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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.


This F.P. Journe Resonance just sold for $400k in an online auction. What does it mean?

September 15, 2021

News

The Resonance resonates.

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In Auctions, Interviews & News, Editor's Picks Tags FP Journe

The forgotten dive watch: Finding my grail Zodiac Sea Wolf

August 13, 2021

In-Depth

Have you ever lusted after a watch, only to fall out of love with it, only to start yearning for it again, buy it, and then have it wildly surpass expectations?

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In In-Depth, Editor's Picks Tags Zodiac

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

Dad and his watches: 4 dads on what their watches mean

June 20, 2021

Father’s Day

"The scars and scratches are triggers for where I’ve been and what I’ve done, and with kids I get even more of that. They’re signs of being a dad.”

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In Interviews & News, Editor's Picks

Hands-On: Rowing Blazers x Seiko Collection

June 17, 2021

Releases

Summertime Chi with this summer's hottest watch release

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In Interviews & News, Editor's Picks Tags Seiko

Kanye West's favorite watch is up at auction this week

June 6, 2021

Auction

And other design-driven watches on sale at Chicago's Wright Auction.

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In Auctions, Editor's Picks Tags Ikepod, Seiko

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

June 1, 2021

In-Depth

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
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What happens when watches and art intersect?

May 14, 2021

In-Depth

A Drake hit, or something more

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In In-Depth, Editor's Picks

Rolex and the return of 'sports elegance'

April 25, 2021

In-Depth

Is elegance (and two-tone) the answer to our identity crisis?

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In In-Depth, Editor's Picks Tags Rolex

Patek is changing how it issues Extracts. Here's what it means.

April 3, 2021

News

Dealers and collectors analyze the surprising news from Geneva.

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In Interviews & News, Editor's Picks Tags Patek
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How are Braun and Off-White having the best 2021 in watches?

March 21, 2021

In-Depth

Abloh and hype — or not.

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In In-Depth, Editor's Picks Tags Braun
Ralph, Nina, and Kanye.

Ralph, Nina, and Kanye.

Modern icons: 4 legends and the watches they wore

March 14, 2021

Guide

Ralph Lauren, Nina Rindt, Kanye West, and the Rolex you can make your own icon.

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In Just for Fun, Editor's Picks
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The Bubble(back) did burst

March 7, 2021

Analysis

On survivorship bias and the beguiling market for stainless steel watches.

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In Editor's Picks
Justice and a GMT-Master

Justice and a GMT-Master

Breaking: Rolex AD sued for racketeering and fraudulently selling hot models to the grey market

February 15, 2021

In-Depth

"The heart of the scheme was a conspiracy to illegally sell Rolex watches to foreign grey market resellers to enrich themselves." A summary of the juiciest complaint ever filed against an AD.

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In In-Depth, Editor's Picks Tags Rolex
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11 lessons and tips from my first year of watch collecting

February 3, 2021

Guide

Advice from a new watch collector, for a new watch collector.

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In In-Depth, Guides, Editor's Picks Tags G-Shock
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4 things we learned (or didn't) from the first big auction of 2021

January 29, 2021

Auctions

The price of a Nautilus 5711; no one cares about modern, complicated watches; and Journe and Cartier are still, well Journe and Cartier.

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In Auctions, Editor's Picks Tags White Star, Cartier, Vacheron Constantin, Patek
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Why yes, yes it is.

Why yes, yes it is.

A Rolex is still a Rolex

January 24, 2021

Editor’s Pick

President Biden's Datejust serves as a reminder of the virtues of moderation and the dangers of extremes.

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In Editor's Picks, In-Depth Tags Rolex
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A few predictions (or hopes) for 2021

January 7, 2021

Predictions

Burning sage into the new year, with some meta meditations on Cartier, Journe, Watch Anish, and the ghost of collectings past, with a resolution to go deep in 2021.

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In In-Depth, Editor's Picks
Comment

In Conversation with Petermann Bédat: Switzerland's Most Exciting Independent Brand

December 20, 2020

In-Depth

Talking watchmaking, independence and deadbeat seconds with two of Switzerland’s most impressive young watchmakers.

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In Interviews & News, In-Depth, Editor's Picks Tags Petermann Bedat
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Vintage Vacheron chronographs: Only the best

December 13, 2020

In-Depth

Celebrating the heritage and style of the vintage Vacheron ref. 4072 chronograph.

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In In-Depth, Editor's Picks Tags Vacheron Constantin
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