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In January 2025, Rescapement relaunched as Unpolished Watches, the newsletter for watch collectors and insiders. It’s a 2x/week email to stay up to date on what’s really happening. Named one of the best single operator newsletters on the internet.


How the Cartier Crash Became a Million Dollar Watch

June 19, 2022

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In In-Depth, Editor's Picks Tags Cartier

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May 10, 2022

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A million here, a million there, a million everywhere.

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In Auctions Tags Patek, Cartier, Rolex, Audemars Piguet
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The Best Everyday Watches in 2022

April 24, 2022

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The best everyday watches for any budget in 2022

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In Guides, Editor's Picks Tags Rolex, Patek, IWC, Seiko, Oris, Tudor, Cartier, Vacheron Constantin, Nomos, Grand Seiko

Bringing back the dress watch: 4 brands dressing down the dress watch

April 18, 2022

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Four of the best dress watches to add to your collection, modern and vintage.

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In In-Depth, Editor's Picks Tags A Lange, Rolex, Cartier, Timex

The Cartier Baignoire Allongée Is Finally Getting Its Due

April 16, 2022

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A crazy London Baignoire Allongée sells for $176,000.

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In Interviews & News Tags Cartier
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10 of the Best New Watches from Watches & Wonders 2022

April 4, 2022

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The best new everyday watches from the watch world’s biggest week

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In Guides, Interviews & News Tags Tudor, Vacheron Constantin, Cartier, Rolex, Nomos, IWC, Grand Seiko, Oris, Zenith

Three times using the F word made for a great f***ing watch

February 8, 2022

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F*ck it!

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In Just for Fun Tags Cartier

Week in Watches: Rolex raises prices; releases from Grand Seiko and Hypebeast

January 17, 2022

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Plus a Royal Oak QP to preview the first big auction of 2022

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In Interviews & News Tags Cartier, Patek, Rolex, Grand Seiko

Hairspring: Curating the best watches for sale on the internet

January 3, 2022

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Citizen Chronometer in Steel; Universal Geneve Compax; A CPCP Tortue Monopoussoir

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In Interviews & News Tags Citizen, Cartier
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Tyler, the Creator wearing a Cartier Crash at Monaco Legends, photo courtesy of John Goldberger.

Tyler, the Creator is Rescapement's 'Collector of the Year'

December 20, 2021

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We still on the boat!

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In Just for Fun Tags Cartier

What Taylor Swift can teach us about restoring vintage watches

November 27, 2021

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And what she might think about this $300k Tank Cintree

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In Auctions, In-Depth, Editor's Picks Tags Cartier

The Cartier Crash and the history of watch design

November 17, 2021

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Featuring the Cartier Crash on Hodinkee

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In Auctions, Editor's Picks Tags Cartier

4 crazy things that happened at Geneva auctions this weekend (that aren't actually that crazy)

November 9, 2021

Auctions

Cartier, Journe, and Lange results that actually make sense?

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In In-Depth, Auctions, Editor's Picks Tags Cartier, Urwerk, FP Journe

4 things that should happen at the Cartier-only auction this week

October 15, 2021

Auctions

Crash into me

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In Editor's Picks, Auctions Tags Cartier
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Credit: Wind Vintage

An introduction to coin watches

October 2, 2021

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When craftsmanship meets currency

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In Guides, In-Depth, Editor's Picks Tags Rolex, Cartier, Audemars Piguet, Piaget, Patek

5 of the most expensive vintage Cartiers ever sold at auction

July 14, 2021

In-Depth

Bigger than a Pebble.

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In In-Depth, Editor's Picks, Auctions Tags Cartier, Popular

'Cartier so light thought I floated here'

July 5, 2021

Just for Fun

Tyler, The Creator on collecting.

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In Just for Fun Tags Cartier

Is now the best time to buy a Cartier Pebble, or the worst?

June 1, 2021

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Or, what happens when 2 of 6 total examples of a watch come up for auction just a month apart?

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In Editor's Picks, Auctions, In-Depth Tags Cartier

No New Watches: New Cartiers are great, but how about a unique Cartier Cloche in platinum?

April 13, 2021

Auctions

Sometimes vintage just does it better.

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In Auctions Tags Cartier
Caseback engraving of Felix Leach Junior’s Cartier Cintrée. Image credit: Auro Montanari

Caseback engraving of Felix Leach Junior’s Cartier Cintrée. Image credit: Auro Montanari

Felix from Fred '29

April 3, 2021

In-Depth

The Luminous London Cintrée gifted from Fred Astaire to Felix Leach Jr.

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In In-Depth Tags Cartier
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