WHY BUY A VINTAGE WATCH
The men in my family were left vintage pocket watches handed down by my father who loved pocket watches, wrist watches, vest chains, stick pins and all the adornments that the 30’s and 40’s offered a man. I was thrilled that they realized the worth,quality and appearance associated with a watch from another era. These watches are now family heirlooms.
My son, born in 1974, during the beginning of the quartz revolution had never seen a mechanical watch and when he did, he thought the movement was so “alive” and finely crafted that he resolved never to wear another quartz watch.
A mechanical watch (which by definition must have more than 120 parts) is powered by a mainspring within what is called a barrel; the mainspring is wound by hand or automatically by a rotor’ transmitting power to a complicated set of interconnected wheels; this is called the gear train. This oscillation provides the “tick” of the mechanical watch. The rotor on an automatic watch incorporates a weight which swings backwards and forwards whenever the wrist moves – converts to a rotary motion which winds the mainspring.
Besides the vintage appearance and charm of these watches, many collectors enjoy the complications of the older chronographs, calendars, alarms and of course the military watches. Vintage watch from fine Swiss and US makers generally hold their worth and often appreciate in value many times over.
Young urban professionals are realizing they can distinguish themselves by wearing a rare vintage timepiece.
Many of the older established watch houses have reverted to the classic vintage styles of wrist watches in order to try and capture that modern element of buyers who appreciate yesterday’s styles but in a brand new watch. Prices of these new watches however are much higher than of the actual vintage watch available today.
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Source : Ab-Vintage-Watches.blogspot.com
The men in my family were left vintage pocket watches handed down by my father who loved pocket watches, wrist watches, vest chains, stick pins and all the adornments that the 30’s and 40’s offered a man. I was thrilled that they realized the worth,quality and appearance associated with a watch from another era. These watches are now family heirlooms.
My son, born in 1974, during the beginning of the quartz revolution had never seen a mechanical watch and when he did, he thought the movement was so “alive” and finely crafted that he resolved never to wear another quartz watch.
A mechanical watch (which by definition must have more than 120 parts) is powered by a mainspring within what is called a barrel; the mainspring is wound by hand or automatically by a rotor’ transmitting power to a complicated set of interconnected wheels; this is called the gear train. This oscillation provides the “tick” of the mechanical watch. The rotor on an automatic watch incorporates a weight which swings backwards and forwards whenever the wrist moves – converts to a rotary motion which winds the mainspring.
Besides the vintage appearance and charm of these watches, many collectors enjoy the complications of the older chronographs, calendars, alarms and of course the military watches. Vintage watch from fine Swiss and US makers generally hold their worth and often appreciate in value many times over.
Young urban professionals are realizing they can distinguish themselves by wearing a rare vintage timepiece.
Many of the older established watch houses have reverted to the classic vintage styles of wrist watches in order to try and capture that modern element of buyers who appreciate yesterday’s styles but in a brand new watch. Prices of these new watches however are much higher than of the actual vintage watch available today.
Check out my other articles on Jewelery Watch
Source : Ab-Vintage-Watches.blogspot.com
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