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As noted in my other article about buying pre-owned watches, the market for truly “vintage” watches is something quite different from that for relatively young “pre-owned” watches. Any watch made before 1990 could be considered vintage, although some collectors put the maximum year of “vintage” at 1980 or even earlier. I’d like to use 1990 as the baseline for this article, which offers my tips on buying vintage watches, but in the end you’ll have to decide for yourself whether a given watch is old enough for you to qualify it as “vintage.” There are two very important questions to consider when it comes to buying vintage watches:  Can you and do you trust the seller of the watch? Does the seller have a good reputation when it comes to selling vintage watches? Investigate! There are enough forums, Facebook groups and blogs out there that might have mentioned the seller in a positive — or negative — manner replika órák . Although it might sound cliché, also learn to trust your gut fe...

 Always a brand known for making a statement, H. Moser & Cie unveiled one of its more interesting timepieces in recent memory, the Endeavour Tourbillon Concept Tiger’s Eye, at the recent Watches & Wonders virtual exhibition. A novel take on the now-familiar Endeavour design, it dresses up that model’s understated look with two bright new mineral dial options and also adds a tourbillon. The dial materials are what lend the watch its name, constructed from Tiger’s Eye, a microcrystalline quartz and semi-precious gemstone relojes replicas . According to the brand, the stone’s uncommon, striated appearance represents “a natural reinterpretation of Moser fumé dials,” and in effect places the brand’s stylistic signature in a new, natural light. Measuring 40 mm in diameter and 11.2-mm thick, the watch’s case is in either 18k rose gold or white gold, each of its facets brightly polished. The lugs of the watch are slightly rounded, curving towards the wrist, as they are on previous ...

Color matters more than ever in the realm of fine watches. It isn’t just that consumers are interested in an ever-expanding palette of available choices, but also that sometimes a watch doesn’t catch your eye until it is offered in just the right color combination. Marketers have long known the value of choosing the right colors, and yet selecting among the many appealing color combinations out there can be a trying task. For that reason, we can all love Omega for the many, fake rolex many colors they have experimented with on their watches. No two are more important for this Swiss watch brand than black and white. The famous Speedmaster is among the most famous black and white dial watches ever — as are most versions of the Rolex Submariner. Omega has an interesting legacy with black and white watches including those that are exclusively in either black or white and some that mix the two. This particular iteration of the modern Omega Seamaster 300M is a great example of Omega mixing ...