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How To Clean Your Vintage Watch
Owning a vintage luxury watch brings with it one very important responsibility – the cleaning of that timepiece. The common rule of thumb is to clean your collectible watch weekly with a soft cloth. Bear in mind that by following a routine of cleaning and maintenance of your rare watch, it will not only look pristine but will continue to operate efficiently.
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Seven Commandments for Every Vintage Watch Owner
Get your collection started by buying from established dealers. You may find lower prices elsewhere, but not the insight and guidance that an experienced, reputable vintage watch dealer can provide. The more you learn, the sharper your eye will become and the better you’ll be able to distinguish a good deal from a lemon.
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Seven Mistakes All Watch Collectors Should Avoid
Rolex Serial Numbers
Counterfeit Rolex watches are becoming ever more sophisticated, with the market to match. While you can use a number of methods to tell the authentic from the imposters, a Rolex serial number is one of the most surefire means of ensuring your watch is genuine. Each...
How To Store Your Vintage Watch
One important question that you have to consider once you purchase a vintage watch is where are you going to keep it stored? There are many options available to you and they depend on your taste. You could store your luxury watch in the original box it came with. Or you could keep it safe and secure in a display cabinet. You may prefer to use a watch case, wrap, wallet winder, or even a safe. It doesn’t matter how to store your vintage watch as long as you keep it somewhere where you have access and it will stay clean between uses.
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Vintage Watch Repair
Vintage watches can be valuable keepsakes, but they were also built to be worn and used. Whether you’ve just bought a vintage watch or inherited one, or suddenly remembered where you’d stored one away, you’ll probably find yourself wondering what it would take to get your old timepiece in proper working order.
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Building A Vintage Watch Collection
Let’s say you’re on a binging kick, and not of reality television or another true crime series, but good old fashioned vintage watch content. In the year 2020, admirers of horology have never had more captivating information on this revered craft at their disposal,...
Serpico y Laino signed Rolex
As many in the vintage watch world will be quick to inform you, it’s all in the details. Even the most seemingly insignificant applications of dial text, and colours of those extra lines, have the ability to intensify a piece’s desirability. Unsurprisingly, these...
Société Suisse pour L’Industrie Horlogère Cal. 33.3
The horological rabbit hole — which many collectors willingly fall delighted victim to — is a long one, lined with a seemingly endless number of watchmakers and references to immerse yourself in. Soon after having your interest sparked by that first great watch, it’s...
Rolex’s “Great White”
Rolex has an unparalleled reputation for producing some of the world’s highest quality purpose-built watches, and the Sea Dweller is no exception whatsoever. Upon first glance, the uninitiated would be forgiven for mistaking one of these watches as a mere Submariner,...
