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Few watches are more iconic, or have a more interesting reason for being, than the Rolex GMT-Master. The watch was originally conceived in the early 1950s as a tool to keep airline pilots and their international passengers safe. You see,...
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Let’s take a break from writing the words and look at some eye candy instead. Here are a few of our favorite pix from Instagram the last couple of weeks. There’ve been some beauties, and we owe them to passionate...
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Well, I already blew it, didn’t I? You buy a used car, but you buy a pre-owned watch. Or a vintage watch. But a rose by any other name smells as sweet. And so it is with pre-owned, or vintage,...
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OK campers… this week seems to be the week of announcements from Everest Bands. A few days ago we alerted you to the products we’ve got coming down the pike this year. Yesterday, we introduced a new weekly feature, American...
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Ah, the Rolex service pouch. That beautiful little construct of green leather – possibly pebble grained (pigskin?), more likely suede – perfectly sized to protect your Rollie from the bumps and bruises of travel to and from the service center....
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Patina on a vintage Rolex is nice, right? The various nicks, scratches, faded lume, and that grail of collectors, the tropical dial? In fact, collectors will pay extra for it. Polish that 5513 Submariner at your peril. But you’ve just...
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Rolex quietly dropped a bombshell last week. But wait. Let’s back up. Back to Baselworld 2015 and the introduction of the Day-Date 40. When they introduced that watch, they also announced the calibre 3255 it contained was good to -2/+2...
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