As watch lovers, we spend our afternoons poring over watches both new and vintage. When a new timepiece comes across our radar, one that particularly resonates with our tastes, we can’t help but obsess over it. So, here’s a taste of that process — five timepieces that our watch-loving staff are obsessing over right at this very moment.
Le Forban Sécurité Mer Malouine
For all the #watchguys out there: I’m not one of you. I understand your passion for small things that you don’t really need because I am similarly addicted to purchasing expensive kitchen knives I in no way, shape or form need. A vintage reissue from the late ’60s once donned by French sailors, this watch ticks my simple(ton?) boxes: a reliable automatic movement, satisfying looks, a nice story, a price within reach and I know I won’t see five other folks wearing one walking around Manhattan every day.–Will Price, Assistant Editor
Rolex Date ref. 1500
It’s the little things in the vintage Rolex world that, for one reason or another, stir the imagination. In this particular case, it’s the brown “sigma” dial on this otherwise fairly innocuous ref. 1500 from 1978 — the Greek letter “sigma” was supposedly used to indicate the presence of (often white) gold on the dial, often in the indices. When combined with a svelte, possibly unpolished case, an Oyster bracelet, and a timeless design, you have the recipe for a hell of a watch. –Oren Hartov, Associate Editor
