HISTORICAL

As Hilary Mantel proved with Wolf Hall, the past is a rich seam from which to draw – something watchmaking has thrived upon, with vintage reissues by the wristful

SHINOLA THE GUARDIAN £575 You can forgive Shinola – a brand inspired by Motown’s former industrial prowess – for drawing not from an old American pocket watch but architecture instead. The Art Deco Guardian Building on Griswold Street in Detroit, to be precise. CERTINA DS PH200M £565 In the 1960s, the new hobby of scuba diving provided every Swiss watchmaker with a new sector to exploit. Half a century on, Certina is taking the plunge again with a revival of a longoverlooked treasure that is simply to dive for. ORIS BIG CROWN POINTER DATE £1,270 You can practically smell the avgas on this rheumyeyed flying machine. Geared towards Switzerland’s magnificent men, it’s a tribute to the Dewoitine D26 training aircraft used by the Swiss air force from 1931 to 1948. LONGINES LEGEND DIVER BLACK PVD £1,870 Those in the know trace the current craze for mid-century reboots back to Longines’s admirably faithful Legend Diver of 2007, whose 1960s styling is now treated to a black PVD coating, marrying vintage and futuristic in devastating fashion. TUDOR HERITAGE BLACK BAY S&G £2,720 Drawing from older versions of sibling-brand Rolex’s Submariner, Tudor’s expert mixology of 1950s and 1960s details has made Black Bay a modern classic – now more suited to the admiral’s table, thanks to the subtle infusion of yellow gold.