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Auctions: A Patek Philippe Pocket Watch Honoring A Medical Professional Who Fought A Pandemic At The Turn Of The 20th Century
History has a funny habit of repeating itself.
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The aviation tool-watch genre. Cartier Santos (1904), the WWII B-Uhr, the French Type 20 flyback, the RAF Mark XI, the Breitling Navitimer.
Louis Cartier built it in 1904 for his aviator friend Alberto Santos-Dumont, who was fed up fumbling for his pocket watch mid-flight. 121 years later the square case with exposed screws is still the sharpest dress-sports piece on the shelf. Here is how it got there.
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History has a funny habit of repeating itself.
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And more from this week in vintage watches from around the web.
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Ressence and Sotheby’s join hands to combat coronavirus in a novel, crafty way.
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The COVID-19 crisis has had an immense effect on nearly every facet of our day-to-day lives - from global economics to modernized healthcare, and the trivial hobbies we indulge in.
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"Dear Mr. Babin, I’m speaking as a fan, but you are sure making it difficult. It gives me no pleasure to take shots at you like this, but if you keep standing up and saying these things, I’ll keep rebutting you," Ian Skellern begins his second open letter on this subject . . .
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James Stacey had the incredible opportunity to go behind the scenes with Tudor, tracing the journey of a Tudor watch through their supply chain and manufacturing network. For a closer look at how each watch – from t...
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We've just gotten another modern recreation of Seiko's very first diver released in 1965, the 62MAS.
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This collection has been nicknamed “Fugu” for the Japanese word for pufferfish. The caseback has a laser-etched pufferfish motif, and perhaps the rounded bezel with the grooves gives some semblance to the spiny fish.
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A fresh crop of vintage watches from around the web for the new year.
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Revolution takes a journey down the rich lineage of the present day Longines Skin Diver.
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When Patek Philippe announced that a Grand Exhibition was to take place in Singapore this year there was no doubt that GaryG would do his best to attend – and to convince some friends to come along and join the fun. Here he shares some of what he saw during his fascinating trip.
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In this week's Throwback Sundays column, we take a look at some of our favourite Patek Philippe watches from our archives.
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Hamilton revives a British classic, first made for the RAF.
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The watchmaking business is a frequent borrower in the library of aerospace engineering. Citizen’s Super Titanium sets the gear on reverse.
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A green dial variant of the 2018 modern reinterpretation of the famous Seiko 6159.
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The brand's unique contribution is a vintage-influenced, manually wound flyback chronograph that uses a historical column-wheel movement.
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Why are some watch collectors turning away from Rolex? Rolex remains the most commercially dominant Swiss watch brand in the world, but its image has changed—from rugged professional tool watches to luxury status sy...
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Every year Chanel debuts a handful of timekeeping objects that are sleekly monochromatic yet lavishly constructed of precious materials like gold and rock crystal. They are beautiful, expensive, and the sort of object that would look at home in a US$100m penthouse. And because there are enough such penthouses to go around, these objets d’art inevitably find owners every year. Last year’s collection of objects included the Monsieur de Chanel Chronosphere, a clock within a glass globe supported by blackened-bronze lions, which was a five-piece limited edition. But the collection also included the one of a kind Monsieur de Chanel Pocket Watch suspended in a jewelled stand, an object that is simultaneously discreet and extravagant. Photo – Chanel Although the pocket watch and its stand retail for almost US$800,000, it is discreet to a fault. All of the materials within are precious, but the entire object is almost monochromatic. The pocket watch can be removed and carried, but is more likely to function as the ultimate desk clock. Standing about 25cm, or 10in, high, the stand is polished 18k white gold and panelled in glossy obsidian, a black, volcanic rock. And while it does not look the part, the sculpted lion is also 18k gold, but coated entirely in smooth, black Hyceram, a composite of ceramic and polymer. The diamonds within the stand are substantial, but subtle – the lion’s paw rests on a 18k gold sphere covered in baguette diamonds. The big ca...
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As part of its exclusive parntership with the world’s most popular band in the history of rock and roll, Raymond Weil is introducing its latest Beatles’ timepiece, inspired by the album Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
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To celebrate 50 million watches, Longines has produced a unique piece with the serial number of 50,000,000.
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Is the Baltic Aquascaphe right for you? Our hands-on review breaks down all the facts, stats, and insights that you need to see.
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I sold my first Grand Seiko.And the first expensive watch I ever bought myself.For a Rolex Explorer 36.This video is about two sales I didn't take lightly — the Grand Seiko SBGX355, a watch that should have been per...
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As for the coin-as-a-wristwatch case, Corum has produced coin watches for over 50 years, since 1964.
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Bell & Ross released their new GMT model the BR V2-93, a sensible addition to the vintage line. The GMT is available in bracelet and strap and is designed a
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IWC celebrates the 50th anniversary of its Aquatimer with the debut of Ceratanium in the Aquatimer Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Edition.
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