With record auction results regularly making news, vintage watch collecting has earned a well deserved reputation for rapidly depleting bank accounts. Thankfully, it doesn’t have to take a mint to build an exceptional collection of vintage watches if you’re looking in the right place. Here are five of our personal favorite brands we look to […]
As the few years that have passed since our initial compendium on Audemars Piguet’s 13 ligne “VZ” movement have given us the opportunity to further examine a variety of examples of the movement in detail, I felt it was the perfect time to revisit the subject with a specific focus on the technical and aesthetic […]
There’s no doubt that a certain nostalgia accompanies the holidays as we come together to spend time with loved ones, catch up on life and relive old memories. So, in the spirit of this special time of year, lets let the nostalgia run over into watches and take a walk down memory lane with a […]
Maintaining an orbit in the pre-Royal Oak Audemars Piguet space comes with a few universal truths; foremost, it’s a place where patience reigns supreme as the essential character trait. Vintage watch collectors are generally a patient bunch, but the minuscule number of watches produced by Audemars Piguet during the mid-20th century dictates the necessity for […]
When talented people kick around ideas, some pretty cool stuff can result. As the Swiss watch industry as we know it was built on the spirit of collaboration (a watch could contain parts manufactured in over a dozen independent shops, and some companies went as far as sharing board members) it comes as no surprise […]
As collectors of vintage Audemars Piguet quickly realize, there’s a high degree of variation in the style and format of dial signatures used by the maison throughout the 20th century. Below is a compilation of dial signature macros organized by year. This list is far from complete and will be continually updated. It should be […]
If you’re into vintage watches odds are you’ve heard of Roni Madhvani (IG @roni_m_29). Some may remember him from his appearance on Hodinkee’s “Talking Watches”, or WatchTime India’s “The Watch Hunter of Africa” profile. Roni’s expansive collection is, in a word, unique, with nary a lollipop hand or Pepsi bezel in sight. Among the grail […]
As it’s been a few months since we last posted on anything vintage Audemars Piguet, we felt it high time to break out the drum and give it a good beating. The following are some of our favorite bits of content and the result of no few bleary-eyed Bunnahabhain fueled nights playing the digital sleuth. […]
Just as we think we’ve seen it all, the latest round of auction results leave us scraping our collective jaws off the floor. In this wild and unpredictable market astonishing auction results seem to have become the norm. And in the midst of longest bull market in decades, one could be forgiven for buying into […]
Update – 27 April, 2021 “For years VZ powered watches from Audemars Piguet eluded the mainstream spotlight, representing a tremendous value to a small subsect of passionate in-the-know collectors. However, a recent write up by Ben Clymer in volume 5 of the Hodinkee magazine as well as robust auction results smashing estimates have proven this […]