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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. IWC IWC
  8. Tudor Tudor
  9. Hublot Hublot
  10. Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger-LeCoultre
  11. Patek Philippe Patek Philippe
  12. Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet
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  1. A. Lange and Sohne A. Lange and Sohne
  2. Arnold and Son Arnold and Son
  3. Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet
  4. Ball Ball
  5. Baume et Mercier Baume et Mercier
  6. Bell and Ross Bell and Ross
  7. Blancpain Blancpain
  8. Breguet Breguet
  9. Breitling Breitling
  10. Bremont Bremont
  11. Bvlgari Bvlgari
  12. Carl F. Bucherer Carl F. Bucherer
  13. Cartier Cartier
  14. Chanel Chanel
  15. Chopard Chopard
  16. Chronoswiss Chronoswiss
  17. Corum Corum
  18. Fortis Fortis
  19. Franck Muller Franck Muller
  20. Frederique Constant Frederique Constant
  21. Girard Perregaux Girard Perregaux
  22. Glashutte Original Glashutte Original
  23. Graham Graham
  24. Grand Seiko Grand Seiko
  25. H. Moser and Cie H. Moser and Cie
  26. Hamilton Hamilton
  27. Harry Winston Harry Winston
  28. Hermes Hermes
  29. Hublot Hublot
  30. IWC IWC
  31. Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger-LeCoultre
  32. Longines Longines
  33. Louis Erard Louis Erard
  34. Maurice Lacroix Maurice Lacroix
  35. Montblanc Montblanc
  36. Muhle Glashutte Muhle Glashutte
  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. Roger Dubuis Roger Dubuis
  48. Rolex Rolex
  49. Romain Jerome Romain Jerome
  50. Sinn Sinn
  51. TAG Heuer TAG Heuer
  52. Tudor Tudor
  53. U-Boat U-Boat
  54. Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin
  55. Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin
  56. 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 Submariner 16613 393702
Vintage

Rolex
Submariner
16613

Box
Papers
Year 2000
CHF 11’445
Rolex Air-King 5500 398888
Vintage

Rolex
Air-King
5500

Box
Papers
Year 1971
CHF 4’060
Tudor Sport Collection 7032/0 316074
Vintage

Tudor
Sport Collection
7032/0

Box
Papers
Year 2000
CHF 19’355
Rolex GMT Master II 16713 317668
Vintage

Rolex
GMT Master II
16713

Box
Papers
Year 1991
CHF 10’550
Rolex Sea-Dweller 1665 263975
New Price
Vintage

Rolex
Sea-Dweller
1665

Box
Papers
Year 1979
CHF 14’170
Tag Heuer Monaco 1133B Vintage 209137
Vintage

Tag Heuer
Monaco
1133B Vintage

Box
Papers
Year 1997
CHF 11’715
Tudor Prince Date 75000 434683
New Price
Vintage

Tudor
Prince Date
75000

Box
Papers
Year 1986
Product Location
CHF 1’835
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex GMT Master II 16760 Fat Lady 392531
Vintage

Rolex
GMT Master II
16760 Fat Lady

Box
Papers
Year 1985
Product Location
CHF 11’935
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer 1016 425461
Vintage

Rolex
Explorer
1016

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
CHF 11’445
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oysterquartz Datejust 17014 431966
Vintage

Rolex
Oysterquartz Datejust
17014

Box
Papers
Year 1988
Product Location
CHF 7’900
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 16013 400843
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
16013

Box
Papers
Year 1981
Product Location
CHF 6’485
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 16013 397269
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
16013

Box
Papers
Year 1987
Product Location
CHF 6’810
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 16014 392175
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
16014

Box
Papers
Year 1980
Product Location
CHF 4’905
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 16234 392556
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
16234

Box
Papers
Year 1991
Product Location
CHF 6’265
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Day-Date 18238 402968
Vintage

Rolex
Day-Date
18238

Box
Papers
Year 1992
Product Location
CHF 19’345
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Explorer II 16550 392979
Vintage

Rolex
Explorer II
16550

Box
Papers
Year 1985
Product Location
CHF 11’170
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch 3560.50.00 415808
Vintage

Omega
Speedmaster Moonwatch
3560.50.00

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
CHF 5’285
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Air-King 14000 394230
Vintage

Rolex
Air-King
14000

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
CHF 4’525
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust Lady 69173 390002
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust Lady
69173

Box
Papers
Year 1999
Product Location
CHF 6’485
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date 15505 401087
Vintage

Rolex
Oyster Perpetual Date
15505

Box
Papers
Year 1986
Product Location
CHF 4’050
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 16234 385786
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
16234

Box
Papers
Year 1997
Product Location
CHF 6’375
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Constellation 1512.30.00 430791
Vintage

Omega
Constellation
1512.30.00

Box
Papers
Year 1996
Product Location
CHF 1’905
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Constellation 1212.30.00 424575
Vintage

Omega
Constellation
1212.30.00

Box
Papers
Year 1990
Product Location
CHF 1’855
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Speedmaster Vintage 3731.20.02 406069
Manufacturer's Warranty

Omega
Speedmaster Vintage
3731.20.02

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
CHF 3’810
incl. import taxes & duties
IWC Pilot's Chrono IW370607 434363
New Price
Vintage

IWC
Pilot's Chrono
IW370607

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
CHF 3’435
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 16013 434361
New Price
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
16013

Box
Papers
Year 1966
Product Location
CHF 6’485
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Oyster Precision 6480 408133
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Oyster Precision
6480

Box
Papers
Year 1956
Product Location
CHF 3’435
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Submariner 14060M 434149
New Price
Vintage

Rolex
Submariner
14060M

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
CHF 8’175
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Submariner 5513 433644
New Price
Vintage

Rolex
Submariner
5513

Box
Papers
Year 1970
Product Location
CHF 10’520
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Submariner 14060 433622
New Price
Manufacturer's Warranty

Rolex
Submariner
14060

Box
Papers
Year 2000
Product Location
CHF 9’755
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 16220 430012
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
16220

Box
Papers
Year 1993
Product Location
CHF 5’670
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust Lady 79178 429961
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust Lady
79178

Box
Papers
Year 1997
Product Location
CHF 11’445
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Mid-Size Datejust 68273 395874
Vintage

Rolex
Mid-Size Datejust
68273

Box
Papers
Year 1990
Product Location
CHF 6’705
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Speedmaster Reduced 3510.50.00 433234
Vintage

Omega
Speedmaster Reduced
3510.50.00

Box
Papers
Year 1999
Product Location
CHF 3’050
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Speedmaster Reduced 3510.50.00 433232
Vintage

Omega
Speedmaster Reduced
3510.50.00

Box
Papers
Year 1999
Product Location
CHF 2’915
incl. import taxes & duties
Breitling Navitimer 92 A30022 433219
Vintage

Breitling
Navitimer 92
A30022

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
CHF 3’815
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Constellation Ladies 795.1080 374086
Vintage

Omega
Constellation Ladies
795.1080

Box
Papers
Year 1990
Product Location
CHF 995
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust 16013 431138
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust
16013

Box
Papers
Year 1987
Product Location
CHF 5’940
incl. import taxes & duties
Rolex Datejust Lady 69173 432601
Vintage

Rolex
Datejust Lady
69173

Box
Papers
Year 1984
Product Location
CHF 4’685
incl. import taxes & duties
Tudor Submariner 75090 430137
Vintage

Tudor
Submariner
75090

Box
Papers
Year 2001
Product Location
CHF 5’015
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Speedmaster MKII ST 145.014 420266
Vintage

Omega
Speedmaster MKII
ST 145.014

Box
Papers
Year 1984
Product Location
CHF 3’525
incl. import taxes & duties
Omega Seamaster Chrono Diver 2598.20.00 431756
Vintage

Omega
Seamaster Chrono Diver
2598.20.00

Box
Papers
Year 1999
Product Location
CHF 2’960
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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