Collector Guides

We create Collector Guides in order to empower our fellow collectors with the best information we can muster from our niche areas of expertise.

Collector Guide – The Seiko Pogue on its 50th Anniversary

Collector Guide – Understand Vintage & Pre-Owned Rolex By Getting Familiar with Four-, Five-, & Six-Digit References

Collector Guide – Vacheron Constantin Reference 4073 Time-Only Sub-Seconds Calatrava-style Dress Watch (1940s -1960s) – Complete Information

Collector Guide – Vacheron Constantin Reference 4217 Time-Only Center-Seconds Calatrava-style Dress Watch (1940s -1970s) – Complete Information on an Undervalued Classic

Hands-On – 1978 Patek Philippe Nautilus Reference 3700-01A – One Owner, Unpolished

Curating the Collection – A Rolex Oyster Date Reference 6494 Captures My Heart

Insight – The Argument for Cheap Tool Watches and Expensive Dress Watches

Collector Guide How A Pocket Watch Crystal Maker is Keeping Vintage King Seiko Alive

Collector Guide Vacheron Constantin Triple Calendar Movements of the 20th Century – A Complete Catalog of Serially-Produced Complete Calendars With and Without Moonphase

Collector Guide Vacheron Constantin Time-Only Movements of the 20th Century – A Complete Catalog of Serially-Produced Large-Format Round Calibers

Collector Guide Vacheron Constantin Dealer Deck From 1960s

Collector Guide Why Are Vintage Vacheron Constantin Dress Watches Undervalued?

Collector Guide We Must Repudiate “Recently Serviced” – A Manifesto for 21st Century Watch Buyers

Collector Guide The Short-Lived Seiko Liner

Collector Guide King Seiko Part 2 – Upping the Beat Rate

Collector Guide Leather Straps & Their Environmental Impact

Collector Guide Breitling Navitimer Slide Rule Instructions

Collector Guide Refinishing Hardlex Crystals

Collector Guide How To See Past Marketing & Popular Opinion

Collector Guide King Seiko Part 1 – Evolution of the 44KS

Collector Guide LIP Nautic-Ski Watches 1967-1976

Collector Guide Understanding Patina on Vintage Varnished Metal Dials

Collector Guide Interpreting Timegrapher Results

Collector Guide The Rolex Explorer II (All References In Detail)

Collector Guide Seiko Crown Special, An Alternative to Vintage Grand Seiko

Collector Guide LIP, the French Watch Brand That Started an Aesthetic Revolution

Collector Guide A Detailed Primer On a Century of Cartier Tanks (1919-present)

Collector Guide Seiko Factory History – Daini, Suwa, Fact and Fiction

Collector Guide Rolex Datejust 36mm Steel 1972-1987

Collector Guide Seiko Bell-Matic

Collector Guide Birth-Year Seiko Watches: 1970-1979

Collector Guide Deciphering Used, Pre-Owned, Vintage, & Antique

Collector Guide Birth-Year Seiko Watches: 1960-1969

Collector Guide A Primer on Buying Vintage Watches