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Audemars Piguet’s Grail Jail Fail

Robert Farago — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 16:07:19 +0000

Audemars Piguet’s grail watch is the Royal Oak. OMG do they sell the shit out of it. Audemars Piguet drops Royal Oaks in white ceramic or full-set with diamonds and sapphires watchpro.com proclaims. How many Oaks are in AP’s forest? To tell you the truth, in all this lack of excitement, I’ve kinda lost track. So […]

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Gold Watch – Three of the Best

Robert Farago — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 14:23:10 +0000

Gold Watches Replacing Steel? highlighted the fact that well-heeled watch buyers are gravitating to gold. Even though the pandemic pushed gold prices to new highs, the price of entry isn’t about material cost. It’s a simple matter of perceived value. While the genre’s flexing aspect accounts for much of that perception, I’ve got to say: […]

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Traditional Watch – Last Hurrah?

Robert Farago — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 12:00:46 +0000

The traditional watch is going the way of vinyl records. In the same way that only hipsters and wealthy audiophiles spin actual records, hipsters and wealthy horophiles are going to be the main market for traditional watches. Right now, this isn’t a big issue for manufacturers. But it should be. Here are are three trends […]

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Vacheron Grail Watch Revealed

Robert Farago — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 14:25:07 +0000

Rolex has its Daytona. Audemars Piguet its Royal Oak. Patek Philippe its Nautilus and Aquanaut. Steel watches that might as well be made of unobtanium. Timepieces that command a huge price premium the moment they walk out the showroom door. Grail watches. So where’s the Vacheron grail watch? Which of their models qualifies? None. Until […]

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Jaeger-leCoultre Reverso Explained

Saad Chaudhry — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:24:10 +0000

In 1930, César de Trey watched a polo match in colonial India. After the match, a player showed the Swiss businessman and watch collector his damaged watch, its crystal shattered. He challenged Mssr. de Trey to devise some sort of protection against the slings and arrows of outrageous mallets. Thus began the Jaeger-leCoultre Reverso (all […]

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Vacheron Constantin Overseas Design

Saad Chaudhry — Tue, 26 May 2020 12:00:12 +0000

The Vacheron Constantin Overseas was late to the luxury steel sports watch party. Even as the Patek Philippe Nautilus and Audemars Piguet Royal Oak made their mark, the oldest surviving Swiss watch manufacturer saw its strengths elsewhere. In a way, the Vacheron Constantin 222 of the 1970’s was a reaction to its competition. Unlike its […]

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Vacheron Overseas Quartz: Why?

Robert Farago — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 13:00:37 +0000

A quartz Vacheron? While I’m a huge fan of the battery-powered Longines Conquest VHP, I was under the impression that watch buyers beyond a certain price point expect – demand – a mechanical movement. Nope. Apparently there’s one demographic that can and does prefer battery-powered watches, no matter what the cost . . . Women. […]

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