Blog posts from Andy Callan
COVID-19 and the Luxury Watch Industry
There’s no doubt we are living through unprecedented times right now. We are in the grip of a global pandemic, one that has impacted on just about every aspect of society. While COVID-19 is, of course, a human tragedy, with a worldwide death toll (at time of writing) of more than 100,000 and a further […]
Review: The Rolex Date ref. 15053
The 34mm version of the Rolex Datejust, forever known simply as the Date for some reason, has a history of production almost as long as its bigger brother. In fact, there were just five years between debuts; the 36mm Datejust starting life in 1945, the Date in 1950. Throughout the earlier parts of their respective […]
Review: The Rolex Date ref. 15210
I don’t actually know why Rolex call their 34mm version of the Datejust simply The Date. Now one of five different sizes in the family, it is the only model to drop the last half of the name, and it always has. These days, it is just about the perfect unisex wear and present-day versions […]
Review: The Rolex Oysterquartz ref. 17013
With a history as long as Rolex’s, there are always going to be those moments that exist outside the norm. The quartz crisis was, fortunately, a relatively brief interlude in the watchmaking industry—the worst of its effects taking place over little more than a decade. However, that was plenty long enough to annihilate around two-thirds […]