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I think it's safe to assume that many--if not most--watch collectors "get" vintage. They may not buy vintage or prefer to wear vintage but a big part of the enthusiast population understand the appeal of vintage. Look at the articles on this website and you'll see an almost palpable passion for and around vintage watches--their… Continue reading Joy of the Daily Vintage
Greg: Since I am a natural born leader (looking around in case I get struck by lightning) I will throw this one out. Most of us have more than a passing interest in vintage watches. What is the future of the vintage watch market? Are we at a point where it will be less of… Continue reading Round Table No. 13: Through a Glass Darkly
I originally downloaded Instagram for the filters that would turn any picture that I took into one that resembled the washed-out Polaroids of my childhood. I never intended to give anyone an instant update into what brunch looked like or what trail I was hiking. Part of being “in the moment” is to be “in… Continue reading When rituals aren’t automatic.
This is a 1920s Seiko trench watch. Or more accurately, this is my newly acquired 1920s Seiko watch. From my very nominal research, the name Seiko first made an appearance on a wrist watch dial in 1924. Before then, the wrist timepieces Seikosha produced carried the name Laurel from 1913 to 1923. In 1923, the… Continue reading In Which I Inadvertently Celebrate Seiko’s 100th Year as a Brand
1. What vintage brand would make the best dress watch for the money? At various times I would have answered that question differently. Hamilton, Bulova, and Gruen all make perfectly serviceable “dress” watches. If you want to pay a little more, Le Coutre, Longines, and Omega were great options, but prices have jumped recently. To… Continue reading Three Questions: Wittnauer
Sherwin: It's been a while since the last round table. Let's get to it: What's the watch you will save if you ever get to a scorched earth situation? Let's say you have to--you don't want to but you have to--what's the one timepiece in your collection that you will keep? And no cheating. You… Continue reading Save One: Round Table No. 12
I haven’t bought a new watch in nearly a year and haven’t bought a vintage watch in nearly three months. The new watch interval is normal. It takes me months to decide what I want and how much I will pay. Vintage is always a more impulse process: see something, research it, figure the costs… Continue reading The Stopper
Command economies work so well. One day the big boss decides that the perfect society needs a watch for women, and like Athena from the forehead of Zeus, a new watch is born. This is how we got the Zvezda ("Little Star"), the Cartier of the U.S.S.R. Aggressions in Europe have cooled my ardor for… Continue reading Little Star: Typical Greg Content
I like the forgotten and the overlooked and today Wyler has those very qualities in excess. It was a major player once, from the 1930’s to the 1970’s. Wyler made watches that were tougher than the average Swiss brand, but were affordable, and maybe a little stylish. Wyler has had a couple of relaunches in… Continue reading I swear I thought she was older…
The psychologist’s office was a tiny one, more fitting as a storage room than a place where intimate thoughts are shared by the brave or desperate. One side of the beige-colored room there was a two-person couch, across it was a generic armchair so plain and boring that I no longer remember what it looked… Continue reading Couch, Rose, Autism
The Escapement Room 