Blog posts from Andy Callan
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COVID-19 and the Luxury Watch Industry: The Situation Now
If I asked you to try and sum up 2020 in one word, I imagine most of your answers would be unrepeatable here. It has been a truly extraordinary period for many people and (sorry to be the bearer of even more bad news), it’s only September. However, one term that comes up particularly often […]
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Rolex to Announce its 2020 Collection
If there’s one thing I think we can all agree on, it is that 2020 has been pretty awful for just about everybody. At times as dire as these, it always helps to be on the look out for any sort of good news that might come your way, and if you’re a watch fan, […]
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The Rolex Metals Series: Stainless Steel
Traditional watchmaking is a fantastically complicated activity. Even the simplest movement, for example, will contain at least 100 separate components, all of which have to work together within tolerances measured in microns. But just as important as the underlying mechanics is selecting the right material with which to make all the various aspects—from the tiniest […]
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Review: The Rolex Datejust ref. 16234
By 1988, the year Rolex released the ref. 162XX series of their all-conquering Datejust, the model had been in production for more than 40-years. During that time it had gone from brand flagship to being viewed as something of the venerable statesman in the portfolio. Its tonneau-shaped Oyster case had become an iconic part of […]
