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Why I Bought It: A Bulova Like Mobster Bugsy Siegel

June 4, 2022/17 Comments/in Highlights, Collectors and Collecting, Vintage/by Elizabeth Doerr

Watch collector Quentin R. Bufogle was determined to add a piece to his collection harking back to those dust-strewn days of early Las Vegas, a time when the occasional tumbleweed still ambled along what would one day become the famous Las Vegas Strip. And he found it in a 1946 Bulova Aviator B. Here’s how […]

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Why I Bought It: Collector Koen Simon And His Two-Tone Christiaan Van Der Klaauw Orion

January 5, 2022/0 Comments/in Collectors and Collecting, AHCI, Christiaan Van Der Klaauw/by Elizabeth Doerr

Koen Simon is a 26-year-old watch collector from The Netherlands. A regular reader of Quill & Pad, he is a fan of high-end watchmaking. He recently sent us this story about how and why he acquired his rare two-tone Orion timepiece by Christiaan van der Klaauw, which we are pleased to share here.

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Why I Bought It: Omega Speedmaster Speedy Tuesday 2 Ultraman

August 21, 2021/7 Comments/in Collectors and Collecting, Omega/by Łukasz Doskocz

Omega and Fratello Watches came out with first #SpeedyTuesday Speedmaster edition back in 2017 and it sold out within few hours. Three years later, a second iteration of #SpeedyTuesday timepieces came to life. And this one sold out – all 2,012 pieces – in under two hours. And one of these 2,012 watches is in […]

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Why I Bought It: Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire – Reprise

July 18, 2021/2 Comments/in Collectors and Collecting, Grönefeld, Independents/by GaryG

There are some watches you fall for the moment you see them. Sometimes that initial infatuation passes and you move on to the next temporary obsession, but then there are those instances in which the more you see, talk about, and learn about a piece and its origins the more you resolve to save […]

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Why I Bought It: A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Rattrapante Honeygold Homage to F.A. Lange

June 4, 2021/9 Comments/in Highlights, Collectors and Collecting, A. Lange & Söhne/by GaryG

[…] a week ago – so he will reserve the right to add pluses and minuses in future articles once this watch has gotten substantial wrist time. Already, though, there are several reasons why he can say that he’s smitten with this watch. Read on to discover what he likes and whether he has any quibbles.

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Why I Bought It: The Corum Bubble Vintage – Reprise

March 27, 2021/0 Comments/in Collectors and Collecting, Corum/by Ian Skellern

Ian has a fairly narrow frame of reference when it comes to buying watches for himself: his taste runs to independents, in-house movements, and superlative hand-finishing. So why on earth did he buy a Corum Bubble, which is from a big (for him) brand and outfitted with an ETA 2892 movement with an industrial […]

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Why I Bought It: Rolex Stella-Inspired Oyster Perpetual 41 With Turquoise Blue Dial

January 16, 2021/30 Comments/in Collectors and Collecting, Rolex/by GaryG

There aren’t that many rules that GaryG applies to watch collecting, but one rule that he has found critically important is that it’s crucial to handle a watch before buying it. This story however is about how Gary completely violated that rule and nonetheless came away happy with a watch that few people would […]

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Why I Bought It: Vintage Mathey-Tissot Type 20 Big Eye Chronograph

October 9, 2020/15 Comments/in Highlights, Collectors and Collecting, Vintage/by GaryG

This is the story of GaryG’s pursuit, and eventual capture, of a classic vintage watch: a Type 20 “big eye” flyback chronograph manufactured by Mathey-Tissot.

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De Bethune DB28: How I Launched It, Why I Bought It, And Why It’s The Perfect ‘One Watch’

May 17, 2020/10 Comments/in Highlights, Collectors and Collecting, De Bethune/by Ian Skellern

De Bethune celebrates the tenth anniversary of its groundbreaking DB28 in 2020 and, as Ian Skellern’s relationship with the model goes back the full decade, it seems an appropriate time for him to share the story of how he came to launch the DB28, own a DB28, and what he thinks of the DB28 […]

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Why I Bought It: Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire – Reprise

March 1, 2020/2 Comments/in Collectors and Collecting, Grönefeld/by GaryG

There are some watches you fall for the moment you see them. Sometimes that initial infatuation passes and you move on to the next temporary obsession, but then there are those instances in which the more you see, talk about, and learn about a piece and its origins the more you resolve to save […]

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