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Watch complications can be rather complicated, even to the most well-versed timepiece aficionado. A watch complication includes any function on a watch other than the time, such as a chronograph, a tourbillon, or a moonphase. One of the most common is the date display. However, even this seemingly s…

Diamonds are not just for the ladies. In your search for the best pre-owned luxury men’s watches, this article will provide you with five exceptional watches (and their diamonds) that men can actually wear. Diamonds are synonymous with luxury—it doesn’t make sense to exclude watches from that. Rolex…

In the early 1600’s, a man named Matteo Ricci traveled to the court of Chinese Emperor Wanli. Ricci had mastered the emperor’s native language, Mandarin, and brought him many gifts, including two lavish mechanical clocks that chimed on the hour. His intention was to convert the Chinese aristocracy…

Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player currently ranked as the world number one and is known by many as one of the greatest tennis players who has ever lived. Djokovic has been victorious at 10 Grand slams and has been able to hold onto his ATP number one ranking for 182 weeks. In 20…

Rafael Nadal is one of the foremost tennis players in the world. In the two decades since he turned pro at the young age of fifteen, he’s won eighteen Grand Slam titles. This includes a record twelve French Open singles titles, which has garnered him the nickname the “King of Clay.” He’s also one of…

Roger Federer is one of the most instantly recognizable and highly regarded tennis players of all time. Since he was just eleven years old, he’s been one of the top ranked tennis players. In 2019, he ranked No. 3. However, Federer has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for longer than any…

Serena Williams is not only one of the most significant athletes of our time but also one of the most influential. Over the course of her career that has spanned more than two decades, she has won twenty-three Grand Slam titles. Williams has also notched four Olympic Gold medals in both women’s sing…

Andrew Murray is a professional tennis player of Scottish heritage. He has won over 21 career titles and was the seventh player since 1968 to reach the semi-finals of all four Grand Slams in one year in 2011. Murray is currently ranked as the world number two since 2009 and Britain’s number one sinc…

The watch industry kicked off another year of fine watchmaking at the annual SIHH tradeshow in Geneva, Switzerland. For over twenty-five years, this event has attracted loyal patrons, numerous press outlets, and esteemed watch brands from around the globe to celebrate the latest in luxury watches. I…

Award ceremonies are the perfect opportunity for celebrities to showcase their finest outfits and accessories, like the most recent 2016 Golden Globes. And since we’re talking about men’s accessories, we can’t leave out their luxurious timepieces, so let’s have a look at the modern and vintage luxur…

There are many different factors that influence the value of a Rolex Datejust, all of which must be considered to determine its worth. The Rolex Datejust is one of the oldest watches that is still produced today. It was developed and launched in 1945 as the featured watch for the company’s 40th anni…

Timepieces & Tennis: A Match Made in Heaven  The watch industry and professional tennis first joined together in 1978. That year, Rolex became the official timekeeper for Wimbledon, the oldest tennis tournament in the world. With so much in common, it’s no surprise the relationship between timep…

The first Rolex GMT watch was designed in partnership with Pan American Airways and was given to all their crew on long distance flights. This watch had a 24-hour display fourth hand whose purpose was to allow the crew to set their watch to their current time zone and then rotate the bezel so an alt…

The “Normalization” of the Watch Industry For the past several years the watch industry has been shifting. Many people have contributed the fluctuation to advancements in technology and changes in cultural preferences, such as the prevalence of smartphones. Other individuals have interpreted this sh…

Buying a luxury watch online shouldn’t be a scary thing. Likewise, financing a luxury watch shouldn’t be a risky investment. Which is why Crown & Caliber now offers the option of watch financing through Affirm. What is Affirm? It’s an easy, incredibly transparent credit financing option that all…

Purists may turn up their noses at us giving attention to a quartz watch, but give us a second to talk about this one. For one, this is a Heuer. You know, Heuer, one of our favorite watch brands of old. The company that gave us such iconic models as the Carrera, the Autavia, the Monaco, and this, th…

Every watch has a story. And in working with pre-owned watches, we at Crown & Caliber hear quite a few of them. What we hear about less often, though, is the story of the watch owner – and as we’ve recently discovered, they too have some interesting tales to tell. Zach Reynolds, heir to the R.J…

Regardless of its position in the market today, the Longines of old was really something, and there's little dispute about the fact that the company has made some really great watches. It was one of the first to introduce a true pilot's watch in early decades of the 20th century, and throughout its…

This story of ours was originally featured over on the Huckberry Journal.   Legend has is it that Alberto Santos-Dumont–one of the first men to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft–was enjoying a drink with his friend and watchmaker Louis Cartier in 1906 when he first commented on his need for a watch…

Although Yellowstone National Park isn’t the most visited of the national parks (it’s ranked #4), it still gets a lot of tourist pressure throughout the year, with most of the traffic coming through the gates during the summer.  Yellowstone sees around 4 million visitors each year.  That’s a pretty…

For the last week or so I’ve been traveling around southwestern Montana.  I’ve been based out of Helena, returning every few days to catch up on work, emails, and editing, but mostly I’ve had a lot of time in the field, spending time in some of my favorite rivers in the region. A couple hours south…

For a brief moment, we thought that winter had made an early entrance. However, we quickly learned that Montana has a lot more bark than bite early in the season. (Insider tip: Montanans will tell you that it’s winter up here after Labor Day, but it’s just their way of getting tourists out of the wa…

Selling a luxury watch is not always the easiest thing. There are many channels you can use: eBay, Craigslist, forums, a local jeweler or a pawn shop, but there's always that element of mistrust. Online, how do you know the person on the other end is legit? And if you go local, how do you know you'r…

After we left the mountains of the Grand Teton National Park, we headed north towards Yellowstone National Park.  There’s no doubt about Yellowstone’s inherent beauty or its allure for tourists from every country, but throughout our trip we’ve heard horror stories from other travelers about the craz…

Leaving the Uinta Mountains of Utah took some convincing, but the Labor Day weekend crowds were heavy, and for those seeking quiet and solitude, it wasn’t the place to be.  The sounds of ATVs and dirt bikes seemed a whole lot less appealing than the majesty of the Tetons.So we left northeast Utah, b…

The time spent away from the van was a good break.  It provided us the chance to reboot a little bit.  Our return to Salt Lake City was a bit of a temperature shock — it was nearly 90 degrees at dinner time.  The van was stuffy, and it was hot enough that the sheets and blankets were warm from retai…

We previously covered the origins of the dive watch in Part One, but, despite its beginnings, when exactly did the dive watch truly enter into the public consciousness, not only as a tool watch for divers, but as a lasting fashion accessory? The post-war period of the 1950’s was ripe for diving as a…

If you’ve never heard of Giorgia Mondani, it’s my pleasure to introduce you. And if you do know the name, you’ll get to know the person a little better after reading this... Not unlike many kids, Giorgia grew up in a family business. But the difference between her childhood and everyone else’s? Her…

The Dive Watch: Origins In diving, it used to be that having a reliable watch could be the difference between life and death. It was a device that could track how long you’d been underwater. It could help you calculate decompression stops. Plus, it kept you aware of how much air you had left in your…