Category Archives: vintage movements

Introducing: Azimuth

Posted on August 23rd, 2010

Azimuth somehow managed to source new old stock vintage movements such as the Fontainemelon 96 and a Marvin/Election hand-wound calibre. They took extreme care in designing limited series of military watch homages that met great success. Featuring vintage movements or modified contemporary UNITAS calibres, those timepieces boast a good reputation and now count amongst the very few watches that [...]

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Introducing: Wilson Watch Works

Posted on August 12th, 2010

Mr. Wilson turned his passion for building custom watches into a small part-time business. Being himself a NWACC members, this watch builder relies upon the mentoring of a certified master watchmaker, the assistance of a certified watchmaker trained at the Paris School of Horology, and a network of trusted vendors. Here is one of his earlier projects, [...]

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Zinex is dead, long lives Zixen!

Posted on August 4th, 2010

Due to a trade mark conflict, Zinex has had to change its name. They reordered the letter to come up with ZIXEN and a new eponomous Web site. In the meantime, the brand has released more watches than one can shake a stick at. And they keep it coming… In the Special Edition collections, they [...]

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introducing: VDB watches

Posted on March 10th, 2010

The Purists forum features January 2010 pictures of a prototype made by a new German brand called “VDB”. The collection comes in diameter 46 mm and features a vintage GUB Spezimatic calibre. Click here to see the original post at ThePurists.com. Update: here is the link to their Web site.

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Introducing: LÜM-TEC

Posted on October 18th, 2009

LÜM-TEC has made its specialty to sell watches with particularly bright varieties of photoluminescent watches using strontium aluminate-based coatings. The brand features some designs inspired by aviation, but it is refreshing to see that they walk the extra mile and come up with original designs. LÜM-TEC also uses out-of-the-ordinary movements, like the twin barrel vintage [...]

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introducing: eWatchparts.com

Posted on August 31st, 2009

eWatchparts.com is specialized in aftermarket parts for brands like Breitling, Omega, Panerai, Rolex, Tudor and ETA movements. It can be a good starting point to source parts for doing a custom job on a watch.

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introducing: Tourby Watches

Posted on July 25th, 2009

Tourby Watches does an outstanding job with fitting Hamilton pocket watches in wrist watch cases, but they also have a collection of gorgeous big pilot watches based on Unitas calibers. Their catalog is relatively flexible, allowing you to choose the level of finish of the movement.

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introducing: Classic Watch Parts

Posted on July 23rd, 2009

ClassicWatchParts.com offers a broad range of original and aftermarket parts for prestigious brads like Breitling, Omega, Rolex and Tudor.

Posted in aftermarket crystals, aftermarket hands, aftermarket parts, ETA 2824-2, ETA 2836, ETA 2892-A2, ETA 2893-2, original parts, restoration, Valjoux 7750, Valjoux 7751, vintage movements | Leave a comment

introducing: Zinex Uhrenfabrik

Posted on July 23rd, 2009

Initially specialized in the fitting of vintage pocket watch movements, Zinex Uhrenfabrik strarted working on aviator watches with ETA 2824-2 movements. Recently, they have started producing diving watches, coming with bold designs.

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introducing: Time Factors

Posted on July 23rd, 2009

Eddie Platts has been releasing some great-looking collections inspired by historical watches.

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