Rolex Datejust steel / gold automatic Kal. 1570 Ref. 1601 VINTAGE Reviews

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Ask The Audience: How Did You First Get Into Watches?
A question that people outside of the watch industry ask me quite often is “how did you get into watches.” The question is really wanting to know what happened in my life to result in me being so passionate about timepieces. I did, after all, arguably dedicate my life to discussing and reviewing watches, as well as carving a niche for myself in the watch industry. Oddly enough, this is not a question that watch lovers have ever asked me, nor have I overheard any watch collectors or fans ask this of each other. I am sure it has happened, but for some reason, it doesn’t happen enough. It isn’t as personal as asking where you met your spouse, and yet the question of how you found your mating partner comes up a lot more frequently than how people initially discovered and became interested in their hobbies.I, on the other hand, have asked a lot of people how and why they’ve gotten into watches, and the answers I’ve gotten are honestly some of the most int
Patek Philippe Twenty-4 Automatic Watch
Patek Philippe introduced its main ladies' collection, the Twenty-4, 19 years ago in 1999. At the time, the mechanical revolution was just beginning to re-emerge after two decades of quartz dominance that killed most of Switzerland's smaller mechanical watchmakers. Most ladies' watches were still quartz, and the manchette bracelet-style watch design reigned supreme. Fast forward to 2018, and it is a very different watch world, in which the new Twenty-4 is the perfect modern ladies' watch-which is to say it is practically nothing like the original. It has a mechanical automatic movement, it's 10mm bigger than its predecessor, and it is round. The only thing about the new Twenty-4 that resembles the original is the bracelet, with the same link design except that it is tapered, which is more appropriate for a round ladies' watch.The Twenty-4 Ref. 7300, then, is really a new watch, rather than a redesign. It contains the automatic caliber 324 S C with a date display and sweep seconds. The