Vintage Stories
What Service History Actually Tells You About a...
Most vintage watches sold today were bought, worn, and repaired by people who had no idea they were building a collectible. The original owner was not preserving paperwork for a...
What Service History Actually Tells You About a...
Most vintage watches sold today were bought, worn, and repaired by people who had no idea they were building a collectible. The original owner was not preserving paperwork for a...
Iron Curtain Timing: The Heuer 1550SG and the W...
When a West German Luftwaffe pilot strapped on a Heuer 1550SG in the early 1970s, he was wearing the product of two chronograph-making dynasties, a Cold War procurement requirement, and...
Iron Curtain Timing: The Heuer 1550SG and the W...
When a West German Luftwaffe pilot strapped on a Heuer 1550SG in the early 1970s, he was wearing the product of two chronograph-making dynasties, a Cold War procurement requirement, and...
The President's Watch: How the Day-Date Became ...
The Rolex Day-Date was introduced in 1956 and has not left the catalogue since. In the decades that followed, it appeared on the wrists of Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon,...
The President's Watch: How the Day-Date Became ...
The Rolex Day-Date was introduced in 1956 and has not left the catalogue since. In the decades that followed, it appeared on the wrists of Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon,...
A Long Time Ago, in a Watch Box Far, Far Away: ...
Every year, on the fourth of May, the internet collapses into a cascade of puns that would make George Lucas wince. May the Fourth. It has become one of those...
A Long Time Ago, in a Watch Box Far, Far Away: ...
Every year, on the fourth of May, the internet collapses into a cascade of puns that would make George Lucas wince. May the Fourth. It has become one of those...
The Bridge Between Eras: Rolex GMT-Master Refer...
The reference 16750 is, by almost every measure, a watch that Rolex never quite intended to be interesting. It arrived around 1979 as a mechanical update to the reference 1675,...
The Bridge Between Eras: Rolex GMT-Master Refer...
The reference 16750 is, by almost every measure, a watch that Rolex never quite intended to be interesting. It arrived around 1979 as a mechanical update to the reference 1675,...
The Numbers Behind the Watch: A Beginner's Guid...
Every watch we sell at Crown Vintage is tested on the Witschi WAIO before it reaches a new owner. The results appear as a small cluster of numbers on a...
The Numbers Behind the Watch: A Beginner's Guid...
Every watch we sell at Crown Vintage is tested on the Witschi WAIO before it reaches a new owner. The results appear as a small cluster of numbers on a...