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Rescapement Is Now Unpolished Watches

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.


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Oversized Universal Split Seconds does big number at Christie's

December 4, 2020

Auctions

Big Universal Geneve, bigger money at Christie’s Hong Kong.

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In Auctions Tags Universal Geneve
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Switzerland, c/o Maine

L.L. Bean and Hamilton: Made and not in America

November 30, 2020

In-Depth

Knife-wielding turtles and the future of watches in America.

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In In-Depth, Editor's Picks Tags Hamilton
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Auctions: Looking at 2 Cartier Crash examples from Phillips

November 24, 2020

Auctions

Two examples of the iconic design come up for auction at Phillips Hong Kong XI.

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In Auctions Tags Cartier
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Interview: A Continuous Lean's Michael Williams

November 21, 2020

Interview

Talking with the OG menswear blogger about what the watch community is doing right and wrong, the watches that mean the most to him, and trying not to be predictable by embracing the weird.

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In Interviews & News
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Introducing: Oak & Oscar Olmsted Matte

November 18, 2020

News

The latest release from Chicago-based Oak & Oscar: A time-only field watch with a matte ceramic coating.

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In Interviews & News Tags Oak & Oscar
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The uncelebrated timepieces in 'A Grand Complication'

November 14, 2020

In-Depth

Understanding the collections of two of the most prolific collections, Henry Graves Jr. and James Ward Packard, by digging deep.

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In In-Depth, Editor's Picks Tags Patek
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Comparing the Nomos Tangente and Club Campus

November 11, 2020

In-Depth

Comparing the Nomos Tangente and Nomos Club Campus, two of the brand’s best — and most affordable — offerings. Sport v. dress. Youth v. experience. Tradition v. experimentation. But always Bauhaus.

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In Guides, In-Depth Tags Nomos
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5 alternatives to the Rolex Submariner

November 7, 2020

Guide

For when you don’t want the Crown.

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In Guides Tags Tudor, Omega, Baltic, Seiko, Rolex
3 Comments
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Phillips posts world-record online auction sale, selling a Patek ref. 2523 world timer for $4.9m

November 6, 2020

Auctions

A Patek World Timer reference 2523 sets a record price for an online watch sale.

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In Auctions Tags Patek
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Recommended Reading: All the Presidents' watches

November 3, 2020

Just for Fun

Your complete guide to the watches of United States Presidents.

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In Just for Fun
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© WATCHISTRY

Talking Marine Nationale watches with Watchistry

November 1, 2020

Interviews

Going deep on the French Marine Nationale.

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In Interviews & News Tags Tudor
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Phillips to auction off Paul Newman Rolex Daytona and Steve McQueen Heuer Monaco

October 29, 2020

Auctions

Two legendary watches from legendary racers to be offered at Phillips New York this December.

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In Auctions
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Best dive watches for small wrists in 2020

October 26, 2020

Guide

Sometimes, 38mm is all you need in a dive watch.

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In Guides Tags Omega, Oris, Rolex, Wittnauer, Tudor, Enicar
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Weekend: Delivery of prodigious newsletter

October 25, 2020

Rescapement Weekend

Delivery of prodigious newsletter and a chat with William Massena.

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In Interviews & News
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The Massena Lab Uni-Racer

The Massena Lab Uni-Racer

Massena Lab Uni-Racer: A Chat with William Massena

October 20, 2020

Interviews

Chatting with William Massena about the first standalone Massena Lab release, the Uni-Racer.

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In Interviews & News
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Christie’s

Christie’s

The best modern Cartier? A look at the Santos-Dumont 90th Anniversary Limited Edition

October 19, 2020

Just for Fun

Swimming upstream with the Cartier Santos-Dumont 90th Anniversary Limited Edition.

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In Editor's Picks, In-Depth Tags Cartier
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A brief history of the Universal Geneve Uni-Compax

October 17, 2020

In-Depth

A Big Eye on the Uni-Compax.

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In In-Depth, Editor's Picks Tags Universal Geneve
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Is Massena Lab releasing a Universal Geneve Compax?

October 13, 2020

News

A Universal (Uni-Compax) release, coming October 20?

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In Interviews & News Tags Universal Geneve
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Phillips

Phillips

Stainless steel Patek reference 1436 chronographs: Three's company

October 13, 2020

In-Depth

Stainless steel split seconds. Say that three times fast (and only three times).

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In In-Depth, Auctions, Editor's Picks Tags Patek
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Sotheby’s

Sotheby’s

A brief look at Tiffany-signed Patek Philippe 1436 split-seconds chronographs

October 8, 2020

In-Depth

Going big on the small split seconds chronograph from Patek and retailed by Tiffany.

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