Why are old watches more desirable than new watches?
21 October 2021
Undoubtedly, the past is becoming more and more fashionable. Using antique tableware, rescuing furniture from years ago, dusting off vinyl records of artists from the 20’s or wearing second hand clothes, attracts the attention of many of us. Nostalgia for times gone by and the pleasure of using or wearing accessories with a history and a transcendent meaning, is now the great driver of vintage style.
The world of watchmaking is in constant growth and evolution. The firms do not stop launching new designs inspired by the latest trends in urban fashion. However, despite the continuous emergence of new pieces and innovation in the watch shops windows, the models that will undoubtedly never go out of fashion and will not stop making us fall in love, are the vintage ones. We all like more and more special, unique and different things, and we can only find it in the vintage world!
Handmade and manufactured in Spain: The essence of our straps
Watches83 arose from the illusion of offering watch models to all those who are looking for something more than just being aware of the passing of time. For those who love the idea of wearing a piece with a past, a piece that has lived, traveled and toured different parts of the world. For those collectors who enjoy being part of the personality and essence of the models that now belong to them. And that is what defines us as a company.
It is true that, due to the great demand and fame that the vintage world is acquiring, more and more companies are recovering pieces from past years and commercializing them. However, and to our regret, this is a closed world, only accessible to a small group of people. That is why we decided to break with it and allow any pocket to have access to the fashion of the past. We wanted to break with the vacuum offered by the market in vintage watch straps and launch our own line, 100% handmade and manufactured in Spain.
Our three families of straps, Elliptical Holes, Arizona and Racing, are integrated by models made with top quality leather, cut, made, dyed and engraved by hand in Spain.
Being aware of the great variety of tastes among collectors and vintage consumers, we offer different options in different colors, leathers, sizes and finishes. What they all have in common is the warmth of the material with which they have been manufactured and the essence that characterizes them, the one that was perceived years ago in the streets.
Elliptical Holes represents the value of craftsmanship
Today we can corroborate that craftsmanship is becoming more valuable than ever. Society is increasingly tired of finding the same thing everywhere and, in a digitalized and industrialized world, craftsmanship is making a comeback. Being aware that the piece has been worked for us exclusively, this is an added value that industrialized pieces does not have. It is incomparable with the rest!
From Watches83 we wanted to transfer part of our feeling and essence to our own line of watch straps. Elliptical Holes represents the feeling of the 50’s and 60’s, especially in professional divers. It is a collection with a sportier character, full of touch and personality.
We have all sizes and different colors: red, chocolate, beige, black, camel, brandy… This is undoubtedly a line made with love, a lot of patience and applying creativity in each of the pieces. Faithful not only to tradition, but also to ecological and sustainable consciousness, in Watches 83 we bet on handmade straps produced in Spain.
