Blog posts from Andy Callan
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The Watch Collector Series: Communities for Collecting
Some of the great joys of watch collecting are the people and communities for collecting beautiful timepieces that you meet along the way. What was once an extremely niche pastime, practiced by the select, usually very wealthy few, is now open to enthusiasts from every walk of life. It is still a fairly new phenomenon. […]
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The Watch Collector Series: Watch Collecting Vs. Other Types of Collecting
Pretty much anything can be, and is, collected. People will accumulate all sorts of objects, for many different reasons. Some are completely understandable. Sports fans, for instance, often fall into collecting memorabilia of their favorite team or player. Autograph hunters tend to do it for the thrill of the chase or to amass the most […]
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The 31mm Rolex Watches
31mm Rolex watches are fast becoming the most popular size among female wearers, granting a significant step up in wrist presence over the time-honored and more traditional sub-30mm pieces. They offer a versatile middle ground between conventional ladies watches measuring 26mm or 28mm, and the modern fashion among women to opt for models more usually […]
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The 24mm Rolex Watches
Even though the bigger-is-better spirit in watchmaking is perhaps showing its first tentative signs of slowing down, there is still nothing in the current Rolex family weighing in at the truly diminutive 24mm. The smallest in the range is a full two millimeters larger; also a tiny model but nevertheless a noticeable difference. It is […]
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The 29mm Rolex Watches
The 29mm Rolex watches are particularly few and far between. In fact, the modern lineup doesn’t have any examples in this size. However, in the vintage archives there are only two models that measure up. Fortunately, both of them are real beauties. Each one, the Lady-Datejust Pearlmaster and the Lady Yacht-Master, were originally the smallest […]
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What’s the Difference? The Rolex GMT-Master Vs. The Rolex GMT-Master II
There aren’t many, but there are a small handful of designs that hit exactly the right visual note straight from the get go, and have gone through sometimes decades of production needing nothing doing to them bar the occasional upgrade in their technology. Porsche managed it to some extent with the 911. At the other […]
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The 26mm Rolex Watches
A 26mm Rolex model has been at the heart of Rolex’s women’s range since the very earliest days of the company. As with many of the men’s watches, they have resisted the urge to follow fashion and increase in size for as long as possible, but even they have had to concede in recent years. […]
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The Watch Collector Series: Rolex’s Rarest
In Rolex’s more than a century of existence, they have given the world great armfuls of designs that can only be described with that most overused of words: iconic. They have created pieces that are so well known, even people with no interest in the art and science of watchmaking can confidently name them at […]
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Watch Collector Series: The Different Types of Watch Collecting
The world of horology is massively diverse. There are countless different brands, each with their own archive of models. In the case of some manufacturers, Rolex being one, those individual pieces have enough variation in their makeup to fill an encyclopedia. Tiny discrepancies in dial markings, logo design or text can mean the difference between […]
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The History of Watch Collecting
The vintage watch collecting market has witnessed an exponential rise in both popularity and prices over the last decade. Although it seems as if the industry is experiencing its golden age, it might be too early to tell. The phenomenon itself is a relatively new one, only really starting with any serious vengeance in the […]
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What’s the Difference? The Rolex Explorer Vs. The Rolex Explorer II
The names Rolex gives to their watches generally do a good job of signposting each one’s specific abilities and place in the lineup. There’s no doubt, for example, that pieces called the Submariner, the Sea-Dweller and the Deepsea are designed for the life aquatic, or that the Daytona will find its natural home on the […]
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Gold Shell Rolex Watches
A gold Rolex watch has long been a potent symbol of success and achievement. They have also long been fairly costly. Starting way back in the 50s, the brand sought to address the price issue, and get their creations onto more wrists, by releasing gold shell watches. These were pieces with stainless steel cases, covered […]