Watch Talks

Bulang Loves – The Tudor Pelagos FXD X Marine Nationale

One of our founding passions, here at Bulang and Sons, is military watches. Vintage Rolex MilSubs were always grails, even back in the early days of the Rolex Passion Meetings and the emergence of ...

A Big Draw – The Rolex Milgauss

The first Milgauss was released in the mid 1950s and it has always been something of a mystery in the pantheon of Rolex sports watches. The watch was developed to be resistant to very large magneti...

The Andrew Grima Omega Years

When we think about Omega, the obvious watches that spring to mind are the sporty duo of the Speedmaster and Seamaster. If you are long time followers of Bulang and Sons, you will also be aware of ...

A Century of Classic Cartiers

When it comes to unstoppable forces in watchmaking, three or four years ago you would have listed Rolex, Patek, possibly Omega and at a push Richard Mille. If you were to ask people to name them to...

The Patek Philippe Calatrava’s Early Years

Next year marks 90 years since the introduction of arguably one of the most importantly influential watch designs of the 20th century, the Patek Philippe Calatrava. Launched in 1932 it was designed...

The Must de Cartier Tank – Then and Now

The whole point of the luxury good market is that it is aspirational and highly-coveted. For those fortunate enough to be able to access these items, be they watches, clothes accessories, cars or e...

Sliding Doors – The Movado Ermeto Watch

Very often, decorative objects or so-called luxury items can be accused of having a surplus of form over function. To be clear, there is nothing wrong with this and in many ways we applaud it! Coll...

The Heuer Bundeswehr 1550SG Chronographs – More Than A Famous Strap

Whether you are a military watch collector or like the cool aesthetic pioneered by Mr Paul Newman, the bund strap is a classic way to wear your watch. Like most stylish watches and accessories, how...

Sparkling Sports – The Gem-Set Rolex Daytona

Rolex using diamonds to adorn its watches was a custom that began in the 1950s on certain Oyster watches. Interestingly, whilst we normally associate gem setting with precious metals watches, in th...

Crossing Continents – The Chopard Quadruple Timezone Watch

In 2021, 14 months into a life with no international travel, do we stiil need multi-timezone watches? Dual time zone watches became very popular with the advent of recreational international air tr...