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Italian Watch Buying Experience, in Milan and at the Parma Antique Fair BROWSE BY BRAND A. Lange & Sohne Abercrombie & Fitch Angelus Audemars Piguet Baume & Mercier Blancpain Breguet Breitling Cartier Charles Gigandet Damas Dodane Eberhard & Co. Enicar Eterna Eterna-matic F.P. Journe Favre-Leuba Gallet Girard-Perregaux Glycine Gubelin Hamilton Heuer Hublot IWC Jaeger LeCoultre Jardur Le Phare LeCoultre Lemania Search Press | Contact Longines Mido Million Minerva Movado NICE Omega Orator Panerai Patek Philippe Record Recta Richard Mille Rolex Technos Tissot Tudor Ulyse Nardin Universal Geneve Urwerk Vacheron Constantin Wakmann Waltham Wittnauer Wyler Zenith Browse by type Omega Speedmaster Rolex Submariner Rolex GMT Home Vintage Watches Modern Watches Rolex Watches Patek Philippe We Buy Watches Sold Watches Birth Year Watches The Italian Experience 2017 Fashion Week March 15, 2017 Once Upon a time you could buy a Paul Newman for a few thousand US dollars. No one knew or cared whether a Speedmaster had straight lugs or bombay lugs. The backlight was an instrument only used in the nightclub. Now-a-days things have changed. The vintage watch market is stronger than ever. The allure of brands like Rolex and Patek is undeniable and there seems to be no end in sight to the rise in vintage watch prices. The B-track/side brands are also burning gaping holes in the pockets of watch collectors all over the world. Within this heightened market exists an elite group of people that scour the globe in search of rare and important horological beauties. The vintage watch dealer is a Captain Ahab of sorts. The search to find a flawlessly luminescent Newman with a never polished, correct step dial is like finding a white whale in a vast sea of collectable junk. Join us as we take you on a tour of the Italian watch buying experience, in Milan and at the Parma Antique Fair. We chronicle the journey through the eyes of Matthew Bain, one of the first American watch dealers. Matthew has been there to see the industry grow. He began coming to Italy and Parma since the 1990's. We begin our journey appropriately in Milan for Fashion Week. Many would say that vintage watch collecting began in Italy as recently as the late 1970's. The elegance and style of vintage watches is the reason why Italian dealers today are so passionate about them. Here is a look at Milan through the eyes of some of the most influential dealers in the city. Day One: Milan 3:23pm Era L'Ora Alexander & Stefano Lorenzi with Matthew Bain 4:37pm I Signori Del Tempo 5:51pm Bernadini Luxury Vintage Max Bernardini Day Two: Dealers Dinner Davide Parmegiani Parma Fabrizio Caso Carlo Biagioli Matthew Bain & Jean Paul Menicucci Davide Parmegiani Eric Ku, Matthew Bain & Andrew Shear Sacha & Roy Davidoff Tudor & Matthew Bain Matthew Bain & Roberto Giovagnoli The Blacklight Franz & The Gieger Matthew Bain & Franz Roman The Gieger is a tool used to measure radium. The luminescence material used in vintage watches often contained radium. In today's market, originality is of utmost importance. We use the Gieger caliber to determine that hands, markers, and dials are authentic and register with radium. The Fight Antique fairs and watch shows have a particular energy. The room may look calm to the unknowing eye, but behind the scenes there is a lot going on. Tensions can get high with so much inventory moving around. There was a small altercation at this year's show. We saw and heard a small fight break out at a booth a few rows down from ours. Matthew Bain, Umberto Ventura & Ignacio Coll John Goldberger & Davide Parmegiani A Night Out in Parma John Goldberger Giovanni Zavolta Final Day at MERCANTEINFIERA Fine About | Press | Contact | We Buy Watches | Ebay Listings | Terms | Privacy Policy.
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