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Vintage watch collecting: the complete beginner's guide

Vintage watch collecting: the complete beginner...

Flavio Cela

Every vintage watch collector, including those with decades of experience today, bought a first piece without fully knowing what they were looking at. That's normal — and it's exactly why...

Vintage watch collecting: the complete beginner...

Flavio Cela

Every vintage watch collector, including those with decades of experience today, bought a first piece without fully knowing what they were looking at. That's normal — and it's exactly why...

Omega Speedmaster Pre-Moon: the complete reference guide from CK2915 to 105.012

Omega Speedmaster Pre-Moon: the complete refere...

Flavio Cela

Mention the Omega Speedmaster, and thoughts almost automatically jump to 1969 and Buzz Aldrin's wrist on the Moon. But the story that made that moment possible begins twelve years earlier,...

Omega Speedmaster Pre-Moon: the complete refere...

Flavio Cela

Mention the Omega Speedmaster, and thoughts almost automatically jump to 1969 and Buzz Aldrin's wrist on the Moon. But the story that made that moment possible begins twelve years earlier,...

In-House or ebauche movement? The difference few explain and why it changes a vintage watch's value

In-House or ebauche movement? The difference fe...

Flavio Cela

Anyone getting into vintage watch collecting eventually runs into two words used as if their meaning were obvious: manufacture and ébauche. They're mentioned everywhere, often loosely, and rarely explained properly....

In-House or ebauche movement? The difference fe...

Flavio Cela

Anyone getting into vintage watch collecting eventually runs into two words used as if their meaning were obvious: manufacture and ébauche. They're mentioned everywhere, often loosely, and rarely explained properly....

Vintage watch Crown: the definitive guide to types, function and collectible value

Vintage watch Crown: the definitive guide to ty...

Flavio Cela

When collectors assess a vintage watch, attention almost always goes straight to the case, the dial, and the movement. One small component, though, is just as capable of moving the...

Vintage watch Crown: the definitive guide to ty...

Flavio Cela

When collectors assess a vintage watch, attention almost always goes straight to the case, the dial, and the movement. One small component, though, is just as capable of moving the...

Piaget: gold, ultra-thin and hard-stone dials. The maison that turned the watch into a jewel

Piaget: gold, ultra-thin and hard-stone dials. ...

Flavio Cela

While much of Swiss watchmaking chased precision and robustness, one manufacture in the Jura devoted itself to two very different obsessions: thinness and colour. Piaget never set out to build instruments;...

Piaget: gold, ultra-thin and hard-stone dials. ...

Flavio Cela

While much of Swiss watchmaking chased precision and robustness, one manufacture in the Jura devoted itself to two very different obsessions: thinness and colour. Piaget never set out to build instruments;...

Sigma Dial: the small symbol that certifies gold (and exposes refinished dials)

Sigma Dial: the small symbol that certifies gol...

Flavio Cela

In vintage collecting, the smallest signs are almost always the ones that carry the most weight. An experienced collector does not simply look at a watch — he reads it....

Sigma Dial: the small symbol that certifies gol...

Flavio Cela

In vintage collecting, the smallest signs are almost always the ones that carry the most weight. An experienced collector does not simply look at a watch — he reads it....