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Time travellers

Anyone who follows the watch auction scene will know that the pre-owned market has exploded in recent years, turning many classic watches into collectables that some might regard as being too valuable to wear – and revealing a stronger-than-ever demand for models that
were designed decades ago.

The popularity of such vintage pieces has encouraged the brands who made them to revisit their archives and revive favourites, creating modern-day replicas that offer similar looks to the originals but with the benefit of 21st-century reliability, the latest engineering and the peace of mind that comes with buying new.

And, as an added bonus, modern-day tributes are often considerably less

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