Unique & Vintage Timepieces

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Most Rolexes in the 1970s have a matte black dial especially if we’re talking about the tool watches like Subs, GMTs, & Explorers. But finding a Datejust with a matte black dial is actually very tough. I haven’t sold one in over 4 ye

Does a good Rolex Bubbleback being hard to find add to the satisfaction I feel wearing this watch? Or is it simply because it’s amazing?

1938 Rolex Bubbleback 5013 18k gold

Rarely are the papers my favorite thing about a watch, but besides the obvious things I love about this one, the papers are amusing to say the least. This guy Carlos originally bought the watch from Rosenzweig’s in Tucson, AZ August 19, 1978, b

Whoever you think you are, this watch is.

-1962 Rolex Submariner 5512 Exclamation Dial

If a watch could Auramax. Did I say that right?

-1945 Patek Philippe 130 Tiffany double signed w/ extract (sold 10.31.1946)

I could spend hours drinking cocktails and playing with all of these.

If you’ve ever had a hard time choosing between an Explorer I and Explorer II, now you don’t have to.

-1972 Rolex Explorer² 1616

Whenever I come across a vintage Rolex Sub that looks like this one, I can’t help but imagine the life it lived—but this particular Rolex 5514 doesn’t need much imagination. It was awarded to Elmer Dupuis in March 1976 after one of