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Happenings: 'Horology In Art' Exhibition Opens At The Horological Society Of New York
On display through April 2022 at the headquarters of America's first watchmaking guild.
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Jaw-Dropping Phillips Auction Of The Tiffany & Co Double-Signed Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 5711/1A-018: Some Deep Thoughts And Wider Implications, Plus Auction Video
The Phillips watch auction in New York on December 11, 2021 sold a brand-new Patek Philippe Nautilus Reference 5711/1A-018, double signed “Tiffany & Co”. The hammer fell at a jaw-dropping price of $5.35 million. The buyer’s premium on the sale was an additional $1.153 million. Brendan Cunningham reflects on that auction result and the possible wider implications for the market.
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EDITOR’S PICK: 5 of the best budget watch brands that get the nod from watch snobs
EDITOR’S NOTE: What’s that you say? You don’t have a spare $6.5m kicking around to buy a Tiffany Blue 5711/1A-018 like the one that sold at auction yesterday? Join the club. Luckily, you don’t have to either as this list suggests a few budget-friendly alternatives. Not everybody can afford the big guns: Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, … ContinuedThe post EDITOR’S PICK: 5 of the best budget watch brands that get the nod from watch snobs appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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2021 roundup: Six of the best new watches
Here are our top picks for the best new watches for 2021: 6 watches that we would actually buy ourselves, if budget concerns are not in the equation.
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J.N. Shapiro Infinity Tantalum: Fractals, Infinity, And Mastery Of Technique
J.N. Shapiro is the eponymous brand of Josh Shapiro, an educator turned watchmaker who specializes in guilloche. His latest watch, the Infinity Tantalum, is a classic three-hander with a small seconds dial designed in the spirit of George Daniels, Breguet, and other greats. The palladium dial is completely hand-guilloche and sports tantalum chapter rings. And, oh, that gorgeous style!
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Review: Laco Leipzig – is this a practical reproduction of the original B-uhr?
In depth review of the Laco Leipzig, a watch inspired by the B-uhr Type B. At 42mm in diamter and a handwound movement, is it a faithful reproduction?
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November 2021 Ineichen Auction Sets A New World Record Price For The Sale Of A Vianney Halter Antiqua
Ineichen Zurich held two days' worth of watch auctions in Zurich and online November 20-21, 2021 with 198 ticking specialties that included a bevy of independent timepieces and two new world records for the Vianney Halter Antiqua. Get the results here!
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Photo Report: The Beautiful People Of Art Basel Miami And The Watches They Wore
The beach is back, baby! And there are watches. Plenty of them.
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Watch Of The Week: The Grand Seiko That Taught Me To Love Subtler, Smaller Watches
Finding my perfect GS took time. But once I saw it, I knew.
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Buying, Selling, & Collecting: Highsnobiety Unearths A Full-Set Example Of The KAWS × Ikepod Horizon Collection
A forgotten collaboration between two heavy hitters of the art and design worlds.
SJX Watches
The Story of the World’s Most Famous Reversible Watch
History’s most famous reversible wristwatch would never have been invented were it not for Joseph Ford Sherer, then a lieutenant in the 44th Regiment of Sylhet Light Infantry of the East India Company’s army. The story begins in the middle of the 19th century in Manipur, a state in east British India, where Lieutenant Sherer observes locals play a game known as sagol kangjei. Translating as “horse hockey”, the game was long played by local royalty. The game has players on horseback wielding sticks to hit a ball across a rectangular field. The Lieutenant reported his observations to his boss, Captain Robert Stewart. The two men eventually began to play the game, which evolved into what is now known as polo. In March 1859 Sherer and Stewart established their own polo club, Silchar Kangjai Club, and four years later the earliest written rulebook for polo was. With that, the pair started a long tradition of polo-playing among British soldiers in India. And soon polo would find its way around the world with polo-playing soldiers across the Commonwealth – the first polo match was played in Europe sometime in the late 1860s. Lieutenant Joseph Sherer, Assistant to the Superintendent of Cachar (second from left), with his bearers, Manipur, 1861. Image – National Army Museum As the game grew in popularity, a problem arose: polo players would often damage the crystals on their wristwatches, sometimes with errant mallets. During a visit to India in 1930, César de Trey ...
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Independent Watchmaking: Six of the Lesser Known Players in the Field
In this week's column, we dive into the rabbit hole of independent watchmaking, with a series of less-known yet remarkable independent watchmakers.
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“For me, it’s a life-altering sum of money” – What it feels like to sell a watch you found in your sock drawer for $240,000
Back in June, we told you about Paul Draper*. He got in touch with us after reading our story about how a report estimated that $60 billion USD of watches were gathering dust in people’s homes due to their owners’ failure to recognise what their timepieces were actually worth. The article motivated Paul to take action. Sitting … ContinuedThe post “For me, it’s a life-altering sum of money” – What it feels like to sell a watch you found in your sock drawer for $240,000 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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WHAT TWEAKS MY TOURB: Clasps that create fixed length longer than the lug-to-lug measurement of a case
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our new series, “What Tweaks My Tourb” in which Zach shares the watch-related irks and peeves that leave him exasperated. First up: size matters. Clasp size that is… To some this won’t be noticeable, as this is typically a symptom of a smaller wrist, but there is nothing worse than falling in love … ContinuedThe post WHAT TWEAKS MY TOURB: Clasps that create fixed length longer than the lug-to-lug measurement of a case appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Happenings: Stéphane Belmont To Lecture At The Horological Society Of New York
The Jaeger-LeCoultre Patrimony Director will discuss the history of the Reverso.
Revolution
NORQAIN: The Heart of An Adventurer
NORQAIN introduces three new GMT models to the Adventure family in a sub-collection named NEVEREST that benefits the Butterfly Help Project aimed at helping the children of Sherpas lost in the Himalayan mountains receive access to education
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Watch Of The Week: How My Apple Watch Helped Me Lose 57 Pounds – And Gain A Love Of Watches
I started out skeptical of Cupertino's smartwatch. But a renewed focus on fitness convinced me to give it another shot.
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The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opens in L.A.
Rolex watches have long been prominent in cinema, particularly of the American variety, never as a result of a product placements but instead a choice of the performer or director. Neither has the watchmaker recruited actors or actresses as ambassadors – it largely concentrates on sportspeople, musicians, environmentalist, and directors like James Cameron and Martin Scorsese – though it is the official sponsor of the Oscars. But now the watchmaker’s support of the film industry takes tangible form with the newly-opened Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, which was constructed by the same organisation that’s responsible for the Oscars. Rolex is a “Founding Supporter” of the museum, resulting in the Rolex Gallery on the building’s third level. According to Rolex, the space is dedicated to the “many aspects of moviemaking – technology, artists, history and social impact” and includes the “Paul Newman Paul Newman”, the Rolex Daytona ref. 6239 owned by the late American actor that sold for a record US$17.52 million in 2017. But in typical Rolex fashion – which means discretion to the point of secrecy – the watchmaker is nowhere to be found on the list of “Founding Supporters” of the museum. But there is a single “Anonymous” donor in the category of US$10-20 million donations, alongside Dalian Wanda Group, Steven Spielberg, and The Walt Disney Company. The art of cinema Located in Los Angeles, the Academy Museum is the first o...
Revolution
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso: The Story of an Icon
The story of the Reverso is the story of watchmaking’s most famous swiveling case. Built for functionality during a polo game, it has since evolved to become a blank canvas for Jaeger-LeCoultre’s artistic creativity and a showcase for the brand’s technical innovations.
Revolution
Introducing Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda GT and Tondagraph GT in celebration of Oliver Smith Jeweler’s 40th Anniversary
Oliver Smith Jeweler’s chooses Parmigiani Fleurier to execute the perfect tribute to 40 years of business with PF Tonda GT and PF Tondagraph GT editions
Revolution
Revolution Awards 2021: Celebrating the Best of The Year
As we look to the end of the year, it has become tradition for us to celebrate by sorting through the wide array of watches launched over the course of the past months and bestowing awards among the best of the best. It’s not an easy task to begin with, and in a year such as this one, almost an impossible one. Despite the many challenges we’ve faced, on a whole, so many maisons have turned out gorgeous timepieces and made significant breakthroughs; it was tough having to vote any of them out. But we’ve done it again, contended with ourselves over the virtues of each nominee, argued vehemently for our favourites, and here it is. Here are the watches and people are celebrating for the 2021 Revolution Awards.
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The Sensational (Grange) G5 Wine, Peter Gago, And The History Of Penfolds
Peter Gago has what many people in the wine world think is the best job on the planet: he is chief winemaker for Penfolds, one of Australia’s oldest wine producers. Here Ken Gargett shares the history of Penfolds and Peter Gago and reports on tasting Penfolds' latest flagship wine, the G5.
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Does Hand Finishing Matter? A Collector’s View Of Movement Decoration – Reprise
Many of you are likely to have come across at least a few heated discussions of “finishing,” a topic that seems to fascinate, and divide, watch enthusiasts. Like many people, GaryG's starting point for serious watches was with a well-priced brand long known for its expertise in developing movements, justly viewed as offering good value for money – but not necessarily for the refinement of its movement finishing, at least on its less expensive pieces. Read on to discover what he has learned since then.
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From Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Mark Wahlberg: 8 celebs wearing the hell out of a Rolex Rainbow Daytona
Bit of an odd question but can anyone work out the relevance of the March 23, 2018? In a pretty baller move, on that day the football deity that is Zlatan Ibrahimovic was busy buying full-page ads in the Los Angeles Times to announce his signing for Major League Soccer’s LA Galaxy. The ad that read, … ContinuedThe post From Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Mark Wahlberg: 8 celebs wearing the hell out of a Rolex Rainbow Daytona appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Pininfarina, The Mecca Of Supercar Design, And The Bovet Ottantasei
The Bovet Ottantasei Tourbillon is the brand's sixth timepiece designed by Pininfarina, and the years of experience that the two brands now have working together shows. It truly is a sensational watch, but here Ian Skellern focuses on Pininfarina, a name evoking mystical status among anyone interested in world-class design and sensational cars.
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ChilloutTGIFridays: Leica S3 – the revenge of the Germans
We take a closer look and get a week with the rather rare Leica S3, a rather rare sighting in the world of high end digital medium format cameras.
Revolution
Parmigiani Fleurier celebrates 25 years of watchmaking with new collection
To celebrate a quarter of a century of making watches, Parmigiani Fleurier releases a collection of contemporary sport watches with their new branding and identity.
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Happenings: The Horological Society Of New York To Hold Weekend Classes In Miami
This next round of classes will be hosted by F.P. Journe.
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How They Made It: The Chopard Full Strike L.U.C. "Día De Los Muertos" Minute Repeater Sings Seductively Of The Next World
One of the world's most respected repeaters makes music for the Day Of The Dead.
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Year In Review: How the Cartier Crash Became The Most Important Vintage Watch of 2021
A new world-record auction price for the Crash is just the latest chapter in the history of this surreal Cartier.