Some consider Audemars Piguet as a “one trick pony”, as in the modern era they have derived great brand recognition from their octagonal icon – the Royal Oak. However, this does the brand a great disservice. The History of the brand is vastly interesting and intriguing. By Gijs Blaas on November 1th, 2022 Do you …
Today, we will not cover the entire history of the Rolex Submariner, nor shall we try and explain why the Sub has become such a hit. Instead, we will have a closer look at one of our all time favorite watches: the ref. 5513 Submariner. By Thomas van Straaten on 14 January 2022 The Rolex …
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In one of our previous articles we looked at the three best affordable watches under 2,5k within the vintage world. We have seen that there are some very capable and very cool vintage watches to be had under 2500 euros. Now in case you have been saving up a little more, today we will look …
You may know Amsterdam Watch Company primarily from our vintage watches. And you would be right! But we carry a very small selection of new watches, from brands we feel a strong connection to. Squale is one of them, and in this article we would like to share with you a number of reasons why …
The 3 best -and affordable- vintage watches you can buy on a budget: 3 watches under €2500,-. By Thomas van Straaten on 14 September 2021 Vintage watch prices have seen an upward trend for several decades now. We are at a point where cost of ownership can be quite intimidating. Still, there are those sweet …
The tale of a space-traveling Speedmaster Let’s start this story with a little warning: the watch you are about to fall in love with is in our private collection and is not for sale. It is just that the story is too cool to keep it to ourselves. Join us on a mission to outer …
What is better than a vintage Rolex? A vintage Rolex with a story! To tell the story of this Ref. 1802 Day-Date, we have to travel to Oman. Specifically, the quickly reforming Oman of the 1970s. Let’s dive in! By Thomas van Straaten on 6 November 2020 Sultan Qaboos Bin Said al Said This is …
1935-1940 The beginning of… The great depression and Sports timing. By AWCo on 12 July 2019 The 30s were strange times. The “Great Depression” was the result of the stock market crash in October 1929 in the United States. This global crisis had affected Western economies in some places up to 1936 and caused difficult …
World War II “Renewal and development dominated the watch industry.” By AWCo on 12 July 2019 The great depression had only just ended when the world took a leap back in time with the start of the Second World War in 1939. Where sport and development dominated the watch industry in the 1930s, the focus …
The 30s were strange times. Sports and the Olympics were things that gave a whole country some joy. By AWCo on 9 July 2019 The 30s were strange times. The “Great Depression” was the result of the stock market crash in October 1929 in the United States. This global crisis had affected Western economies in …
‘Atmos, the most iconic clockwork, running on air’. A clock which could run indefinitely without winding the movement, read the whole story. By AWCo on 24 June 2019 It was the simple implementation of these watches that were fitted with a metal fence over the glass so that the fragile glass could not break, this …
Last man on the moon and quartz. The seventies meant ‘make love, not war’, the last man on the moon, the quartz hype and mechanical watch crisis. By AWCo on 24 June 2019 The Vietnam war was coming to an end, this was the first ‘television’ war in history. People all over the world saw …