From the Sahara Desert to the North Pole, the Rolex GMT-Master is quite the tool watch.
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The new Patek Philippe Nautilus ref. 5711/1A-014
THE HYPE BEHIND GREEN WATCH DIALS: ROLEX, PATEK, AND THE REST…
Green dials from most of the major watch brands in 2020 and 2021, what’s with all the hype?
Read MoreMY FAVOURITE BOND WATCHES
With the newest James Bond movie and the last one with Daniel Craig hitting the screens, we decided to take a look back through the classic ‘Bond watches’ and pick some of our favourites…
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Rolex Deep Sea Special no. 1, sold by Christie’s and attached to the Trieste in 1953 / Credit: Christie’s
THE ROLEX DEEP SEA SPECIAL
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A legendary Rolex that once made it to the bottom of Marianas Trench…
Read MoreTHE STORY OF HANS WILSDORF
Another look at Hans Wildorf, founder of Rolex…
Read MoreTHE DOCTOR'S ROLEX
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The Rolex Prince from the late 1920s was quite the timepiece and it was revived in the early 2000s for our horological enjoyment…
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1967 Rolex Oyster Perpetual ref. 1500 Credit: Analog/Shift
KILLER CLOCKS: HOW WATCHES SOLVE HOMICIDE CASES, PART II
Continuing with our story of watches, clocks, and homicide, we arrive at some more modern examples of horology intermixing with crime solving. Where technology plays a critical role in helping investigators.
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‘Khanjar’ Rolex Sea-Dweller ref. 1665 / Credit: Davide Parmegiani
SWISS WATCHES AND DIPLOMACY: A SHORT HISTORY
Gifts are a natural part of diplomacy, but just how much of a role have watches, Swiss watches in specific, played in this process?
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Pablo Picasso photographed with the Patek Philippe ref. 2497
PABLO PICASSO AND HIS MYSTERIOUS WATCHES
In lieu of the recent auction of Pablo Picasso’s Michael Z. Berger watch for over $250,000, we wanted to look back at the timepieces he is known to have owned and others that are still mysteries…
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Old French Rolex Submariner ad
SOME MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE 1960s DIVE WATCH MARKET
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As scuba diving became more popular as a recreational sport, there were a number of watch brands that stood out in the niche - and benefited from their investment long-term.
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1994 Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar ‘Tuscan’ ref. 25820SP / Credit: Phillips
RARE VINTAGE WATCHES YOU CAN BUY WITH 1 BITCOIN
We look at a few vintage watches that are now worth around 1 Bitcoin. Our budget: C$70,000!
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Andy Warhol and his Patek Philippe ref. 2503
WARHOL’S WATCHES
The man behind the Pop art movement may not be widely known as a watch collector, but Andy Warhol was actually more of a watch hoarder. Andy Warhol…
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Paul Newman wearing the Daytona sold for $17.8 million in 2017
THE STORY OF PAUL NEWMAN'S ‘PAUL NEWMAN’ DAYTONA
A watch that set records for its almost $18 million sale in auction. The timepiece that belonged to icon Paul Newman and was even nicknamed after him. This is the story of Paul Newman’s…
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A LOOK BACK AT ROLEX LADIES’ WATCHES
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Rolex's women's offerings were once much more than just the Lady-Datejust, the Pearlmaster, and the like. Just what did those vintage ladies' Rolexes look like?
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