Vintage Stories
History of IWC Watches and Aviation
Florentine Ariosto Jones: From Boston to the Rhine In 1868 a 27-year-old Boston engineer, Florentine Ariosto Jones, set out to merge American industrial production with Swiss craftsmanship. Backed by investors,...
History of IWC Watches and Aviation
Florentine Ariosto Jones: From Boston to the Rhine In 1868 a 27-year-old Boston engineer, Florentine Ariosto Jones, set out to merge American industrial production with Swiss craftsmanship. Backed by investors,...
Omega Speedmaster 145.022: The Evolutionary Moo...
Introduction The Omega Speedmaster reference 145.022 is the longest-running iteration of the Moonwatch, spanning two full decades of production from 1968 to 1988. It debuted the calibre 861 movement, absorbed...
Omega Speedmaster 145.022: The Evolutionary Moo...
Introduction The Omega Speedmaster reference 145.022 is the longest-running iteration of the Moonwatch, spanning two full decades of production from 1968 to 1988. It debuted the calibre 861 movement, absorbed...
Evolution of the Rolex GMT-Master: 1675 to Today
Jet-age beginnings: why the world needed a second time-zone hand In the mid-1950s Pan American World Airways asked Rolex to design a cockpit watch that could track both Greenwich Mean...
Evolution of the Rolex GMT-Master: 1675 to Today
Jet-age beginnings: why the world needed a second time-zone hand In the mid-1950s Pan American World Airways asked Rolex to design a cockpit watch that could track both Greenwich Mean...
Universal Genève Polerouter: The Arctic Airway’...
SAS and the Birth of the Polarouter In the early 1950s, Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) planned an audacious new trans-polar route linking Copenhagen to Los Angeles. The course cut flight...
Universal Genève Polerouter: The Arctic Airway’...
SAS and the Birth of the Polarouter In the early 1950s, Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) planned an audacious new trans-polar route linking Copenhagen to Los Angeles. The course cut flight...
Omega Speedmaster And Apollo 13: Timing Salvati...
In April 1970 the crew of Apollo 13—Commander Jim Lovell, Command-Module Pilot Jack Swigert and Lunar-Module Pilot Fred Haise—left Earth wearing standard-issue Omega Speedmaster Professional chronographs. Five days later one...
Omega Speedmaster And Apollo 13: Timing Salvati...
In April 1970 the crew of Apollo 13—Commander Jim Lovell, Command-Module Pilot Jack Swigert and Lunar-Module Pilot Fred Haise—left Earth wearing standard-issue Omega Speedmaster Professional chronographs. Five days later one...
The Evolution of the Rolex Submariner Date: 168...
Setting the Scene: Why the Date Complication Mattered When Rolex added a date window to its professional dive watch in 1969, purists raised eyebrows. The original no-date Submariner of 1953...
The Evolution of the Rolex Submariner Date: 168...
Setting the Scene: Why the Date Complication Mattered When Rolex added a date window to its professional dive watch in 1969, purists raised eyebrows. The original no-date Submariner of 1953...