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Auctions: Highlights From Phillips Geneva Watch Auction XIV
A massive sale, full of heavy hitters from across the horological spectrum – plus an under-10k CHF low estimate bonus round.
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A massive sale, full of heavy hitters from across the horological spectrum – plus an under-10k CHF low estimate bonus round.
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They're alive! But don't call them zombies. This is genuine rebirth and resurrection on the wrist.
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Not zero, comrades, not zero.
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For the barista in all of us.
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The 38mm Khaki Aviation Pilot Pioneer is 20,000 feet of cool.
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It’s a museum-worthy design. And one hell of a value proposition.
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"I always return to Rolex."
Quill & Pad
Gérald Genta's claim to eternal horological fame is closely connected to the rise of high-end stainless steel watches: he designed both the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak (1972) and the Patek Philippe Nautilus (1976). While those two watches alone are enough to make Genta a legend, he did much, much more than that as Martin Green shares here.
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And you thought the brand only made tool watches.
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Make my coffin out of cork and bury me with my Nautilus.
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Paul Newman's Paul Newman Daytona, or this?
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The Swiss-German watchmaker partners with California-Based Collective Horology
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I took a crash course – and I crashed. But along the way, I learned a few things that will serve me well once I pull myself from the wreckage.
SJX Watches
Sotheby’s upcoming Hong Kong Sale is primarily focused on wristwatches, encompassing several unique Patek Philippe chronographs commissioned by Eric Clapton and a dozen examples of early F.P. Journe. But two of the most valuables lots in the auction – and with estimates well into seven-figure US dollar sums – are a pair of museum-quality automata. Made for the Chinese market more than two centuries ago, this pair of objects are tremendously rare and exquisitely decorated in enamel and pearls. Two generations ago, such automata as well as pocket watches were the most respected genre in watch collecting. They were sought after by eminent collectors like the former chairman of HSBC and the German billionaire who was once the fifth-richest man in the world, which is why the record-setting lots in watch auctions of that era were inevitably pocket watches or objects, like the million-dollar Cremsdorff. Almost 400-years old, this pocket watch made by Jehan Cremsdorff sold for £2.175m, or about US$2.734m, including fees, at Sotheby’s in 2019 With the rise of wristwatches as the preeminent collecting category, demand for automata and pocket watches have declined sharply. Now the most expensive timepiece ever sold is the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime ref. 6300A mega-complication that sold for over US$33 million in 2019. But elaborately enamelled pocket watches are arguably the closest thing to fine art in horology, because of the intrinsic nature of the artisanal dec...
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"As all experienced navigators know, it is extremely easy to get lost." - Philip Van Horn Weems, Air Navigation, 1931
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Fasten your seatbelts and make sure your seats and tray tables are in their full upright position.
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The latest marque hopes to bring watchmaking to a different audience.
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The secret is finally out. And HODINKEE got to see the piece in person.
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Here fishy fishy...
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Hypothetically.
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How the first modern tank inspired the last word in elegance.
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In the shock of the season, Tudor made a diver from a most unusual material. Here's our review.
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Take a dive to the depths of the sea with gold and steel.
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