Perhaps Rolex has only itself to blame for Tudors “second-class citizen” reputation. According to the definitive Rolex history by Dowling and Hess, The Best of Time, in its early advertising the company called the Tudor a “workingman’s watch.” That may have gotten the point across that it was a more affordable choice than the top of the line Rolex models, but the stigma of a lower-cost Rolex would always haunt the brand. Perhaps it was inevitable that Tudor would labor in the shadow of its incredibly successful bigger brother, the Rolex.

Often times a first-time Rolex buyer is on a budget and doesn’t want to break the bank with that first luxury watch purchase. And in this economy, buying smart is always a good idea no matter what your financial spread sheets look like. Sometimes I’m asked how much a certain dollar amount, let’s take $3000 for instance, will buy in a Rolex. The short answer, with some thoughtful planning, is a lot! After all, everybody doesn’t want to drop six or eight thousand bucks or more on a watch, or simply can’t afford to do so at this stage in their life. Let’s press on to discuss which models and vintages we’re looking at in this price range of two to three thousand dollars.

This time on Watch of the Week we have a Datejust II. As you can see in the pictures it is significantly larger than the older Datejust. Even the new Submariner with the ceramic bezel is only 40mm and the Day-Date is 41mm.

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Many of our customers looking for Black PVD Rolex watches ask us how we compare to the 2 other companies based in the UK that are doing a similar PVD process to Rolex watches: Pro Hunter and Bamford and Sons. This blog post should answer that question and more...

This is a PVD Explorer II with a PVD bezel with white lettering on the black bezel. We did something like this in the past but had a high-polish bezel with red lettering, you can see it here. This is more of a matte finish which I personlly like better. If this was my watch I would even throw on a carbon fiber maxi dial to make it pop a little more and make it a one of a kind that will turn heads.

There is little doubt that the biggest rivalry in luxury watches is the one between Rolex and Omega. It’s the Coke vs. Pepsi of the watch world. These two titans of the watch industry have been vying for the hearts and minds—and wallets—of customers for decades. So which is the best and is one really better than the other or is it just all marketing hype? Read on for the opinions of your humble correspondent.

In Part One of this article, I discussed the original watch strap worn by Sean Connery in the early James Bond flicks Goldfinger  and Thunderball, and how collectors began demanding more painstaking reproductions in recent years. Now I’d like to talk about two of the best examples on the market...

Probably the single most commonly asked question on the watch forums is this: which Rolex is the best first Rolex to buy for someone new to the brand? A frequently heard variation on this theme is to ask which Rolex to buy if you could only have one...