In-Depth

• For Your Reference: The Vintage Tudor Ranger, Rescapement

• How Chopard Created One of the Best Automatic Movements Ever (Chopard L.U.C. 1860 cal. 1.96), Subdial

• How The Cartier Crash Became the Most Important Vintage Watch of 2021, Hodinkee

• The Art of Dial Finishing, A Collected Man

• Borgel: The Master Casemaker You Haven’t Heard Of, A Collected Man

• Is Now the Best Time to Buy a Cartier Pebble, or the Worst? Rescapement

• For Your Reference: Rolex Air-King Ref. 5500, Rescapement

Essays

• Why I Still Love My Junghans Max Bill, Hodinkee

• 13 Weird Takeaways from Attending My First In-Person Watch Auction, Rescapement

• A Rolex Is Still a Rolex, Rescapement

• The Digital Death of Watch Collecting, Rescapement

• How the Keith Haring Effect Created 2021’s Best Art Watches, Highsnobiety

Breaking News

Finally, here’s some news I broke that (weirdly) blew up:

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

• Rolex actually commented on its watch shortage. Here’s what it said.