Style
Vintage Reissue
An archive design rebuilt with modern reliability.
- Best for
- Anyone who loves vintage looks but wants a watch they can actually wear in the rain.
Origin
A response to the vintage boom of the 2000s: brands realised buyers wanted 1960s proportions without 1960s fragility, and began re-editing their own archives.
Hallmarks
The features that put a watch in this family.
- Smaller cases, typically 36–40mm, with period lug shapes
- Domed or box-profile crystal that distorts the dial edge
- Faux-patina lume in cream or amber tones
- Modern movement, water resistance and sapphire under a period-correct exterior
Iconic examples
- Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight
- Oris Divers Sixty-Five
- Longines Legend Diver
- Q Timex Reissue
Keep reading
CelebrityPaul Newman
His name is on the most famous Rolex dial of all.
CelebritySteve McQueen
Made the square-cased Monaco a racing legend in Le Mans.
CelebrityBuzz Aldrin
Wore the first watch on the Moon.
CelebrityJohn F. Kennedy
Took the oath of office wearing a friend's gift.
CelebrityElvis Presley
The King wore the world's first electric watch.
CelebrityDiana, Princess of Wales
Quiet elegance: a gold Tank from her father.