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Pre-owned Tails and Heads with Govberg Watches
You may not know that outside of selling new watches, they do a brisk pre-owned business. ProfessionalWatches is partnering with the folks at Govberg to bring you inside of their pre-owned vaults. Over the coming months, we’ll be bringing you thematic coverage of some of our favorites pieces in their vast inventory. Many people know…
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Sharing The new Rolex Explorer Hands-On
And this year was no different. Today, we’ll cover the newly updated Explorer (Ref. 214270), which it is worth noting, carries the same reference number as the model it replaces. For years, luxury watch Rolex has been known to primarily introduce updates to existing watch models at Baselworld, as opposed to focusing on brand new…
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Vintage Rolex Cosmograph Daytona
There was more elbow room at Rolex watch Baselworld this year. Chalk it up to a skittish economy or the emergence of the smartwatch but whatever it was — it sure made for easier walking in Hall 1. Watch brands showed signs of caution too, many dropping prices and reducing new models. But there was…
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Testing the Rolex Milgauss
Magnetic fields are invisible and do not greatly affect the human body. Maybe that’s why we don’t think about them very much, even though our high-tech world is full of them, generated by all sorts of devices, from motors to loudspeakers. Unlike the people who wear them, however, mechanical watches are extremely susceptible to magnetic…
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Reviewing 100 Years of Rolex Chronometers And Rolex Oyster Watches
Until July 15, 1914, the “Class A” certification, which attested to the highest chronometric precision, had generally been awarded only to large marine chronometers after extremely rigorous tests. Rolex was, in fact, the first to prove that a wristwatch could be just as precise as a marine chronometer – a notion that was scarcely believable…
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Rolex Day-Date Ref. 118238
Yes, we’re talking men’s watches with diamonds. No, don’t click away from this post just yet. I am aware that this is a bit of a tricky subject, since most men don’t like to wear diamonds. However, a lot of men who love watches do have respect for the work that goes into diamonds —…
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Reviewing Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic
There is a commonly used phrase within the watch community with regards to the watches produced by Jaeger-LeCoultre: “watchmaker’s watches,” the implication being that the market segment JLC fulfills is exclusively a niche for people who know exactly what they want, and know why “what they want” matters. Now, I would not fully argue for…
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Watch Review: Rolex Yacht-Master II
The Rolex Yacht-Master II — the successor to the original Rolex Yacht-Master — debuted in 2007 and introduced a Rolex-exclusive regatta countdown function that can be “programmed” from 1 to 10 minutes and incorporates a mechanical memory that allows it to be reset to the same countdown duration used previously. Once launched, the countdown can…
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Watch Review: Rolex Milgauss 116400 Engraved By MadeWorn
The Rolex Milgauss reference 116400 watch is a modern classic. Sporty and historic, this popular Rolex timepiece today serves as the slightly avant-garde, casual-to-dress watch evoking good taste, a focus on performance, and of course, a high station in life to the owner who is wearing it. aBlogtoWatch previously reviewed the Rolex Milgauss 116400GV here.…
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Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Mental Watch
A metal developed by Rolex is known Rolesium, 904L stainless steel alloys and combinations 950 platinum material. Rolesium is 40 mm in diameter using Oyster case Rolex has also developed CERACHROM, it has been used in the 50th anniversary of the Rolex Submariner and Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, which was launched in 2013 Baselworld CERACHROM baffle…
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Bamford Watch Department Sspecial Forces Version Customized Rolex Watches
Custom luxury watches, in my opinion, the core of the dispute. I could hear in my head two very loud, very reasoned argument, but I never know which one, I agree. On the one hand, the idea of luxury infer Exclusivity: By this token, one piece, unique, rare and rare, it should be the Holy…
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A Famous Gold Watch:Rolex Day-Date
Rolex is th famous Swiss watch brand with good quality and strong design.especially its design,a gold design ,which attract most people’s attention and won their love. Rolex Day-Date Perhaps the most famous gold watch ever? The Rolex Day-Date might be just that. It was quite surprising when Rolex introduced a couple of new 36-mm Day-Date…