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Leather strap or metal bracelet? Mechanical movement or quartz? Investing in your first watch is no easy task, but when it comes to details, the movement and strap are just the tip of the iceberg. The ...

Over the weekend, during a flurry of major auctions in Geneva, a Patek Philippe 1518 in steel sold for a whopping $17.6 million. That made it the second most expensive vintage wristwatch ever sold at ...

Prices on some of the most popular vintage models — think Rolex Submariners, Omega Speedmasters and the like — have absolutely exploded over the past ten years or so. What could once be had for $500 ...

You can get a ton of watch for your money on the vintage market. Fortunately, the vintage marketplace is teeming with undervalued timepieces from big names and forgotten brands alike. While the rising ...

This is an edition of the newsletter Box + Papers, Cam Wolf’s weekly deep dive into the world of watches. Sign up here. A new contender for the title of “most expensive vintage wristwatch ever sold” ...

What's the smarter buy: a vintage or a new watch? Let me begin with a tedious, narcissistic digression. Despite the increasing prevalence of watch infatuation among Americans, it is still not known ...

Buying anything vintage becomes a quest for authenticity and condition. With watches, those two key elements are not easy to establish, and there are myriad pitfalls into which even the most ...

Expensive materials, delicate craftsmanship, and an economic principle that turns the usual equation of supply and demand on its head. WSJ explains why some watchmakers can charge hundreds of ...

The Ponto Vecchio in Florence used to be a mainstay for vintage watches, but modern single-brand boutiques are slowly pushing the vintage-focused shops into other neighborhoods. The question I’ve long ...

When we say "vintage," we don't mean rusty antique pocket watches from a flea market. The watches we're talking about are mechanical (the kind you wind yourself), simple (you don't need to know the ...