Welcome back to another episode of Fratello On Air! This week, your hosts discuss the vintage watches currently tickling their collective fancies. Before that, though, there’s plenty of banter about sneakers and watches. For your convenience, watch content starts after 20 minutes.

Vintage watches are some of our favorites. We’re always looking and thinking about what to buy next. In this episode, you’ll hear about what has us searching auction sites and sale boards. We also discuss the vintage market and the watches that will become popular (again).

Handgelenkskontrolle

Christmas came early in Germany and England. Mike received his Nike Air Tech Challenge 2s via the eBay authentication program, and Balazs received the latest Nike × Travis Scott shoes from StockX. We then discuss a recent watch event in London held by 289 Consulting with 25 brands, including Raymond Weil, Krayon, Doxa, Artya, Favre Leuba, and more. These intimate affairs are refreshing and a nice way to see a lot of watches in one place. For the Handgelenkskontrolle, Balazs is wearing the soon-to-be-released Albishorn Air chronograph. We cannot say much about it, but it’s a different take on a vintage aviator’s chronograph. Mike is wearing a just-received 18K Movado Curviplan with a black dial. The watch came from France and was a buying adventure.

A Rolex Submariner 5513 with a gilt dial from 1966 — Image: Wind Vintage

Vintage watches on our radar

For our main topic, we discuss the vintage watches on our radar. You’ll hear about Movado chronographs, Angelus, and Hungarian military watches from Balazs. From Mike, tanks, a nice early Heuer Carrera 2447, and a later gilt-dial Rolex Submariner or GMT-Master make the list. We then discuss the current vintage market and how simple dress watches have become popular. However, these watches have limitations, such as a lack of popular, commonly known references. We also opine that ’60s chronographs will make a slow return to prominence. Additionally, vintage Rolex sports watches, such as the 5512 Mike just reviewed, are beginning to awaken from a lengthy slumber.

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