Watch Talks

Repost Revolution Watch - Desert Island Dials with Bernhard Bulang

“In this episode of Ross Povey’s Zoom video interview series, Desert Island Dials, where we ask some of our friends from the community what watch they would bring along with them, if they were on a...

Conversation Time: Dan the Electric Watch Man

Today we are delighted to interview a seasoned collector of early electric watches and other fascinating timepieces. When’s not fixing up these old classic timepieces he’s out skateboarding, huntin...

Rolex Daytona – Seven Decades of The Cosmograph

World record auction prices, decade-long waiting lists and one of the most loyal and dedicated sub-sections of collectors – we must be talking about the Rolex Daytona. One of the most iconic chrono...

Tudor and the French Navy – A Quarter of a Century of Collaboration…

Tudor and the French Navy – A Quarter of a Century of Collaboration… The story of the French Navy’s relationship with Tudor can be traced back to the late 1950s. Rolex were experimenting with diffe...

Spot On – The Rolex Daytona 6263/5 Big Eyes

Did you hear the one about one of the most important and collectible vintage Rolex Daytonas that isn’t technically a Daytona? Welcome to the crazy world of collecting vintage Rolex with a look at t...

Spot On: The Rolex Daytona 16520 Mk2 Four-Liner

Regular readers will remember that a couple of months ago we were delighted to be able to offer readers an up close and personal look at the king of the Zenith-era Rolex Daytonas – the Porcelain Fl...

The Porcelain Dial Rolex 16520 Zenith Daytona

The Rolex 16520 R-Series Porcelain Dial Daytona you can get here 1988 was a benchmark year for Rolex. The Daytona had become something of a lame duck, with sales stalling to a virtual standstill ...

Spot On -The Patek Philippe Ellipse d'Or

It can be very easy to fall into the ‘same old, same old’ trap when collecting watches. I’m certainly not throwing cold water onto the passion of people who have a very specific focus in their coll...

A Split Second with Eberhard

A lot has been written over the last couple of years on split seconds chronographs, largely due to the fact that Phillips has sold two extremely important examples by Rolex in recent times. The ref...