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January 20th, 2026

Arrivals in 2025; Advice for 2026 — Tell Your Friends that You Love Their Watches

It was a New Year’s tradition back in the days of the discussion forums. Collectors would publish detailed postings describing the watches they acquired during the preceding year, the near misses, the ones they had sold, their “Most Wanted” watches for the coming year, etc. For 2025, I’m going to take a simpler approach, describing

Introducing the Monaco Chronograph “Stopwatch” LE — TAG Heuer Captures the Best of Its Heritage

It’s an old question for those who collect vintage watches and many in the community are tired of even talking about it – “How should a modern brand use its heritage models to create new watches for today’s enthusiasts?” At one extreme, a brand can create new models that are almost one-to-one copies of the

December 22nd, 2024

A Noteworthy Watch — Breitling Duograph, Reference 762, Circa 1943

Rattrapante . . . Split-Seconds . . . Doppelchronograph . . . the “Queen of Complications” for Chronographs. Whatever we may call it, the split-seconds chronograph is the highest form of complication for the chronograph. For chronograph enthusiasts who are into racing, rallies and motorsports, or even industrial production, the split-seconds chronograph is the ultimate