On the first day of the Phillips/ Bacs & Russo auction in Geneva this weekend, what is known as the Rolex ‘Bao Dai’ (Keeper of Greatness) Ref 6062 sold to a phone bidder for 5,066,000 CHF (including buyer’s premium), doubling… Read More ›
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CUBA : home of Rolex’s longest-serving watch repairer
As the year draws to a close I thought I’d share a rather lovely Financial Times piece that I read recently. It is about watches but also about Cuba, through the eyes of Waldo Fernández Longueira, who has been servicing… Read More ›
MODERN CHRONOGRAPHS : Zenith El Primero Sport 45mm vs Rolex Daytona 116520
By @initialjh When watch enthusiasts are asked about iconic chronographs a few names are often mentioned in the same breath : Rolex Daytona, Omega Speedmaster, Breitling Navitimer, and the Zenith El Primero. What makes these chronographs iconic? Well it… Read More ›
Theft of HK$2 million in cash and watches on board flight
For those of you who are frequent flyers you may be aware of the increasing incidence of in-flight theft of money and valuables from passengers by fellow passengers. In Hong Kong, from where today’s news comes, there were 48 cases… Read More ›
NEWS : Tudor CEO to move to Rolex
Another day another move, with news that Tudor’s CEO Mr. Philippe Peverelli, who has lead the Rolex younger sibling since 2009, will be moving to the big R to run the Rolex Group’s merchandising division Roledeco, which handles boutique design… Read More ›
NEWS : Politicians and watches – the tale continues
So it seems that even in Australia we cannot escape controversies involving politicians and watches. Perhaps to some degree we’ve become accustomed to it happening in Russia and the Republics or the People’s Republic of China. But Australia? In a… Read More ›
WRISTSPOTTING : Chechen-style
(Photo from RBC) In case you haven’t had enough of Russians and expensive watches, the folks at Russian website RBC have helpfully put together a gallery that they have called ‘Switzerland vs Russia’, with photos of officials/ politicians/ heads of state-owned… Read More ›
Putin’s Spokesman’s $620,000 ‘wedding gift’ watch
Two truisims : 1. Powerful Russians like their watches 2. You can never, especially as a public figure, hide from the internet trail Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov is the latest to have his horological proclivities revealed for… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Rolex Cellini time-only
There are, although some of you may find it difficult to believe, people who admire the Rolex brand but aren’t drawn to the omnipresent sports models. For them, the announcement of a re-invigorated Cellini line by Rolex this year was… Read More ›
PEPSI MAX : the 2014 Rolex GMT-Master II
The good news from Rolex at Baselworld 2014 was that there was a Pepsi bezel for the 2014 GMT-Master II. The bad news was that Rolex decided to use it on a 18 carat white gold version first, rendering it… Read More ›
