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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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  7. Cartier Cartier
  8. Tudor Tudor
  9. Hublot Hublot
  10. Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger-LeCoultre
  11. Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet
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  6. Blancpain Blancpain
  7. Breguet Breguet
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  11. Carl F. Bucherer Carl F. Bucherer
  12. Cartier Cartier
  13. Chanel Chanel
  14. Chopard Chopard
  15. Christian Dior Christian Dior
  16. Chronoswiss Chronoswiss
  17. Corum Corum
  18. Eterna Eterna
  19. Fortis Fortis
  20. Franck Muller Franck Muller
  21. Frederique Constant Frederique Constant
  22. Girard Perregaux Girard Perregaux
  23. Glashutte Original Glashutte Original
  24. Graham Graham
  25. Grand Seiko Grand Seiko
  26. H. Moser and Cie H. Moser and Cie
  27. Hamilton Hamilton
  28. Harry Winston Harry Winston
  29. Hermes Hermes
  30. Hublot Hublot
  31. IWC IWC
  32. Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger-LeCoultre
  33. Jaquet Droz Jaquet Droz
  34. Longines Longines
  35. Maurice Lacroix Maurice Lacroix
  36. Montblanc Montblanc
  37. Nomos Glashutte Nomos Glashutte
  38. Omega Omega
  39. Oris Oris
  40. Panerai Panerai
  41. Parmigiani Parmigiani
  42. Patek Philippe Patek Philippe
  43. Piaget Piaget
  44. Porsche Design Porsche Design
  45. Rado Rado
  46. Raymond Weil Raymond Weil
  47. Richard Mille Richard Mille
  48. Roger Dubuis Roger Dubuis
  49. Rolex Rolex
  50. Romain Jerome Romain Jerome
  51. Sinn Sinn
  52. TAG Heuer TAG Heuer
  53. Tudor Tudor
  54. Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin
  55. Union Glashutte Union Glashutte
  56. Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin
  57. 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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Rolex Oyster Precision 6694 372515
Vintage

Rolex
Oyster Precision
6694

Box
Papers
Year 1971
Product Location
€3,930
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16660 403527
Vintage

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16660

Box
Papers
Year 1987
Product Location
€12,795
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Submariner 16613 366730
Vintage

Rolex
Submariner
16613

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
€13,860
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Submariner 16613 378999
Vintage

Rolex
Submariner
16613

Box
Papers
Year 1990
Product Location
€10,940
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Submariner 1680 373643
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Submariner
1680

Box
Papers
Year 1979
Product Location
€10,945
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Submariner 16613 395553
Vintage

Rolex
Submariner
16613

Box
Papers
Year 1996
Product Location
€10,795
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 77014 378138
Vintage

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
77014

Box
Papers
Year 2000
Product Location
€5,800
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Submariner 1680 391448
Vintage

Rolex
Submariner
1680

Box
Papers
Year 1978
Product Location
€14,550
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Submariner 16613 393702
Vintage

Rolex
Submariner
16613

Box
Papers
Year 2000
Product Location
€13,660
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Submariner 16803 404620
Vintage

Rolex
Submariner
16803

Box
Papers
Year 1987
Product Location
€9,825
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Submariner 1680 378547
Vintage

Rolex
Submariner
1680

Box
Papers
Year 1980
Product Location
€15,280
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Sea-Dweller 1665 377313
Vintage

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
1665

Box
Papers
Year 1984
Product Location
€16,210
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 1002 377351
Vintage

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
1002

Box
Papers
Year 1950
Product Location
€4,365
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 14270 395059
Vintage

Rolex
Explorer
14270

Box
Papers
Year 1998
Product Location
€7,435
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 1003 376286
Vintage

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
1003

Box
Papers
Year 1967
Product Location
€4,410
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 67480 398026
Vintage

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
67480

Box
Papers
Year 1996
Product Location
€5,060
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Day-Date 18238 399978
Vintage

Rolex
Day-Date
18238

Box
Papers
Year 1996
Product Location
€22,115
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Day-Date 18078 386496
Vintage

Rolex
Day-Date
18078

Box
Papers
Year 1984
Product Location
€21,370
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 77080 402006
Vintage

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
77080

Box
Papers
Year 1999
Product Location
€5,865
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Day-Date 18338 396304
Vintage

Rolex
Day-Date
18338

Box
Papers
Year 1994
Product Location
€24,145
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Daytona 16523 396703
Vintage

Rolex
Daytona
16523

Box
Papers
Year 2000
Product Location
€17,915
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Air-King 5500 378680
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Air-King
5500

Box
Papers
Year 1990
Product Location
€4,640
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Day-Date 18038 402203
Vintage

Rolex
Day-Date
18038

Box
Papers
Year 1987
Product Location
€18,700
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Air-King 5500 398888
Vintage

Rolex
Air-King
5500

Box
Papers
Year 1971
Product Location
€4,410 €4,540
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Air-King 5700 372516
Vintage

Rolex
Air-King
5700

Box
Papers
Year 1978
Product Location
€4,525
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Air-King 14000 377023
Vintage

Rolex
Air-King
14000

Box
Papers
Year 1998
Product Location
€5,965
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Air-King 5500 401207
Vintage

Rolex
Air-King
5500

Box
Papers
Year 1969
Product Location
€4,580
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Air-King 14000 377109
Vintage

Rolex
Air-King
14000

Box
Papers
Year 1999
Product Location
€5,965
incl. import taxes & duties
Cartier Roadster W62025V3 392972
New Price
Vintage

Cartier
Roadster
W62025V3

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
€4,060
incl. import taxes & duties
Cartier Tank Francaise WE1002SC 369314
Vintage

Cartier
Tank Francaise
WE1002SC

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
€13,015
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Precision 6694 369405
Vintage

Rolex
Oyster Precision
6694

Box
Papers
Year 1968
Product Location
€4,680
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch ST 145.022 369035
Vintage

Omega
Speedmaster Moonwatch
ST 145.022

Box
Papers
Year 1984
Product Location
€5,625
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust Lady 69136 364123
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust Lady
69136

Box
Papers
Year 1994
Product Location
€14,795
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust Lady 69159 364215
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust Lady
69159

Box
Papers
Year 1992
Product Location
€15,440
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Seamaster GMT 2534.50.00 368623
Vintage

Omega
Seamaster GMT
2534.50.00

Box
Papers
Year 2000
Product Location
€3,800
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Submariner 1680 Single Red 225427
Vintage

Rolex
Submariner
1680 Single Red

Box
Papers
Year 1972
Product Location
€26,750
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 1601 362504
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
1601

Box
Papers
Year 1977
Product Location
€8,445
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Air-King 14010 367135
Vintage

Rolex
Air-King
14010

Box
Papers
Year 2000
Product Location
€5,965
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Mid-Size Datejust 68274 356659
Vintage

Rolex
Mid-Size Datejust
68274

Box
Papers
Year 1998
Product Location
€8,040
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Precision 6694 364998
Vintage

Rolex
Oyster Precision
6694

Box
Papers
Year 1974
Product Location
€4,240
incl. import taxes & duties
Tudor Monte Carlo 94300 274891
Vintage

Tudor
Monte Carlo
94300

Box
Papers
Year 1999
Product Location
€17,400
incl. import taxes & duties
Tudor Submariner 9411/0 297012
New Price
Vintage

Tudor
Submariner
9411/0

Box
Papers
Year 1975
Product Location
€11,230
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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