Antiquorum’s upcoming New York watch auction takes place April 15th, and today we’ll show you one of our favorite pieces: a Rolex GMT Master 1675 with Blue Bezel. Sometimes referred to as the “Blueberry” GMT. The look of the blue bezel is great, which makes it really stand out from the more common blue and…

This is a video of the current Rolex Daytona caliber 4130 being disassembled and then reassembled. Presented by Watchfinder & Co.

For 2015, Rolex unveiled a new 39 mm diameter Oyster Perpetual model, with the option of a Red Grape, Blue or Dark Rhodium dial. All three versions look great, although it is the latter version that impressed us the most. Dominated by a Dark Rhodium sunburst finish, topped with applied 18k white gold hour indexes,…

This year at Baselworld, by far, the most talked about watch release has been the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Ref 116500LN (which replaces Ref. 116520 that was first introduced in 2000). Over the 16 year period, a number of incremental changes have been made to the Daytona Chronograph. The caliber 4130 automatic movement was enhanced with…

Tempus Machina, the company that created a customized Rolex Submariner Ref. 114060 as an homage to the highly collectible Ref. 6538 Big Crown, in 2015, is at it again. This time, they have customized another modern Submariner Ref. 114060 to look like a collectible 1960s vintage Ref. 5512 with pointed crown guards. In addition to…

Rolex introduced the redesigned Cellini dress watch collection at Baselworld 2014. This year, they followed up by adding one new variation for each of the three styles of Cellini; the 3-hander, date, and dual time models – respectively. This article focuses on just one, the Cellini Date, which now comes in a blue guilloche dial…

The highlight of the Yacht-Master collection at Rolex this year was the new 40 mm steel and Everose gold model, with a “Rolesor” case, which simply means a combination of 904L steel and 18K Everose gold. With that said, Rolex also quietly introduced a new dial on the steel and platinum (Rolesium) Yacht-Master as well.…

If you did not get a chance to bid on the unbelievably high priced Daytonas at Christie’s last month, and you are in the market for a vintage Daytona, then you might want to check out the four vintage Daytonas up for sale at the December 11th Antiquorum auction. Our favorite of the four, is…

If you are currently in the market for a Rolex, there are 64 pre-owned and vintage Rolexes to choose from at the upcoming Antiquorum auction which takes place this Sunday, May 11th in Geneva. From a basic Submariner to a Paul Newman Daytona or a Submariner with an Explorer dial, we picked five of our…

On March 26, 2012, James Cameron made a record-breaking solo submarine dive to the Earth’s deepest point — the Marina Trench – which we wrote about here. Today, as a tribute to Cameron’s historic dive, Rolex has unveiled a special version of the Rolex Sea-Dweller Deepsea with a D-blue dial. This special Deepsea model is…

Earlier this week, Philippe Cousteau’s (son of Jacques Cousteau) Rolex Sea-Dweller Ref. 1665 with Double Red Mark I dial, sold for $183,750. That is more than thirty thousand over the high pre-sale estimate of $150K. In addition to the circa 1967 wristwatch, the winning bidder also received: six 8 x 10 color photos showing P.…

Rolex Submariner 5510, caliber 1530, 1958, 60,000CHF-80,000CHF, considered the rarest of the Big Crowns as it was only produced for one year and there are believe to have only been 300-600 ever made Lot 114 The much anticipated Phillips “Geneva Watch Auction: One” takes place this Sunday. And for this article, we selected four of…