About Us

Vintage Gold Watches was founded in 2011 by Alan Wood, a lifelong, passionate and knowledgeable vintage watch collector. Our main branch is in West London, UK, where our customers are always welcome to visit and view watches in person.

The mission of Vintage Gold Watches, as the name suggests, is to provide expertise and dealership services specifically for gold vintage watches. Our focus is on buying, selling and restoring Swiss watches, primarily from the 1950s to the 1970s, as we particularly love this era for its classic elegance and supreme quality. This time period is considered by many to be the golden age of Swiss watchmaking, when technical excellence, design and craftsmanship combined together to produce some of the finest and most celebrated timepieces ever. We couldn’t agree more.

Our core team

Alan is the principal partner who has been collecting vintage watches for over 35 years. Brian, the second partner, assisted Alan in setting up the company in 2011 by adding his expertise gained from decades of collecting and trading watches.

Martyn, also a vintage watch collector, joined us in 2012, closely followed in 2013 by Louise, our senior partner who handles our accounts and manages our sales channels.

Joining us in 2018 John, and 2020 Kirsty, our key partners manage sales and operations.

Joining us in 2021 and in charge of shipping, online sales platforms, social media and generally having fun we have Joanne.

Then, of course, working tirelessly behind the scenes, we have our genius independent repair and restoration team. This consists of three specialist vintage watchmakers, the UK’s foremost dial restorer, and our watch-case and bracelet restorer. We consider our restoration team our primary suppliers and business partners because we work so closely with each of them.

Got questions?

If you have any questions, please see our FAQs for further reading. Alternatively, call us on 0207 727 7095 or email us at [email protected], we are always happy to assist you.