Watch Talks

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...

Bernhard Bulang’s Love for the No-Date Sub… Join us!

I guess many of you get asked, “What would be the one watch you would keep if you could own only one?” right? I do – over drinks with collector friends and on ‘Ask Bernhard’ on IG Stories. And my...

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 ...

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...

Rolex 5513 Submariner Love

Today we are going to celebrate one of our absolute favourite vintage watches, the Rolex Submariner reference 5513. Everybody remembers their first vintage watch and everybody loves their first Ro...

In Depth - The Rolex Zenith Daytona Cosmograph

Rolex aren’t known for their giant leaps in model development. Each year as we eagerly await the latest releases at the spring Baselworld fair, we generally see small incremental steps in model var...

Conversation Time: Mr G, The Genta Collector

Nobody can argue the importance of Gerald Genta in the world of wristwatches and specifically the high profile world of collectible steel sports watches. The man whose hand created the designs for ...