Padellone

Wishing all a Happy Holidays! Been trying to wear the lovely 8171 as much as I can. Love to think about who might have been wearing this 75 years ago. Before Christmas, wife and I were able to escape to the lovely Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennessee. Fo

Finally, I was able to snap a picture that really captures the warmth and character of this watch. I’ve struggled to take any photos illustrative of the charm that is delivered by the patina. In any event, enough blabbing.

My newest pickup, a Rolex 8171 “Padellone”. In my view, midcentury complicated Rolex - and particularly, the triple calendars - are among the most gorgeous watches in existence. It’s always been a dream of mine to buy either a 8171 or 6062. The 8171, once

Even though the Rolex 8171 is a triple calendar moonphase watch, it can still be classified as Bubbleback as it uses the similar closed back movement like the Big Bubbleback 5030 and the normal Bubbleback. Key differences are the extra complication and th

Even though the ref 8171 is a triple calendar moon phase watch, I would classified it as part of the Rolex Big Bubbleback collection as it was also using the full bubbleback movement with additional parts. The Rolex 8171 is 38mm in diameter and is a huge

Today, I took delivery of my grail - a Rolex 8171, affectionately nicked name "Padellone" or "Big Pan" - a vintage triple calendar and Officially Certified Chronometer... I have dreamt of owning such a watch for years but given there are only 30 or so pin

I am surprised at how few Cellini Moonphase watches I see "in the wild". The concept of Rolex has been, to offer purpose built watches – the Submariner for divers, the Explorer for adventurers, the GMT-Master for travelers, the Daytona for race drivers, t

...I am not normally into anything 'retro,' but the ref 8171 was damn near perfect. (Credit Hodinkee)

...but does anyone know why Rolex doesn’t make a Perpetual Calendar? They call some of their watches ‘Oyster Perpetual,’ but there doesn’t seem to be any ‘Perpetual’ about them. The ‘Oyster’ part I get...waterproof. I would probably even settle for an Ann