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Vintage Watches

Every vintage watch has a story to tell, and that’s what makes them special. Each piece offers a unique window into the past that traces back through generations, and owning one means getting to enjoy a piece of decades-old mechanical art. Welcome to the world of vintage.

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  14. Christian Dior Christian Dior
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  31. Laurent Ferrier Laurent Ferrier
  32. Longines Longines
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  54. Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin
  55. Zenith Zenith
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The size of a watch is very important for style and comfort. If you prefer an oversized watch like a Panerai Luminor, you’ll probably want Large. If you’re looking for something more discreet like a Rolex Lady Datejust, you’ll want Small. For everything in between, Medium.
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A mechanical watch is powered by a spring. Manual mechanical watches must be hand wound. Automatic watches are also mechanical, and are wound by a weight that spins with the wearer's movements. A quartz watch is battery powered and extremely accurate.
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Vacheron Constantin Overseas 42040-423A-8459 237650
Vintage

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
42040-423A-8459

Box
Papers
Year 1998
$39,325
Porsche Design Design By Iwc IW382101 268221
Vintage

Porsche Design
Design By Iwc
IW382101

Box
Papers
Year 1994
Product Location
$4,960
incl. import taxes & duties
Tudor Oysterdate 79160 274376
Vintage

Tudor
Oysterdate
79160

Box
Papers
Year 1994
Product Location
$8,080
incl. import taxes & duties
Tudor Prince Date 91520 258472
Vintage

Tudor
Prince Date
91520

Box
Papers
Year 1994
$3,825
Piaget Tanagra 16031M4010 196795
Vintage

Piaget
Tanagra
16031M4010

Box
Papers
Year 1997
Product Location
$5,665
incl. import taxes & duties
Tudor Prince Oysterdate 90900 268528
Vintage

Tudor
Prince Oysterdate
90900

Box
Papers
Year 1999
$2,855
Tudor Monte Carlo 94300 274891
Vintage

Tudor
Monte Carlo
94300

Box
Papers
Year 1999
$29,205
Maurice Lacroix Selena SE4012-SD502-150 267779
Vintage

Maurice Lacroix
Selena
SE4012-SD502-150

Box
Papers
Year 1999
$1,005
Patek Philippe Golden Ellipse 3848 275767
Vintage

Patek Philippe
Golden Ellipse
3848

Box
Papers
Year 1990
Product Location
$16,175
incl. import taxes & duties
Patek Philippe Nautilus 3800/1J 234425
Vintage

Patek Philippe
Nautilus
3800/1J

Box
Papers
Year 1994
Product Location
$61,910
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Speedmaster Date 3711.20.11 256224
Vintage

Omega
Speedmaster Date
3711.20.11

Box
Papers
Year 1992
$6,115
Omega Seamaster Vintage 145.029 282397
Vintage

Omega
Seamaster Vintage
145.029

Box
Papers
Year 1999
$5,445
Omega Speedmaster Vintage ST 1450022 268324
Vintage

Omega
Speedmaster Vintage
ST 1450022

Box
Papers
Year 1999
$9,570
Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch 3570.50.00 269963
Vintage

Omega
Speedmaster Moonwatch
3570.50.00

Box
Papers
Year 1999
Product Location
$7,740
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega De Ville Classics 196.2432 271904
Vintage

Omega
De Ville Classics
196.2432

Box
Papers
Year 1997
$5,280
Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch ST 145.022 197436
Vintage

Omega
Speedmaster Moonwatch
ST 145.022

Box
Papers
Year 1989
Product Location
$6,280
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch ST 105.003-65 258093
Vintage

Omega
Speedmaster Moonwatch
ST 105.003-65

Box
Papers
Year 1999
$16,525
Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch ST145.00.22 274866
Limited Edition

Omega
Speedmaster Moonwatch
ST145.00.22

Box
Papers
Year 1999
$13,800
Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch ST 145.022 262353
Vintage

Omega
Speedmaster Moonwatch
ST 145.022

Box
Papers
Year 1999
$13,200
Omega Seamaster 300m 2332.80.00 253473
Vintage

Omega
Seamaster 300m
2332.80.00

Box
Papers
Year 1994
Product Location
$5,785
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Seamaster Chrono Diver 2296.80.00 272228
Vintage

Omega
Seamaster Chrono Diver
2296.80.00

Box
Papers
Year 1999
$7,545
Cartier Pasha W31015M7 272088
Vintage

Cartier
Pasha
W31015M7

Box
Papers
Year 1997
$4,615
Cartier Must 21 83090171 277365
Vintage

Cartier
Must 21
83090171

Box
Papers
Year 1990
Product Location
$2,410
incl. import taxes & duties
Cartier Tank Francaise W51003Q3 263257
Vintage

Cartier
Tank Francaise
W51003Q3

Box
Papers
Year 1998
Product Location
$4,280
incl. import taxes & duties
Cartier Pasha W31015M7 253948
Vintage

Cartier
Pasha
W31015M7

Box
Papers
Year 1998
$4,345
Breitling Chronospace A56012.1 263089
Limited Edition

Breitling
Chronospace
A56012.1

Box
Papers
Year 1994
$6,125
Breitling Chronomat B13047 276930
Vintage

Breitling
Chronomat
B13047

Box
Papers
Year 1994
Product Location
$4,430
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer II 16570 269628
Vintage

Rolex
Explorer II
16570

Box
Papers
Year 1997
Product Location
$15,470
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer II 16570 280939
Vintage

Rolex
Explorer II
16570

Box
Papers
Year 1999
Product Location
$13,500
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust Lady 69173 261493
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust Lady
69173

Box
Papers
Year 1990
$7,930
Rolex Datejust Lady 69173 269496
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust Lady
69173

Box
Papers
Year 1996
$7,540
Rolex Datejust Lady 69173 266593
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust Lady
69173

Box
Papers
Year 1989
$8,370
Rolex Datejust Lady 69174 232398
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust Lady
69174

Box
Papers
Year 1986
Product Location
$8,060
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust Lady 69160 269142
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust Lady
69160

Box
Papers
Year 1997
$8,040
Rolex Datejust Lady 69174 232169
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust Lady
69174

Box
Papers
Year 1994
Product Location
$6,630
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 16220 269867
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
16220

Box
Papers
Year 1991
$12,195
Rolex Datejust 16030 259164
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
16030

Box
Papers
Year 1987
$12,370
Rolex Datejust Lady 79173 281373
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust Lady
79173

Box
Papers
Year 1999
Product Location
$10,105
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 16233 272697
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
16233

Box
Papers
Year 1992
$9,470
Rolex Datejust 16220 277042
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
16220

Box
Papers
Year 1992
Product Location
$8,235
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 16234 262206
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
16234

Box
Papers
Year 1992
$12,755
Rolex Datejust Lady 69174 230543
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust Lady
69174

Box
Papers
Year 1997
Product Location
$6,475
incl. import taxes & duties

Vintage Watches

There has been a huge upsurge in vintage watch collecting over the past twenty years, a natural consequence perhaps of the mechanical watch revival that took place in the 1990s after the doom-laden era of the quartz crisis had receded.

Since then vintage watches have grabbed the watch industry’s biggest headlines, with a number of Rolex and Patek Philippe models regularly selling for well over a million dollars at the most prestigious auction houses.

Vintage watches have never been in such high demand, with even models from lesser-known brands seeing their value increase ten-fold over the last decade or so. Of course, precious few vintage timepieces—or any timepieces, for that matter—will reach anywhere near the astronomical price ($17.75 million) fetched by Paul Newman’s Daytona in 2017, but a vintage watch by a brand like Omega or Zenith which sold for a couple of hundred pounds in the 1990s, would fetch several times that in today’s market.

If you’re wondering what defines a vintage watch in the first place, the answer isn’t set in stone. Some people consider any pre-1980 model to qualify as vintage, while others insist it’s anything over 25 years old. Any watch over a hundred years old, on the other hand, is classed as an antique—one you might consider locking in a safe rather than actually wearing.

If you’re thinking of starting your own vintage collection featuring the most established brands, there are a number of names and models to consider. Vintage Patek Philippe pieces are among the most desirable, whether it’s a pre-World War II time-only Calatrava, a 1970s Nautilus or any perpetual calendar model in gold or platinum.

The most popular vintage Audemars Piguet models are the first-generation Royal Oaks, a luxury steel sports model launched in 1972 that gave rise to a whole new genre in high-end watchmaking.

Extremely rare and therefore much sought-after are vintage Panerai watches, of which as few as 350 were made between 1938 and 1994, after which the brand finally began making watches commercially and for the civilian market, rather than just for the Italian navy. Vintage Radiomir and Luminor models now command six-figure sums at auction.

Vintage Breitling and vintage Jaeger-LeCoultre watches are generally more affordable than the above, but even more wallet-friendly are a number of chronograph models by the legendary Heuer.

Vintage TAG Heuer (as it is now called) is best represented by several chronograph models with strong motor-racing links, the most famous being the square-cased Monaco. Famously worn by Hollywood maverick Steve McQueen, this distinctive and iconic timepiece is now a regular in the brand’s catalogue, with a number of dial variations and special editions. There’s something extra-cool about the early models, though, whose tiny imperfections enhance their appeal.

A few oft-repeated rules for budding vintage collectors are as follows: always buy from a trusted seller; try to buy watches with all original parts (dials, for example, have often been repainted or replaced on older watches); and never wear any vintage watch, whether a diver’s watch or not, in water as it will have almost certainly lost its water resistance due to the seals on the gaskets eroding.

And don’t be put off by faded lume, the odd battle scar and a little patina. Part of the charm of a vintage watch is that it’s been around the block a few times, had a few different wearers, got a few tales to tell.

At Watchfinder we sell a number of vintage models from brands including Rolex, Tudor, Zenith, Omega and more. Browse our selection online today to find your perfect vintage timepiece and add another chapter to its story.

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