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Bonhams December 2024 Fine Watches sale: my highlights

Usually their catalogue is a healthy mix of collectible watches ranging in price from relatively affordable to somewhat a bit more expensive, to put it mildly.  The catalogue offers 57 lots and the list is diverse. Yes, the regular Daytonas, Royal Oaks and variety of Pateks are included, but also a 1940’s Grana military watch, […]

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Carl F. Bucherer Manero Flyback gets a touch of blue sportiness

Carl F. Bucherer Manero Flyback gets a touch of blue sportiness

“Wherever time takes you, Lucerne travels with you” embodies the cosmopolitan spirit of the brand. In the last decade, these words have not only been proven in the ambitious line-up of watches, but certainly as well in the way Carl F. Bucherer is positioned as a company. The energy that CEO Sascha Moeri and his […]

Patek Philippe – Inside Patekology

Patek Philippe – Inside Patekology

When you enter the world of Patek Philippe ownership you enter a complicated hierarchy where some things are not what they seem. As a novice buyer you will be received with the utmost red carpet treatment and care, get a coffee (or Champagne, if you like), but then the peculiar rules of Patekology start.  Budget […]

Phillips Auctions: Buying the underdog at Phillips in Geneva

Phillips Auctions: Buying the underdog at Phillips in Geneva

It’s a busy auction month coming, and three big auction houses will again tempt you to part with your money in exchange for beautiful, collectable and rare pieces. While the concept of an auction originally aimed at selling at low, executional price levels, nowadays it’s the opposite. Phillips Auctions, Christie’s, Antiquorum and the likes are […]

IWC Portugieser Chronograph – the Crocodile in the Swiss Watch Industry

IWC Portugieser Chronograph – the Crocodile in the Swiss Watch Industry

In 1939 two Portuguese businessmen, Rodrigues and Teixeira, paid a visit to the Swiss manufacturer, IWC in Schaffhausen. They both requested a wristwatch with chronometer precision. Which IWC had not done before. As many other watch manufacturers of the time, IWC mostly worked with pocket watches at that time, which explains why they opted for […]

Konstantin Chaykin’s latest: Elon, are you listening?

Konstantin Chaykin’s latest: Elon, are you listening?

When Elon Musk is looking for an appropriate watch on one of his future trips, he might be checking Konstantin Chaykin’s latest. The Mars Conqueror Mk 3 is the latest brainchild of the most creative of all watchmakers. The relevancy of knowing Martian time should not be underestimated. Ever since I owned a IWC Da […]

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When Nostalgia kicks in

When Nostalgia kicks in

When you’re 45 years of age today, you were 20 in 1995. Your mid-teens and early twenties are formative years when it comes to developing your taste whether it is music, movies, cars or.. watches. Whatever touches the right spot at the age of 20, will most likely stay with you forever.  So, let’s analyse […]

A. Lange & Söhne Odysseus

A. Lange & Söhne Odysseus

The recently introduced A. Lange & Söhne ODYSSEUS collection, which was originally introduced in 2019, 25 years after the brands revival through Walter Lange and Günter Blümlein, receives a very welcome update.  Upon introduction, the ODYSSEUS was only available with a blue dial and stainless steel case and bracelet. This collection put the brand into […]

Panerai Luminor 70 Years

Panerai Luminor 70 Years

Panerai is well known for their history of dive watches, but they are also pioneers when it comes to innovative materials, or doing something no one else has done so far

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