If you like watches and are in Paris, a visit to the Breguet Museum which forms part of the boutique at Place Vendôme is pretty much a given. When I visited it a few years ago, unfortunately they were mid-change… Read More ›
Auctions
AUCTION UPDATE : Graves Supercomplication sells for 23.2 million CHF
In an update to yesterday’s post about the sale of the Graves Supercomplication, earlier today Geneva time the Patek Phillipe Supercomplication pocket watch sold for CHF 23,237,000 (USD23,983,140) at Sothebys, setting a new record for a timepiece sold at auction… Read More ›
AUCTION NEWS : owner of ‘Graves Complication’ dies two days before its auction
Prominent Qatari art collector Sheikh Saud bin Mohammed Al-Thani of Qatar died suddenly at his home in London on November 9, 2014 from what is reported to be natural causes. Revealed in 2012 to be the owner of the Graves… Read More ›
AUCTION : Lou Gehrig’s watch for sale. Again.
According to sports memorabilia specialists SCP Auctions, it is still “functioning perfectly”. With an astonishing estimated value of $300,000, an unassuming looking Hamilton ‘Piping Rock’ once owned by Lou Gehrig is one of the lots currently listed in an online… Read More ›
AUCTION : Watch purportedly used to time JFK’s death for sale
Vintage Patek Philippes, especially chronographs, create their own buzz when sold at auction. Anything to do with J.F.K. causes even more buzz. Put them together and you get a Patek Philippe Ref. 1463 from 1948 that is up for auction… Read More ›
Bought at car boot sale for £25, Sean Connery’s ‘Thunderball’ watch to be auctioned
Whether you’re a watch enthusiast or not, whether you are a fan of the James Bond film franchise (or even Fleming’s books) or not, you probably love a story about a random discovery that nets the finder something rather special…. Read More ›
Horses vs watches
Being Australian, there is a citizenship requirement to be interested in the Melbourne and Caulfield Cups at a very bare minimum. Although I know and have known people actively interested in the industry, the nature of the equine racing biz… Read More ›
Qatari Sheikh revealed as Graves Supercomplication owner
Sheikh Saud Bin Mohammed Bin Ali Al-Thani, a member of the Qatari royal family (second cousin to the ruling Emir) and former Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage, has been revealed as the previously unknown owner of the Henry Graves… Read More ›
AUCTION RESULTS : George Daniels collection fetches £8,285,139
Where were you on November 6, 2012? Well if you were in London, interested in watches and you could get there, you were probably squashed into the standing-room only Sotheby’s sale room for the auction of the late George Daniels’… Read More ›
Scarcity and provenance : Eric Clapton’s Ref. 2499/100 Patek Philippe
In the book collecting world, ‘association copies’ often command higher prices, especially if a gift from a notable author to a similarly notable (and perhaps literary) recipient. In the watch world this concept currently seems most commonly manifested via the… Read More ›
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