Blogs

Solid Gold vs Gold-Filled vs Gold-Capped Vintag...

"Is it real gold?" is the first question we get about any gold-coloured vintage watch. The real answer has four tiers, and knowing them changes what you should pay by...

Vintage Watches Under Rs 25,000: What Is Actual...

Rs 25,000 is the most interesting price point in vintage watches. It is too little for the blue-chip references, but exactly enough for honest, beautifully made Swiss and Japanese watches...

Beyond Round: Rectangular, Cushion, and Art Dec...

Round Is Not the Only Option Look at any vintage watch conversation happening in India right now and it defaults to round cases: a Datejust here, a Seamaster there, the...

Vintage Omega Seamaster Buying Guide: From Dres...

Ask most people what an Omega Seamaster is and you will hear "dive watch." That is only half the story, and the newer half at that. When Omega launched the...

Rolex Datejust vs Day-Date vs Oyster Perpetual:...

Ask five Rolex people which reference makes the best first vintage buy and you will get five different answers, but three names keep coming up: the Datejust, the Day-Date, and...

In Defence of Vintage Quartz: Tuning Forks, Ear...

The prejudice that keeps prices low Vintage watch collecting runs on romance, and romance almost always means mechanical: a hand wound mainspring, an escapement you can watch tick under a...