We tell you to mark your calendar for a new vintage watch collection every Wednesday morning, and Thanksgiving is just drawing near, but that doesn’t stop it from happening. Vintage watches are as important to us as Ben’s sweater collection, and neither can take a break. Just because tomorrow is a holiday, there’s no reason not to offer an extensive collection of the most tried and true vintage watches on the internet.
As usual, 13 complete drops are highlighted in the slideshow. By clicking through, you should be able to get an idea of how well these watches wear on your wrist and how good they are after decades of use. Read on for the full story on a few of the watches selected by the team.

I think, for me, what really makes this Daytona variant a risky watch is the fact that nowhere on the dial can you find the name it is most often used by. Inspired in large part by our conversation luxury replica watches with Daniel Dae Kim and his Cosmograph, the absence of Daytona text on the dial makes it seem more subtle. Between that and the steel tachymeter bezel, this watch is a stark contrast to the modern iteration of the Cosmograph, which has large branded text and a ceramic bezel. As far as I am concerned, this is the least prototypical of the Daytonas, and perhaps the least conspicuous. That’s not to say there aren’t some details on the dial to obsess the future owner. The watch has two symbols, a T for tritium luminescent material and a sigma symbol that has solid white gold hour markers. In any case, I hope you can save me from selling a few organs or risking an international manhunt. Get all the details right here.

I’ve been on a real kick after our military watch inspired series a few weeks ago. Sure, I always enjoy looking at the round T dials of the Mil-Subs and Seamaster 300s in auction catalogs, but I’ve never delved into the subgenre of vintage watches represented by the military-issued pieces. That is, until a collection led by a few best rolex replica watches by Grahame Fowler was assembled in the office. I now find myself doing some additional searches on eBay for terms like “ADANAC” and even “L.L. Bean Hamilton”. There is a distinct practicality in military-issued and military-inspired watch design – and suddenly I find it really speaking to me.

This Universal Genève watch falls somewhere between military equipment and military inspiration. While we can’t say for sure that this watch was worn during its service, what’s more important is the overall look of the watch. Without knowing everything that this watch has been through in its lifetime, it is clear that UG designed this watch to be worn, and worn hard. In the mid-1940s, few watches had screw-down casebacks, hopefully for water resistance, or at least for dust resistance. Although not common during this period, it makes perfect sense for Universal Watch to be ahead of the curve in this area.