A private collection

Wearing history twice my age

Vintage Rolex, a few pieces I could not leave behind, and one watch I am still hunting. Chosen to be worn, enjoyed, and looked after for the next generation.

Ref 6265 · 1974
Cosmograph Daytona "Panda"

The one everything else answers to. MK1 bezel, tropical silver dial, unpolished, kept as a safe queen.

The collection

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Ref 6564 · 1955
Oyster Perpetual
The oldest thing I own
Ref 5513 · 1981
Submariner
Toasted tritium, honest miles
Ref 228235 · 2019
Day-Date 40
For over-the-top only
Ref 18238 · 1996
Day-Date 36
The President, restrained
Ref 16234 · 1991
Datejust 36
The everyday benchmark
Ref 15505 · 1984
Oyster Perpetual Date
Quiet by design
Ref 326933 · 2021
Sky-Dweller
The modern complication
STILL LOOKING · Ref 16220
Rolex Datejust 36
The one my father would have earned
Marcus Higgins, black and white portrait in a cobblestone alley
About

It started with a Rolex my father never received

This collection began with my father's dream of a Rolex he never got. Everything here traces back to that, and to a search that is still going.

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