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Gérald Genta and the invention of the luxury sports watch: Royal Oak, Nautilus and the 1970s revolution

Gérald Genta and the invention of the luxury sp...

Flavio Cela

There are designers who sign an object, and designers who invent a language. Gérald Genta belongs to the second category. Born in Geneva in 1931 to an Italian father and...

Gérald Genta and the invention of the luxury sp...

Flavio Cela

There are designers who sign an object, and designers who invent a language. Gérald Genta belongs to the second category. Born in Geneva in 1931 to an Italian father and...

Vintage Rolex Submariner: the complete reference guide from 1953 to 1989

Vintage Rolex Submariner: the complete referenc...

Flavio Cela

In the world of vintage watches, some objects are collected — and some created a category. The Rolex Submariner belongs firmly to the second family. When Rolex introduced its first...

Vintage Rolex Submariner: the complete referenc...

Flavio Cela

In the world of vintage watches, some objects are collected — and some created a category. The Rolex Submariner belongs firmly to the second family. When Rolex introduced its first...

Gay Frères bracelets: the forgotten masterpieces of vintage watch collecting

Gay Frères bracelets: the forgotten masterpiece...

Flavio Cela

In the world of vintage watch collecting, the bracelet is rarely the starting point of a conversation. Discussions typically begin with the movement, the dial, the reference number. And yet,...

Gay Frères bracelets: the forgotten masterpiece...

Flavio Cela

In the world of vintage watch collecting, the bracelet is rarely the starting point of a conversation. Discussions typically begin with the movement, the dial, the reference number. And yet,...

Radium, Tritium and Superluminova: the complete history of Lume in vintage watches

Radium, Tritium and Superluminova: the complete...

Flavio Cela

In vintage watch collecting, few details generate as much fascination — and as many questions — as the luminous material applied to dials and hands. Collectors call it simply "lume."...

Radium, Tritium and Superluminova: the complete...

Flavio Cela

In vintage watch collecting, few details generate as much fascination — and as many questions — as the luminous material applied to dials and hands. Collectors call it simply "lume."...

Tropical dial watches: what they are, how they form, and why collectors obsess over them

Tropical dial watches: what they are, how they ...

Flavio Cela

In the world of vintage watches, there are characteristics that, found on a new timepiece, would be considered production defects. Yet on certain historic examples, those very same characteristics become...

Tropical dial watches: what they are, how they ...

Flavio Cela

In the world of vintage watches, there are characteristics that, found on a new timepiece, would be considered production defects. Yet on certain historic examples, those very same characteristics become...

Full set vs watch only: what original box and papers are really worth in vintage watches

Full set vs watch only: what original box and p...

Flavio Cela

If you've spent any time browsing vintage watch listings, you've certainly come across the two labels that divide the collecting world into distinct camps: "full set" and "watch only". Two...

Full set vs watch only: what original box and p...

Flavio Cela

If you've spent any time browsing vintage watch listings, you've certainly come across the two labels that divide the collecting world into distinct camps: "full set" and "watch only". Two...