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Luxury watch polishing: watchmaker holding a steel case against a felt wheel in a bright workshop

Luxury watch polishing, when to do it and when to hold off

Key takeaway: Luxury watch polishing is ideally done during a complete service, when the case is already disassembled and water resistance will be tested. Every pass removes metal: Audemars Piguet ...

Watchmaker examining a watch case under a loupe, with a warranty card and an archive extract on the workbench

Luxury watch authentication, what each document is worth

Key takeaway: Luxury watch authentication relies on papers that do not prove the same thing. The COSC certifies precision, the card a sale, the archive extract a set of numbers. Only an open caseba...

Patek Philippe Calatrava Weekly Calendar in steel with a silver dial and brown leather strap, a watch to sell in Canada resting on a black leather cushion

Selling your Patek Philippe in Canada and calculating what you keep

Key takeaway: Selling your Patek Philippe in Canada comes down to three amounts: the offer made for your specific watch, what the chosen channel takes and the tax on the gain. A complete file suppo...

Pre-owned Patek Philippe from the Calatrava family, a Calatrava Pilot Travel Time in rose gold with a brown dial and brown leather strap

Pre-owned Patek Philippe, between a discount and a premium depending on the model

Key takeaway: A pre-owned Patek Philippe costs less than a new one if it is a Calatrava, but more than twice as much if it is a steel Aquanaut: the 5167A, at about C$38,100 new before taxes, trades...

Patek Philippe Nautilus 7118/1A in steel with a grey gradient dial on a steel bracelet, resting on a leather display stand

The 10 best luxury watch brands and what sets them apart

Key takeaways: By estimated 2025 sales, the best luxury watch brands are Rolex, Cartier, Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe, Omega and Richard Mille, the only six above one billion Swiss francs. Vache...

Rolex Lady-Datejust 26 mm in rose gold with a black mother-of-pearl diamond dial and fluted bezel, on a President bracelet

The Rolex Datejust 26mm for women is chosen by its reference

Key takeaways: The Rolex Datejust 26mm has not been made since 2015, when it was replaced by the 28 mm Lady-Datejust: it can only be bought pre-owned. Its reference tells you the generation, the me...

Previous-generation Rolex Submariner no-date with a black dial and aluminium rotating bezel, on a leather display stand

Vintage luxury watches, eight essential references

Key takeaways: The Cartier Tank Must, the most affordable vintage luxury watch on this list, can be found for under $3,100; a matte-dial Submariner 5513 starts at around $15,700. At the top, a stee...

Cartier Tank Must large model in steel with a black dial and black alligator strap

Cartier watches for men, the complete guide to the catalogue

Cartier is often associated with high jewellery and Love bracelets. Yet the Parisian house created some of the very first men's wristwatches in history, and several of its models now rank among the...

Patek Philippe Nautilus 7118/1A ladies' watch in steel with a gradient grey opaline dial, on a black leather cushion

The price of a new Patek Philippe Nautilus, taxes included

On October 26, 2026, Patek Philippe's website displayed a price for 43 Nautilus watches. On those product pages, the price of a Patek Philippe Nautilus starts at US$35,884, for a ladies' 7118/1A in...

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver Japan Edition in rose gold and steel with a white Méga Tapisserie dial and grey rubber strap

Royal Oak Offshore, Audemars Piguet's sporty and powerful version

Some watches whisper, and others make their presence felt. The Royal Oak Offshore clearly belongs to the second family. A muscular case, a screwed octagonal bezel and a rubber strap: it brought lux...