Antiques DownUnder | show | 2022 | Official Clip - video Dailymotion

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00:00I found myself in the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney to see a man about a watch at Kalmar

00:10Antiques.

00:11Hi Damien, you know how much I love my Rolexes.

00:20I've got one here that needs some attention.

00:23Let's take a look.

00:24Isn't that beautiful?

00:25Let me ask our watchmaker and see what we can do.

00:28Great.

00:29Let's go and have a look.

00:36Yep, our watchmaker's looked at it.

00:41He can definitely look after you with that.

00:42What else have you got to show me today?

00:44You know I love collecting watches.

00:46I know you do.

00:47And I do have some special ones to show you right here.

00:49So if you'll indulge me, I will show you a few quite interesting ones.

00:53Oh wow.

00:54So here are some really fantastic examples of vintage watches and why they are so exciting.

00:58So it actually goes back to the original pocket watches.

01:01So here we have a pocket watch made by an Australian jeweler called Henry Hutton.

01:05So this has the original Albertina, the original pocket watch which was made in Switzerland

01:09but with his name on the dial.

01:11He was a retailer in Ballarat and on the dial it actually has a spelling of Ballarat in

01:16the old way of two A's together.

01:18So now they've cut out one A, so it's actually the original spelling.

01:21So that's quite lovely.

01:23This one here is a ring watch.

01:25This was made in 1870.

01:26It is 18 karat gold, diamonds, enamel and you actually wind it and set it with this

01:33gorgeous little key at the back to set the hands and to wind the movement.

01:38And to consider this was made 150 years ago, we've had it all completely restored.

01:43It's incredible what they could do.

01:44It's a beautiful little watch, isn't it?

01:46It is.

01:50These two are quite interesting.

01:51So when man went to the moon in 1969, what watch was worn when they went on the moon

01:55was the Amiga Speedmaster.

01:57So after 1969, the Speedmaster on the back famously had the first watch worn on the moon.

02:02This particular watch is what they call a pre-moon watch because it was made in 1968

02:06before that had actually happened.

02:08This watch here, ironically enough, has also to do with space.

02:12So this was designed by Scott Carpenter who was an American astronaut.

02:16He actually designed or wanted a watch that had a 24-hour dial instead of a 12-hour dial.

02:21The reason being, he would be going around the earth every 90 minutes.

02:24AM and PM become arbitrary.

02:27So this watch here, the hands actually say 8pm as opposed to what we would consider that

02:31as 10 o'clock.

02:33And it's things like this, the necessity of a watch and how they worked on the ground

02:37as well as in space that make them so fantastic.

02:39That does look good.

02:43What have you got over here?

02:44This one is beautiful.

02:45So this is an original Explorer from 1969 again.

02:49This one has a very rare expandable band, original dial and original hands.

02:54And especially with vintage watches, originality is the absolute key to it all.

02:58It is, isn't it?

02:59100% original.

03:00And when did vintage expanding bands first come in, do you think?

03:03Rolex first designed this particular expanding band in about the 1950s and 60s.

03:07They didn't produce them for too long.

03:09So finding one that is in this condition of this age is really more exciting.

03:13This is a 1968 Amiga GMT watch.

03:21The wonderful thing about this is this one has not only the original box, we also have

03:27the original insert and all the original papers.

03:30Finding original papers with vintage watches are so hard to come by.

03:34And not only does it have its chronometer report, its certificate, the swing tag, it

03:38also has this wonderful note by Rolex saying, use the box for cigarettes after removing

03:43this card and watch support.

03:45So promoting smoking.

03:46Exactly.

03:47Rolex, in their own divine wisdom, were saying, throw away all of this paperwork, use the

03:51box for cigarettes.

03:52That's unbelievable, isn't it?

03:54They wouldn't dare do that today, would they?

03:56No, of course not.

03:58What an amazing collection.

04:00If I wanted to buy any one of these, which one would you advise me to buy?

04:04If it was available?

04:05Because I know you love them as much as I do.

04:08We're quite fortunate with our vault collection, we have some watches that aren't for sale.

04:11So this pocket watch is in our vault collection, it's just on permanent display, as is the

04:15GMT.

04:16I would say I would be hard-pressed to go between the Explorer and the Ring watch.

04:20They are definitely two of my favourite watches at the moment, by far.

04:23I like the Explorer.

04:24It is very nice.

04:25Isn't it?

04:26It is.

04:27Great.

04:28Well, I'll have to come back in a couple of months' time and pick up my watch, won't I?

04:32Indeed.

04:33I look forward to it.

04:34Indeed.

04:35I look forward to seeing you.

04:36Thank you, Damien.

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