Watches

Rare Rolex Auction

On March 10th and 11th in NYC Antiquorum will present its Important Collectors’ Wristwatch sale featuring an amazing collection of valuable timepieces. Our favorites are two beautiful “Paul Newman” Rolex Daytonas (pictured left) from the 1960s.
The first is a ref. 6239 stainless steel Daytona made circa 1963 with round button chronograph, estimated at $30,000 – [...]

Glashütte Original

As watchmakers revisit core values of craftsmanship, timekeeping, and enduring design, Germany’s Glashütte Original evokes all these characteristics with the Senator Chronometer ($26,900 in rose gold and $28,000 in white gold). Only watches that meet exacting standards of precision, when tested by an official independent institute, can be called a certified chronometer, a term used [...]

Audemars Piguet Revs Up Millenary

Audemars Piguet’s Millenary has taken many guises over the years, but the new Millenary Carbon One ($268,100) may be the edgiest yet.
Furthering the brand’s emphasis on three-dimensional design, the Carbon One blurs the boundaries between interior and exterior, revealing the layered mechanisms through the cutaway dial.
Outfitted in black on black, the Millenary Carbon One not [...]

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The Noemia 5927-STS-00995

The 1-30, soon to be launched Noemia 5927-STS-00995, have a
flawlessly elegant diamond set mother of pearl dial encased in a delicately
curved 27mm diamond encrusted case, engraved with this year’s BRIT Awards
logo and an individual number. The crown features an intriguing midnight blue
dome, which adds to the final harmony of the design.
Noemia, the official watch of [...]

Tourbillon Chronograph

Last month, Richard Mille’s RM 025 Tourbillon Chronograph Diver’s Watch (about $450,000) finally arrived at U.S. dealers, more than a year after it was unveiled to the world. As one would expect, Mille went to extremes with its first submersion into the dive realm.
The RM 025 boasts a carbon nano-fiber tourbillon chronograph movement housed [...]

Luxury the Chinese way

If you are driving a Bentley, rest your left hand gently on the rearview mirror just out the window — this is how other drivers will notice your stunning Patek Philippe watch. At least, this is how you should roll if you’re a millionaire in China.
According to a survey by Hurun magazine, China’s wealthy love [...]

The Hot List- Watches and Jewelry

United Brands LLC, a management and consulting firm focused on creative management and concept marketing released its 2009 top 10 list of the highest ranking jewelry and watch brands in the world, according to a press release received by Elite Traveler.
“The top 10 lists were compiled by executives, consultants and affiliates of United Brands,” said [...]

Why are men obsessed with watches?

An ordinary, inexpensive watch by a relatively unknown manufacturer has recently racked up millions of sales in America and is set to do the same here. Its success has nothing to do with its design, or a huge marketing campaign, but the fact that it is the timepiece currently favoured by the president of the [...]

Patek Philippe Grand Complication

The Patek Philippe Grand Complication Ref 5207 comes with 950 platinum 41mm diameter case. It uses sapphire crystal. It has a diamond of about 0.2 carat between the lugs at 6. The dial is made of 18k gold and the hour markers are in 18k white gold.
There are 548 parts and 35 jewels. It uses [...]

The Patrizzi Auction

After a month of very active Internet research by watch collectors and aficionados — with on average just over 3,500 visitors per day to the firm’s online catalog, the October 25 auction by Patrizzi & Co. took place at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.

Some 60 watch enthusiasts were present in the auction room, 45 participated online [...]

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