly for steel watches...
In the world of Patek Philippe collecting you rarely find something truly unique... Not a combination of dial color, hour marker and case material but a genuine unmistakable one-of-a-kind design....
There are literally hundreds of auction houses that sell pre-owned and vintage watches. Worldwide! The good thing is that in our modern era you can simply register for all these...
The late 1970s gold prices shook the Swiss watch industry and led to important changes. Coming on the heels of the new Quartz technology the gold price surge ignited a...
What I like to show is how Artificial Intelligence can work on the hidden structures of the world around us. Almost everything is quantifiable and can thus be described in...
We believe collecting vintage Rolex is exciting. But are puzzle pieces, red bezel details and Submariners with more rocks than Alcatraz the new generation of Rolex collectibles? Who knows. The...
Are watch manufacturers adapting to the accelerating news cycle of the modern watch media? We're living in the age of the internet and social media and print issued watch magazines...
What do You think defines Goldammer Vintage Watches? Is it the spectacular watches, the professional photography and customer service, high production quality reels, meticulously researched and well written blog posts,...
When we hear the name Ellipse we immediately think of the deep blue eyes of Patek Philippe's iconoclastic collection. However, this will not only be about the watch itself but...
The Tudor Ranger II, not exactly the most coveted watch out there. But I have a fascinating piece of lore that might make you see this design in a very...
Well, that's a story about the numbers behind our passion for vintage watches. What can we learn about our identity, our customers and the world of vintage watches just by looking at the...
Gerald Genta wasn't just the Royal Oak, or the Omega Constellation C, or his eponymous brand. As LVMH just announced the re-launch of his brand with help of his widow...
What should I collect? Frankly, this isn't a question I am able to answer but nevertheless one of broad scholastic and psychological interest. A question we all ruminate over from time...
You can't argue taste... but interestingly taste is strongly influenced by your cultural upbringing. I wanna make the case that this is also true for case materials. This means that...
Date windows are these little apertures on a watch's dial (mostly) located at 3o'clock. If you ask some watch enthusiasts about the topic you'll get widely varied opinions... Some people...
It's 2023 and this is the second part of our story on vintage AP. As the conscious history of the brand seems to start only in 1972 we wanted to...
