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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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  8. Tudor Tudor
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  6. Blancpain Blancpain
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  11. Carl F. Bucherer Carl F. Bucherer
  12. Cartier Cartier
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  14. Chopard Chopard
  15. Chronoswiss Chronoswiss
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  18. Franck Muller Franck Muller
  19. Frederique Constant Frederique Constant
  20. Girard Perregaux Girard Perregaux
  21. Glashutte Original Glashutte Original
  22. Graham Graham
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  25. Hamilton Hamilton
  26. Harry Winston Harry Winston
  27. Hermes Hermes
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  29. IWC IWC
  30. Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger-LeCoultre
  31. Longines Longines
  32. Maurice Lacroix Maurice Lacroix
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  34. Nomos Glashutte Nomos Glashutte
  35. Omega Omega
  36. Oris Oris
  37. Panerai Panerai
  38. Parmigiani Parmigiani
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  40. Piaget Piaget
  41. Porsche Design Porsche Design
  42. Rado Rado
  43. Raymond Weil Raymond Weil
  44. Roger Dubuis Roger Dubuis
  45. Rolex Rolex
  46. Romain Jerome Romain Jerome
  47. Sinn Sinn
  48. TAG Heuer TAG Heuer
  49. Tudor Tudor
  50. Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin
  51. Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin
  52. 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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Cartier Santos Galbee W20011C4 428256
New Price
Vintage

Cartier
Santos Galbee
W20011C4

Box
Papers
Year 2001
CHF 4’770
Patek Philippe Golden Ellipse 3848 417088
Vintage

Patek Philippe
Golden Ellipse
3848

Box
Papers
Year 1991
CHF 17’950
Rolex Daytona 16520 413326
Vintage

Rolex
Daytona
16520

Box
Papers
Year 1992
CHF 21’145
Cartier Tonneau W1528151 424100
Vintage

Cartier
Tonneau
W1528151

Box
Papers
Year 2000
CHF 24’250
Tudor Submariner 75090 424091
Vintage

Tudor
Submariner
75090

Box
Papers
Year 1991
CHF 4’505
Tudor Submariner 79090 424087
Vintage

Tudor
Submariner
79090

Box
Papers
Year 1993
CHF 4’995
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16600 401310
Vintage

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16600

Box
Papers
Year 1998
CHF 8’215
Rolex Submariner 1680 388953
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Submariner
1680

Box
Papers
Year 1978
CHF 10’000
IWC Da Vinci Automatic IW352803 391592
Vintage

IWC
Da Vinci Automatic
IW352803

Box
Papers
Year 2001
CHF 4’500
Rolex Turn-O-Graph 16263 402737
-7%
Vintage

Rolex
Turn-O-Graph
16263

Box
Papers
Year 1997
CHF 5’835 CHF 6’310
Rolex Lady Oyster Perpetual 67180 414317
-10%
Vintage

Rolex
Lady Oyster Perpetual
67180

Box
Papers
Year 1992
CHF 3’005 CHF 3’340
Omega Seamaster GMT 2534.50.00 399091
-10%
Vintage

Omega
Seamaster GMT
2534.50.00

Box
Papers
Year 2001
CHF 3’590 CHF 3’990
Rolex Submariner 1680 Single Red 410644
Vintage

Rolex
Submariner
1680 Single Red

Box
Papers
Year 1973
CHF 19’080
Vacheron Constantin Overseas 42042/423A-8724 384647
Vintage

Vacheron Constantin
Overseas
42042/423A-8724

Box
Papers
Year 2000
CHF 13’725
Tudor Prince Date 79280P 362700
Vintage

Tudor
Prince Date
79280P

Box
Papers
Year 2001
CHF 4’460
Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch 3891.50.81 373519
Vintage

Omega
Speedmaster Moonwatch
3891.50.81

Box
Papers
Year 1996
CHF 5’830
Omega Speedmaster Broad Arrow 3594.50.00 403532
Vintage

Omega
Speedmaster Broad Arrow
3594.50.00

Box
Papers
Year 1999
CHF 3’685
Omega Speedmaster Broad Arrow 3594.50.00 403526
Vintage

Omega
Speedmaster Broad Arrow
3594.50.00

Box
Papers
Year 1999
CHF 3’685
Omega Seamaster Chrono Diver 2598.80.00 403534
Vintage

Omega
Seamaster Chrono Diver
2598.80.00

Box
Papers
Year 2000
CHF 2’915
Rolex Datejust Lady 69278 397478
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust Lady
69278

Box
Papers
Year 1990
CHF 14’255
Rolex Sea-Dweller 16660 403527
Vintage

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
16660

Box
Papers
Year 1987
CHF 8’760
Rolex Submariner 16613 393702
Vintage

Rolex
Submariner
16613

Box
Papers
Year 2000
CHF 11’660
Rolex Explorer 14270 395059
-7%
Vintage

Rolex
Explorer
14270

Box
Papers
Year 1998
CHF 5’490 CHF 5’935
Rolex Air-King 5500 398888
-5%
Vintage

Rolex
Air-King
5500

Box
Papers
Year 1971
CHF 3’950 CHF 4’185
Tudor Sport Collection 7032/0 316074
Vintage

Tudor
Sport Collection
7032/0

Box
Papers
Year 2000
CHF 18’820
Rolex GMT Master II 16713 317668
Vintage

Rolex
GMT Master II
16713

Box
Papers
Year 1991
CHF 10’260
Omega Speedmaster Vintage ST 376.0806 299061
-14%
Vintage

Omega
Speedmaster Vintage
ST 376.0806

Box
Papers
Year 1983
CHF 2’660 CHF 3’125
Rolex Sea-Dweller 1665 263975
Vintage

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
1665

Box
Papers
Year 1979
CHF 14’840
Tag Heuer Monaco 1133B Vintage 209137
Vintage

Tag Heuer
Monaco
1133B Vintage

Box
Papers
Year 1997
CHF 11’395
Vacheron Constantin Patrimony 81180/000J-9118 412196
Vintage

Vacheron Constantin
Patrimony
81180/000J-9118

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
CHF 10’545
incl. import taxes & duties
Panerai Radiomir Manual PAM00997 424829
Vintage

Panerai
Radiomir Manual
PAM00997

Box
Papers
Year 1999
Product Location
CHF 7’365
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Constellation Mini 1262.10.00 404972
Vintage

Omega
Constellation Mini
1262.10.00

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
CHF 1’380
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega De Ville Co-Axial 4532.31.00 412220
Vintage

Omega
De Ville Co-Axial
4532.31.00

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
CHF 2’595
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date 15200 423713
Vintage

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual Date
15200

Box
Papers
Year 1991
Product Location
CHF 4’265
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Speedmaster DayDate 3321.30.00 407806
Vintage

Omega
Speedmaster DayDate
3321.30.00

Box
Papers
Year 2000
Product Location
CHF 2’265
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Submariner 14060 427053
New Price
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Submariner
14060

Box
Papers
Year 1997
Product Location
CHF 8’640
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch 3592.50.00 425557
Vintage

Omega
Speedmaster Moonwatch
3592.50.00

Box
Papers
Year 1995
Product Location
CHF 5’590
incl. import taxes & duties
Tag Heuer 2000 Series WK1313.BA0313 385318
Manufacturer's Warranty

Tag Heuer
2000 Series
WK1313.BA0313

Box
Papers
Year 1996
Product Location
CHF 875
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Old Navitimer 806 407962
Vintage

Breitling
Old Navitimer
806

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
CHF 3’920
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 67480 395677
Vintage

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
67480

Box
Papers
Year 1996
Product Location
CHF 4’080
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 67480 377192
Vintage

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
67480

Box
Papers
Year 1997
Product Location
CHF 4’505
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Yacht-Master 168623 378580
-9%
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Yacht-Master
168623

Box
Papers
Year 2000
Product Location
CHF 6’210 CHF 6’885
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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