About a century ago, Rolex rolled out the world's first waterproof watch, the Rolex Oyster. To market it, Mercedes Gleitz wore one during her 10-hour swim across the English Channel in 1927. When the ...

The prototypical luxury calendar watch looks just as good today as it did in 1945. Which one is right for you?

Tudor finally offers a modern watch that matches the look and feel of a vintage Ranger and Rolex Explorer I, with an in-house ...

Decoding vintage Rolex is such a dark art, it seems like the subject for a class in a Harry Potter book. There’s no vitriol more hateful than that which surrounds the posting of a mid-20th century ...

Without a doubt, Rolex is the greatest wristwatch company ever to have existed and it means more to me than any other.

You can travel the world over and you may never find another store like The Vintage Watch Company. The father and son team of John and David Silver founded the store in 1995. They say it contains the ...

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"Once clients know what they want, they start stalking you," says a watch dealer, as the hunt for classic Rollies becomes a "frenzy." By Jon Alain Guzik The vintage collector is a radically different ...

Vintage watches are more than just timepieces. For many collectors and enthusiasts, they represent a blend of craftsmanship, history and elegance that modern watches often lack. The demand for these ...

This story is from an installment of In the Loupe, our weekly insider newsletter about the best of the watch world. Sign up here. In David Silver’s new book, Vintage Rolex: New Edition: The Largest ...