Why You Should Consider The IWC DoppelChronograph 3711
Welcome to The Collector's Corner, a new series of stories about watches from the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, and maybe the occasional watch from the 1970s. You could say, ‘post quartz-crisis watches’ or watches from the renaissance of high-end watchmaking or ‘youngtimers’ or ‘neo-vintage’. Whatever you (or we) call these watches, there are so many very cool watches from the aforementioned era that really deserve some renewed attention and that’s exactly what we will do in the Collector’s Corner instalments. We describe why we think they're cool and why they deserve your attention!The ‘neo-vintage’ watches, despite their own contributions to horology, remain overlooked and (often) under-appreciated and are just entering the cusp of vintage-dom. To understand the significance of this era, it's important to do a quick recap of the quartz crisis; so much has already been said on the subject that I promise to keep it short! And

First Look: The Piaget Andy Warhol Clou de Paris Watch, Now Officially Uniting Two Icons
Thanks to a licensed collaboration with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Piaget has been permitted to rename its cult 1970s Black Tie dress watch, which is now officially “the Andy Warhol watch”. Celebrating this meaningful association with the undisputed King of Pop Art and long-time watch collector and friend of the brand, Piaget introduces the Andy Warhol Clou de Paris watch. Replacing the hallmark gadroons of the 1972 Black Tie with a refined Clou de Paris guilloche motif, the Piaget Andy Warhol marks a new chapter in the fascinating saga of this watch.Piaget and WarholAndy Warhol (1928-1987) was a leading exponent of Pop Art and one of the most important 20th-century artists. Obsessed with the relationship between celebrity culture, advertising and art, his portrayal of iconic American symbols materialised in the 1960s with his Campbell's soup cans, Coca-Cola bottles and silkscreens of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Elvis Presley.Andy Warhol prepar

IWC Pilot's Chronograph Edition Tribute to 3705 IW387905 - Video Review
It is rather surprising to see how some items have gained cult status years after their discontinuation, while when they were widely available, almost no one dared to pay attention to them… There are, of course, watches that have been overlooked before they shoot to unexpected fame. One such model is the 1994 “IWC Fliegerchronograph Keramik”, also known as the Pilot’s Chronograph 3705, a watch that faded into obscurity before recently becoming one of the brand’s most collectable youngtimers. Today, the Schaffhausen-based brand pays homage to this cult classic with the new IWC Pilot’s Chronograph Edition “Tribute to 3705” that evokes the past, but also looks at the future. And we have it here today, with a video review!Background, IWC’s Flieger ChronographsIWC is one of the watch manufacturers with the richest history in pilot’s watches. As soon as 1936, the brand started to produce purpose-built wrist instruments, such as the

The 2021 Revamped Oris Aquis Depth Gauge (Specs, Price)
Oris has a strong reputation when it comes to serious, professional-oriented, highly capable yet relatively accessible dive watches. Under the Aquis and Prodiver collections, the brand has already presented multiple instruments for aquatic purposes. Think, for instance, about the Meistertaucher. Or the new AquisPro. One that has long been in the collection and that has been praised by the diving community is the?Oris Aquis Depth Gauge, which we covered in details here. Equipped with a clever, safe and easy-to-use system to measure depth (the most simple you can imagine actually), it comes back this year with multiple small upgrades and refinements, both visually and mechanically. Here’s the 2021 Oris Aquis Depth Gauge.The first-generation of Oris Aquis Depth GaugeThe Oris Aquis Depth Gauge is one of the brand’s most acclaimed dive watches, not only because of its look and feel, but mainly because of its cleverly simple construction for the main function, measuring depth. La

Video Tissot PRX Powermatic 80 (Specs & Price)
While you're certainly aware of the fact that the sports watch with integrated bracelet is all the rage these days – with the classic icons of the genre being the most sought-after watches on the market – the genre, which started with almost exclusively high-end watches, is now enlarging with new contenders in the accessible luxury range. And one that made a lot of noise when released was the Tissot PRX Powermatic 80, a watch with a fair price, an ultra-cool design and a lot of mechanical pleasure under the hood. Today, we give this watch a second look with another of our video reviews.The PRX is a reissue of a 1970s design by Tissot and the brand's take on the popular luxury sports watch with an integrated bracelet. In 1978, Tissot launched a time-and-date quartz watch – batteries were popular back then – characterized by a slender barrel-shaped case, a prominent bezel, sharp facets and, most importantly, an integrated bracelet with large flat links that blende