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Vintage Watches: A 1980s Audemars Piguet, A 1970 Rolex Day-Date, And A 1960s Meylan Chronograph
A pair of day and date complications highlight this week's drop, but it doesn't stop there.
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Zenith's 1969 column-wheel automatic chronograph caliber at 36,000 vph, saved from quartz-era destruction by Charles Vermot in 1975 and supplied to the Rolex Daytona ref. 16520 (1988-2000).
Chronograph dial with high-contrast sub-counters. Vintage Daytona, Speedmaster CK 2998, Heuer Carrera; modern 116500LN, Tudor Chrono.
Chronograph scale converting flash-to-sound time into distance. WWI artillery-spotting origin; vintage Longines / Lemania / Heuer.
Chronograph scale reading heart rate in BPM after counting 15 or 30 pulse beats. The 1920s-60s doctor\'s watch standard.
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A pair of day and date complications highlight this week's drop, but it doesn't stop there.
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No radiations – no worries.
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Including a rose gold 5712 and baguette bezel surprise.
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Introducing the new Seiko Speedtimer references SSC911, SSC913, and SSC915 set to release in November 2022. Full photos, specs, and more.
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Racing toward awards season.
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Led by one of the most interesting Rolex OPs we have ever come across, this week's vintage lineup has something for everyone.
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An all-black chrono goes great with impending doom in our watch-related movie of the week.
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Two chronographs – one bought, one military-issued – make a collection fit for a king.
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Let's be Sinn-cere, Patek Philippe might read clunky but it really Rolex-es off the tongue.
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Highlighting the newest ten additions to the Vintage Watches section of the H Shop.
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Drum roll, please.
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This is the Baltic x Peter Auto Tricompax, with a Sellita movement to boot.
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"Your watchmakers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
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Before he was the winner of 'Celebrity Mole,' he wore a Swatch.
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It's bloody awesome.
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Bart and Tim strike again.
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Many of you are likely to be asking yourselves, “Who is Gerd-Rüdiger Lang?” Understandable. If we told you he founded Chronoswiss in 1983, you might then say, “Ah, yes.” But did you know that Lang, who sold Chronoswiss in 2012, owns a collection of chronographs that might well be the most complete themed collection of this type in the world? Elizabeth Doerr takes us through just a few of the treasures in Lang's collection.
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We can't all be swans.
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Plus a few Vulcain Crickets!
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But this watch is made for the cockpit – not the disco.
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"Audemars Piguet made me a piece unique to bring out on tour. And now it's pretty much all I wear."
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Less to love but rather more lovable.
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And in exciting brand ambassador news, the maison has tapped mountaineer Nims Purja.
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