Vintage Watches

The popularity of vintage watches has led to the reestablishment of once-defunct companies in Switzerland, Austria, France and elsewhere.

Get into the vintage watch game with one of these five funky timepieces from the 1960s and ’70s.

If you’re stuck with a watch you don’t wear, trading it for something you love may be the ticket.

The Angelus Chronodato is the progenitor of the triple-calendar chronograph, a classic watch style originating in the mid-20th century.

The Zodiac Sea Wolf is the forgotten dive watch that, in 1953, introduced the world’s most popular watch genre along with luminaries Rolex and Blancpain.

Getting a start in vintage watches doesn’t have to mean shelling out serious cash.

This week we’ve got an incredible value in vintage dive watches, a Rolex Explorer II with stunning patina, and a colorful Tissot chronograph.

Getting duped — or at least taking a low-risk gamble — is part of the fun of becoming a collector.

This week we’ve got an iconic Hamilton, a stylish, affordable diver and a watch a particularly badass name on the dial.

Geoff Hess, a consultant for Phillips auction house and a vintage watch expert, breaks down why placing a bid may be the best path to your dream watch.

The Bulova Accutron Spaceview, replete with incredible accuracy and a space-age look, represented a technological milestone that foreshadowed quartz watches.

Benrus is an American watchmaking legend, famous for the Sky Chief and several Vietnam-era military watches.

We’ve got a trio of awesome vintage watches available right now, including an iconic steel sports watch and a stylish, affordable Hamilton.

After this Air Force vet bought his Cosmograph Daytona for $346 in the 1970s, he locked it up for 40+ years. And what a good idea that was.

We’ve got a trio of awesome vintage watches available right now, including an Omega Speedmaster from 1969 and an affordable Bulova diver.

We’ve got three great picks for you this week, from a sub-$500 vintage dive watch to a gorgeous Omega made in 1943.

Following its debut in 1945, the Rolex Datejust has since become an icon.

Out of all of the watch stories we published this year, these are the ones that Gear Patrol readers liked the most.

The Rolex Submariner may be the archetypal dive watch, but there are plenty of interesting vintage alternatives out there.

Watch and clock restoration is an esoteric, complicated and dying skill.