The A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Collection
Let’s start this with a quick confession; I have been dying to write about the A. Lange & Söhne Datograph collection for years, simply because it contains just about my favorite watches in the world. For someone in my line of work, that is quite the claim. I spend my life studying and analyzing some […]
The Beckertime Comparison Series: The Rolex Lady-Datejust 26mm Vs. The Rolex Lady-Datejust 28mm
While the likes of the Daytona, the Submariner and the GMT-Master garner all the headlines when it comes to Rolex, it is the relatively humble Lady-Datejust which can lay claim to being the brand’s bestselling watch of all time—and by a fair distance. It has been a staple in the collection since 1957, a scaled-down, […]
The Beckertime Rivalry Series: Rolex versus Grand Seiko
It wouldn’t have been that long ago that the idea of pitting the behemoth that is Rolex, or indeed any of the great Swiss maisons, against a horology brand from Japan would have been seen as laughable. Switzerland has dominated the high end luxury watch business since the end of the Second World War, whilst […]
Rolex Watches Discontinued In 2020
As with every year, 2020 saw Rolex give with one hand and take away with the other. The Geneva-based giant furnished us with a slew of new watches, or at least, new takes on already established names. But at the same time, a number of pieces were quietly relegated to the history books; among them, […]