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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42

Last year Breitling, led by CEO Georges Kern, released a number of new watches and series in its effort to refocus and hone the image of the brand. Among them were the Navitimer 8 collection, a refreshed Navitimer 1 collection, a new chronograph design within the Superocean Heritage series, and a revived Premier collection. Together,...

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Feb 3, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Certina DS PH200M

Swatch Group-owned Certina is a Swiss watch brand that few American consumers are familiar with, but it is a company that has long specialized in sports watches, and even has an extensive history, both in the American market and among military personnel. Yet, as was the reality for many historic Swiss manufacturers, the Quartz Crisis...

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Jan 27, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Glycine Airman Vintage

After writing about the Eberhard Contograf last month, I’ve been thinking more about historic brands with one or two trademark watches. Brands like Zodiac with their Sea Wolf (and later the Super Sea Wolf) and DOXA with their SUB 300 series both come to mind, as do B-Uhr style focused brands like Stowa and Laco....

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Jan 20, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Oris Big Crown Pointer Date

Swiss watch brand Oris is no novice to the “Vintage Eye” series. With previous releases like the ever-popular Diver Sixty-Five; the Big Crown 1917 with its distinctive pocketwatch style; and last year’s ChronOris Date, the century-plus-old Holstein-based watchmaker has long been taking part in the ongoing retro-look watch trend, with models resurrected from its rich...

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Jan 6, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Eberhard Contograf

The modern Eberhard Contograf finds its origins in a 1960 release of the same name. The original watch was distinguished most of all by its period design (picture below, via Analog/Shift). With panda-style subdials, dauphine hands, and the unique red line and “50” print marking the 50 km/hour mark on the tachymetric scale — the...

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Dec 16, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Longines Heritage 1945

To avoid the hyperbole commonly afforded to Longines’s Heritage Collection, I’ll put it simply: it is expansive, and in the process of developing it the brand has paced the industry in re-creating its best vintage designs using modern techniques and manufacturing. The newest addition to this collection is the Longines Heritage 1945, a watch seemingly...

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Dec 9, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Nezumi Corbeau

This week, we’ll be taking a look at Swedish brand Nezumi Studios’s fourth release, the 1960s and 70s inspired Corbeau. Nezumi isn’t a new name to the Vintage Eye series, with us previously taking a look at their popular vintage racing chronograph inspired Voiture model back in 2016, and its follow-up in the Baleine which took...

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Nov 25, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Mido Commander Shade

Earlier this year, Swiss brand Mido made headlines by releasing the critically-acclaimed, 1939-inspired Multifort Datometer. This watch, produced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1918 founding of the brand by Georges Schaeren, held a number of traits popular in today’s “new vintage” market, with its smaller 38-mm size, uncommon triple calendar, and relative affordability....

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Nov 18, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Doxa SUB 300 Searambler “Silver Lung”

In 2017, the storied Swiss dive watch brand Doxa shocked the market by selling 300 of its SUB 300 Professional “Black Lung” watches only hours after their release. The new watch was a re-issue of a vintage model known as one of today’s most famed and collectible dive watches, the SUB 300 Professional “Aqua Lung.”...

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Nov 11, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Corum Heritage Coin Watch

Corum isn’t a brand frequently in conversation when discussing modern, historically inspired watches. Yet since the brand’s 1955 founding by René Bannwart it has long been producing fashion-forward pieces, many series of which are still in production today. In the modern era, the brand is possibly best known for its Bubble and Golden Bridge collections,...

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Nov 4, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Omega Speedmaster Speedy Tuesday “Ultraman”

Back in July of this year, Mark Bernardo, Senior Editor of WatchTime, accurately described the new Omega Speedmaster Speedy Tuesday “Ultraman” as a “Monster Launch,” which was nothing short of spot on. The new watch, like many of the bigger collaborative releases as of late, caught much of the market by surprise. It represented a...

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Sep 30, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Bulova Archive Series Oceanographer “Devil Diver”

Bulova has been gradually entering the “new vintage” trend of horology for the last few years. The company’s newest release, the Oceanographer Devil Diver— which comes in the forms of both a limited-edition, more historically accurate 40-mm orange piece, and of a non-limited, more modernly designed 44-mm model — is its most recent addition to...

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Sep 23, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Longines Heritage Skin Diver

Longines, a watch brand that has long led the field in “neo-vintage” watches, has once again demonstrated its skill in this arena with the new Heritage Skin Diver. The dive watch — which comes on the heels of the critically-acclaimed Legend Diver watch, a 1960s super-compressor-style diver, and last year’s Avigation BigEye, based on a 1930s aviation...

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Sep 9, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Rado Tradition Captain Cook MKIII Automatic

In 2017, Swiss brand Rado released its Hyperchrome Captain Cook to critical acclaim. The piece, based on a series produced in small quantities from 1962 to 1968 and originally meant to capitalize on the recreational diving trend of that era, was a faithful re-issue of the vintage model, and for the brand marked a dynamic...

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Aug 26, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Hamilton Intra-matic Auto

Recently, I’ve been reflecting upon some classic watches in the “new vintage” trend that represent really good value for their relative intrigue. My mind was drawn to the Mido Multifort Datometer with its unusual triple calendar, and the Tissot Heritage Antimagnetique with its rejuvenated historical styling,  and to the Timex Marlin which at $200 is...

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Aug 19, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Zodiac Astrographic

While many brands have bolstered their historical collections in recent times, few if any brands have done so like Zodiac. The Swiss brand, with its Fossil-owned backing and archives of interesting pieces from the mid-20th century, has built its entire modern identity, and most of its collections, upon its vintage heyday. Previously on “Vintage Eye,”...

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Aug 12, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Siduna M3440 Professional Uni-Compax Chronograph

After covering Swedish startups Maen and Nezumi, I’ve been patiently watching the rise of other Scandinavian brands. This week we focus our eye on another as we spotlight Siduna and its first production watch: the M3440 Professional Uni-Compax Chronograph. The new piece is based upon a 1973 standard-issue military chronograph produced for the Swedish Air...

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Aug 5, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Cartier Santos 2018

The new Cartier Santos collection was one of the quieter releases of SIHH 2018, although it marks a significant transition for the world’s first wristwatch. With curvier elements, various sizes and materials, and a fresh refinement, the re-introduction of the series, after the discontinuation of the Cartier Santos 100 collection two years ago, is a...

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Jul 22, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Yema Superman Héritage

Yema was never a superpower of horology. It wasn’t a renowned brand forgotten by time like Universal Genève, or one revived for the modern era like IWC; it was always just Yema — one French brand alongside a handful of others, producing its best watches in the ultra-competitive 1960s and the live-or-die-by-quartz ‘70s; never standing...

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Jul 15, 2018 by Caleb Anderson