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J.P. Morgan Jr.’s Watches Emerge, Including First-Ever Cartier Mystery Clock

Philips’ upcoming sale in Geneva from November 8-9 includes two timepieces owned by John Pierpont Morgan Jr., widely known as Jack Morgan. Heir to a financial empire, Morgan was the first chairman of what is now JPMorganChase, and more pertinently, inherited the sensibilities of his father, J. Pierpont Morgan Sr., in collecting and gifting. Morgan Sr. was a collector on a grand scale, and across categories. The catalogues of his collections spanned volumes – two books for Chinese porcelain, four for miniatures, and a single volume for his watches and clocks, albeit a 350-page tome that weighed almost 6 kg in its original edition. The penchant for collecting was passed on to Jack Morgan, who evidently had sharp tastes in watches and clocks. The two timepieces going on the block at Phillips illustrate that. One is the first-ever Cartier mystery clock, a Model A sold to Morgan in 1913. And the other is one example of the “Morgan caliper”,  a series of minute repeating, split-second chronograph, tourbillon pocket watches made for J.P. Morgan & Co., which were gifted by Morgan Sr. and Jack Morgan to the firm’s partners and important associates. Titans of finance In 1913, Louisiana senator Arsène Pujo formed the Pujo Committee to investigate the growing concentration of financial power in the United States. The committee found that an inner circle of partners at J.P. Morgan & Co. and its two largest proxies held 341 directorship positions across the boards of 34 majo...

News - Phillips Watch’s Next Auction Has Everything but Watches, and Will Benefit a Good Cause

On Saturday, 6 September 2025, Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo will host a live charity auction at Geneva Watch Days to benefit the Pierre Amstutz Fund, a non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting apprentices at the Geneva School of Watchmaking. Now in its third consecutive year, the charity auction has become a fixture of […]

Auctions: Phillips Is About To Offer Some World-Class Pocket Watches - Here's Why It Matters

These watches are the rarest of the rare and will surely elicit some intense bidding. Let's dig into what makes them so special.

Top 10 Watches from Phillips Geneva Watch Auction: XIX totaling $40 million - Rolex, Patek Philippe and Akrivia/Rexhep Rexhepi Dominate

The Geneva Watch Auction: XIX held over the weekend by Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo, totaled 39,667,167, just a tad over its high estimate, and set five world records.

A Look at Two Most Important Watches at Phillips New York Spring Auction

Two historically important watches from George Daniels and Francois-Paul Journe come to auction this spring.

Phillips Geneva XV And Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 50th Auctions Feature Watches With Serious History

Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo will hold the Geneva Watch Auction XV in Switzerland on May 7 and 8, 2022. What’s particularly interesting about Phillips’ traditional late spring auction this year is that it is preceded by an “appetizer” on May 6, the Royal Oak 50th auction with a catalogue so rich it could arguably serve as the main course. Brendan Cunningham went to the New York City preview and shares a few of his highlights with us here.

12 Watches On The Block At Phillips New York December 2020 Racing Pulse Auction, Including Some Celebrity-Owned By Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Bono, Andy Warhol, And John Lennon

The Phillips Racing Pulse auction showcases something of a timeline of Panerai history, including the legendary Luminor Slytech Daylight owned by Sylvester Stallone, as well as Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona and Steve McQueen's own Heuer Monaco from the filming of 'Le Mans.' And that is not even all! Elizabeth Doerr shares 12 of the extremely entertaining highlights here.

Povey’s Picks - Clapton Watches and Other Goodies at Phillips Geneva Watch Auction: Six

Ross Povey picks out his favourite lots from Phillips Geneva Watch Auction: Six sale catalogue, to be held on November 11-12th, 2017.

Four + One: The Stylish And Subtle Watches Of Clara Kessi, Phillips' Next Big Thing

Aurel Bacs' protégé is bound to have good taste.

Auctions: Be Your Own John Rambo With Sylvester Stallone's Watches, Up For Sale At Phillips

Rocky's timepieces will cross the block in December, alongside some from theater icon Guy Laliberté.

Editors' Picks: The Most Meaningful Watches To Us In The Phillips Retrospective Auction

20 years of watchmaking memories.

Editors' Picks: Three Watches That Dazzle From Phillips Geneva Watch Auction X

A trio of pieces that caught my eye in advance of tomorrow's sale.

Editors' Picks: Four Pilot's Watches From Phillips Double Signed Auction

A look at some special pieces from the November 9th sale.

Auctions: A Pair Of Awesome George Daniels Watches At Phillips

You want horological masterpieces? You got 'em.

Important Watches from the Phillips Hong Kong Watch Auction: SEVEN

5 Important Watches From The Phillips Geneva Watch Auction: EIGHT According to Aurel Bacs

Aurel Bacs shows us his Top 5 picks from The Geneva Watch Auction: EIGHT that will be held on 10th and 11th November 2018.

Throwback Sundays: Six Watches to Wear to a World Cup Match, from Our Archives

In this week's article, we take a look at six watches that we reckon will work well as a companion in the upcoming world cup matches.

Four Watches Top $1 Million at Phillips Geneva Auction; New All-Time Rolex Record Set

Patek Philippe acquires Beyer Chronometrie, Philipps introduces watch insurance, and the Horological Society of New York commits over $1.6M to watchmaking

This week, Patek Philippe acquires Beyer, Philipps introduces insurance, and the Horological Society of New York Gala raises over $1.6MThe post Patek Philippe acquires Beyer Chronometrie, Philipps introduces watch insurance, and the Horological Society of New York commits over $1.6M to watchmaking appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Jaeger-LeCoultre flips the script on a worldtimer with the Reverso Tribute Geographic (live pics)

A novel take on a world timer, this Reverso has a 'Grande Date' on the main dial side, and an inverted world time disc on the reverse.The post Jaeger-LeCoultre flips the script on a worldtimer with the Reverso Tribute Geographic (live pics) appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Glashütte Original flips the moonphase on its head with the PanoLunarInverse

The PanoLunarInverse is Glashütte Original's first-ever PanoInverse model with a moonphase complication, and features stunning finishing.The post Glashütte Original flips the moonphase on its head with the PanoLunarInverse appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Yearning for an Oysterflex but Rolex hasn’t granted your wishes yet? There are plenty of others to choose from

If you're struggling with finding a rubber strap for your steel sports Rolex, here are a few options you should consider.The post Yearning for an Oysterflex but Rolex hasn’t granted your wishes yet? There are plenty of others to choose from appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Watches and What Else: Kelly Haygarth Talks Women in Watches and Flips Us the Entrepreneurial Byrd

Kelly Haygarth, founder of Byrd Watch Co., is a tour de force. You will not find a more welcoming person who’s full of passion when it comes to bringing folks together in this hobby. I’ve been fortunate enough to hang out with Kelly and her husband, Peter, a few times and they’re both the life of the party. While this interview was full of laughs, Kelly definitely manages to exude a sense of community and takes time to get serious about what it means to be an entrepreneur in this space. Watches “My first real watch was this little 28mm Victorinox that Peter gifted me in 2013. I now realize this was his attempt at grooming me into the hobby,” Kelly told me. But, as she would later recall (and in spite of Peter’s grooming efforts), her love of watches began in earnest in 2019.  “Peter grew up appreciating them [watches], and I never really understood. […] One day Peter called me and said he had found this Tag Heuer Carrera Twin Time, and I didn’t know what any of that meant. He found it in a pawn shop and it looked all grubby, and said it was $600. I was like WHAT?!?! How much?! On a watch?!”  Kelly began laughing, “Wow. I think back to that innocence, and wow.” She went on to describe how Peter brought the watch home and disassembled it on their kitchen island and cleaned it to the point where it was beautiful. Kelly didn’t think much of it at first, but one day Peter asked if she wanted to wear it. “I didn’t take it off. It became my watch. ...

Vintage Watches: Two Gold Patek Philippes, A 1980s Sinn Chronograph With World-Time Bezel, And A 1974 Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date

Let's be Sinn-cere, Patek Philippe might read clunky but it really Rolex-es off the tongue.

A Difficult Question That Needs Answering: When Are Watches Art?

During lunch with Aurel Bacs and Alex Ghotbi from the auction house Phillips, I started wondering out loud, “When are watches art?” What sparked my question was last month’s Phillips auction, which was the highest-grossing watch auction in US history. The sale made a record US$75.8 million, and every single lot was sold. No fewer […] Visit A Difficult Question That Needs Answering: When Are Watches Art? to read the full article.