Comments on: Three ways to spend £1,200 on a vintage watch

By: You never feel completely safe in a Porsche 911 « The Prodigal Guide

You never feel completely safe in a Porsche 911 « The Prodigal Guide — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:47:33 +0000

[...] what drives our buying decisions. The Prodigal rules of sports car buying are all but identical to the Prodigal rules of watch buying. We demand sports cars that are timeless, historic and [...]

By: Nuts for NATO « The Prodigal Guide

Nuts for NATO « The Prodigal Guide — Mon, 31 May 2010 07:01:34 +0000

[...] worn under the sleeve of a blazer than it would lazing on some far-flung beach. But, following our own watch-buying rules, we also wanted something that was classic and historic. Conclusion? In the end it was an easy [...]

By: A Prodigal 2009 reviewed: Happy New Year to you all « The Prodigal Guide

A Prodigal 2009 reviewed: Happy New Year to you all « The Prodigal Guide — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:05:41 +0000

[...] Along the way, while welcoming Omega’s new Liquidmetal Seamaster Planet Ocean as the latest example of the brand’s renaissance; uncovering a left-handed Rolex Sea-Dweller and rubbishing one of our friends’ suggestion that the IWC Aquatimer Automatic 2000 was a timeless classic, we also found time to advise others on how to spend £1,200 on a vintage piece. [...]

By: Our shopping list for this week’s watch auction at Bonham’s « The Prodigal Guide

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:43:14 +0000

[...] already recommended this as a potential bargain. The Memovox is a true classic. The lineage with today’s models and the interest of the alarm [...]

By: Just because: The IWC Aquatimer Automatic 2000 « The Prodigal Guide

Just because: The IWC Aquatimer Automatic 2000 « The Prodigal Guide — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:32:25 +0000

[...] you read our recent post about buying cheap vintage watches, you’ll have seen our Prodigal rules of watch buying: we look for watches that are timeless, [...]