Wanna Buy A Watch? Bloomberg News and part of the vintage watch vocabulary!
Wanna Buy A Watch? Bloomberg News and part of the vintage watch vocabulary! Wanna buy a watch?, now there’s an interesting expression. In fact, if you are reading this article you recognize this “kitch” expression as the name of our business. The following article is not specifically about our Wanna Buy A Watch? but it […]
Bring a Loupe
Bring a Loupe A BREITLING NAVITIMER REF. 806 AOPA, A DE BETHUNE DB28 TITANIUM, AND A TUDOR SUBMARINER REF. 7928 This week’s round-up of vintage watches from around the world. Isaac Wingold-Orginal Source This week’s roundup is a bit of a longer read than usual, but fear not, we’ve got the goods as always. All […]
The State of the Vintage Watch Market
The State of the Vintage Watch Market SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 | BY J. W. SOTAK | PHOTO BY CHRISTIES FRIDAY, SEP 28, 2018 ORIGINAL SOURCE GEARPATROL Note: J.W. Sotak, Gear Patrol’s Content Director, Gear Patrol Store, was previously the C.O.O. of Analog/Shift, a vintage watch retailer based in New York City. It took twelve minutes […]
Bring a Loupe An Affordable Bulova Diver, A Special Rolex Submariner, And A Classic Cartier Santos
This week’s round-up of vintage watches from around the world. This week, the name of the game is rarity. A wide range of pieces that you just don’t see everyday popped up on the market this week, including a Universal Geneve Film Compax, an Abercrombie & Fitch Heuer in stunning shape, and an early, gilt […]
Book Signing Event With Author of “A Man & His Watch”
Book Signing Event With Author of “A Man & His Watch” Wanna Buy A Watch? is proud to host Matt Hranek, Author of the imminently popular book, “A Man & His Watch.” PLEASE JOIN US FOR ANECDOTES, BOOK SIGNING, AND CONVERSATION ONWEDNESDAY, JUNE 13TH 7PM-9PM Books will be available for sale and signing. If you already own the […]
JOSH ZAD I ALFRED INC. STYLE | Buzzworthy Brand
JOSH ZAD I ALFRED INC. STYLE | Buzzworthy Brand Josh Zad, chief executive of Alfred Inc., parent of Alfred Coffee & Kitchen and Alfred Tea Room, may have a supersized latte in his hand, but these days his mind is on beer. He met the Business Journal at the new West Hollywood marketing hub […]
Talking Watches With Aziz Ansari. The Master of None shares a trio of vintage Rolexes purchased at Wanna Buy A Watch?
Source Talking Watches With Aziz Ansari. The Master of None shares a trio of vintage Rolexes purchased at Wanna Buy A Watch?
Pre-Holiday Exhibition Of Fine and Rare Watches – Cocktail Party
Wanna Buy A Watch? Proudly Hosts Analog/Shift For A Pre-Holiday Exhibition Of Fine and Rare Watches. See You on November 2nd Kickoff Cocktail Party and Hors D’oeuvres Thursday November 2nd, At 6-9pm. Exhibition and Sales Continue Through Friday & Saturday. Meet James Lamdin, Founder and Visionary Of Analog/Shift, Nick Pardo & The Entire Wanna Buy A Watch? Team For an Evening of Champagne, Wine, […]
Aziz Ansari Tells the Cool Story Behind His Vintage Rolex Watch from WBAW?
Aziz Ansari Tells the Cool Story Behind His Vintage Rolex Watch from WBAW? Click here to see video
Ken gives Giorgia Mondani a tour of Wanna Buy A Watch?
Ken gives Giorgia Mondani a tour of Wanna Buy A Watch? Take a look at this video from Giorgia Mondani. You will fall in love with our gorgeous pieces! Who can resist chocolate? Chocolate Dial Sport Rolex, that is.We have Vintage Chronographs, Dive watches, Vintage Rolex, Vintage Tudor, Rolex Gold Presidents, Omega, Breitling and so […]
Talking Watches With Alton Brown
Talking Watches With Alton Brown CHECK OUR INSTAGRAM PAGE FOR PICTURES OF ALTON BROWN AT WANNA BUY A WATCH? YOU ASKED FOR IT, WE DELIVERED. LET’S TALK SOME WATCHES WITH THE MAN HIMSELF. Benjamin Clymer JULY 17, 2017 Play From Original Source One thing watch guys are not, is reserved about their opinions. And one […]
Talking Watches With Spike Feresten
If you know comedy or cars, you know Spike Feresten. Spike has been a mainstay of the American comedy scene for upwards of two decades, including SNL and Seinfeld. Benjamin Clymer December 7, 2016 Play from Original Source If you know comedy or if you know cars, you know Spike Feresten. Spike has been […]
How to Buy a Vintage Watch (and Not Get Fleeced)
On Time By ALEX WILLIAMS SEPT. 6, 2016 NEW YORK TIMES ONLINE. Continue reading the main story Eric Wind, the senior watch specialist at Christie’s New York. CreditAndre D. Wagner for The New York Times These days, vintage watches are hot enough that some aficionados treat their collections like 401(k) accounts: a great way to build for retirement. […]
Longines Conquest Squaw Valley California Winter Olympics circa 1960
Previously undocumented Longines Conquest ref 9006 with a colorful enameled case back Olympics logo referencing the 1960 winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California. This is a great example of the classic Longines Conquest, a rival to the Omega Constellation of the era. Featuring a 35.5 X 42 mm robust design case with very nice original matte […]
BEST OF LA MAGAZINE Aug/2016
Wanna Buy A Watch? was selected! Best Vintage Watch Store in LA “Older watches have stories to tell, and you’ll hear them from devoted raconteur Ken Jacobs, owner of WANNA BUY A WATCH? Jacobs has an enthusiasm for the small details that make a watch worthy of wearing 30, 40, or 50 years after it […]
Luxury Magazine Spring Issue – Where To Buy Vintage Watches
[su_quote]Kudos to Karl Green for writing probably the best informed article I have ever read directed to the watch consumer and enthusiast. Well researched, addressing many of the most important points about collecting and investing. Great job, and needless to say, we are delighted to be included among the prestigious world wide specialists in vintage […]
Molly Healy Estate Jewelry: “So, You Wanna Buy a Vintage Watch?”
Obsessed with vintage watches? Us too! Here, everything you need to know before investing in a retro timepiece. But how can you tell a real one from a fake—and what’s up with self-winding? What does that even mean? Before throwing down on a vintage timepiece, you better do your homework. Ken Jacobs, owner of Wanna Buy A […]
Boulevard Magazine
Wanna Buy A Watch BY EDITOR Over the course of three decades, the West Hollywood institution Wanna Buy A Watch? has been on quite the journey. Since its storied move from the funkier, rock ‘n’ roll end of Melrose Ave. of the 1980’s and ’90s to the posh environs of Melrose West in 2006, WBAW? has […]
Hollywood Reporter: JEFFREY KATZENBERG’S VINTAGE ROLEX, BEN AFFLECK’S PATEK PHILIPPE: HOLLYWOOD’S MAD FOR VINTAGE
JEFFREY KATZENBERG’S VINTAGE ROLEX, BEN AFFLECK’S PATEK PHILIPPE: HOLLYWOOD’S MAD FOR VINTAGE From the Archives 10:00 AM PST 11/20/2012 by Carole Dixon Paul Newman wearing a Rolex Daytona while filming 1969’s “Winning;” Roger Moore with Gloria Hendry and a Rolex Oyster in 1973’s “Live and Let Die.” Courtesy Everett Collection Classic watches aren’t just stylish, they’re investments […]
Mondani Books
ROLEX GOLD AND PLATINUM PREFACE BY ROBERT MARON Preface by Robert Maron : “Rolex Gold and Platinum” new limited edition There are two words every American knows… Coca-Cola & Rolex. The truth is that today Coke is no more American than Rolex is Swiss—travel the world today and two things every country in the […]
Los Angeles Times: Time and Again: The Newest Trend in Timepieces Is the Watch With a Past
Los Angeles Times: Time and Again: The Newest Trend in Timepieces Is the Watch With a Past September 24, 1989 |IDELLE DAVIDSON | Idelle Davidson is a Los Angeles-based writer THERE WAS NO QUESTION the collector knew what he wanted. He scanned the store’s inventory of vintage wristwatches before stopping at a rectangular, white-gold-filled Elgin, circa 1935, […]
