Go to any purveyor of luxury timepieces, scan the displays and you’ll see them –tourbillon wristwatches, which can often be spotted by the presence of an opening in the dial that shows a complicated rotating mechanism. If you’re passionate about the romance of mechanics, it’ll be love at first sight, though you may find the […]

Go to any purveyor of luxury timepieces, scan the displays and you’ll see them –tourbillon wristwatches, which can often be spotted by the presence of an opening in the dial that shows a complicated rotating mechanism. If you’re passionate about the romance of mechanics, it’ll be love at first sight, though you may find the […]

The highly anticipated Sotheby’s auction of watches from famous collectors Reginald H. Fullerton Jr. and his grandfather Henry Graves Jr. proved to be a hit yesterday when its grand total sales went beyond the estimated three to five million dollars. It reached an exact value of $8,339,813, selling all 61 lots. Graves’ Patek Philippe 18k yellow […]

A rare Patek Philippe timepiece is headlining today’s auction at Christie’s New York. The incredible piece is from the post-war Sleeping Beauty series. The Ref. 2523 was introduced in 1953 to a less than enthusiastic audience, many who considered its intricate face too hard to read and its price point excessive. Now a collector’s dream, […]

With a score of 8.3 out of 10, Breguet was rated first of 27 luxury watch brands for the upper-class US shoppers, said the 2012 Luxury Brand Status Index (LBSI) survey conducted by the Luxury Institute. The New York-based institute said Breguet achieved the top rank for its product design, customer service and brand reputation—the […]

Renowned auction house Sotheby’s has announced the offering of vintage timepieces from the finest collections to date, that of Henry Graves, Jr. and his grandson Reginald ‘Pete’ H. Fullerton, Jr. This patron family has been legendary in the watch community, and the auction lot subsequently has aficionados reeling. A collector’s dream, this exclusive offering will […]

Jack Forster reviews the Patek Philippe Ladies First Perpetual Calendar Ref. 7140.

The Antiquorum May 13 auction at Geneva garnered a total of CHF 7,466,737, with bidders coming from around the globe including Hong Kong, Taiwan, The Russian Federation, Germany, the United States and Switzerland. Entitled “Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces, Featuring the 40th Anniversary of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak,” the event spawned an aggressive bidding for […]

A platinum Patek Philippe watch has set a new record for the highest amount ever paid for a single-dial Patek Philippe Ref. 3974, according to National Jeweler and New York auction house Antiquorum. An American bidder paid $902,500 for the rare luxury watch crafted in 1992 and first sold in November of that year. It […]

No need to scrutinize the condition reports for the collection of Audemars Piguet Royal Oaks set to hit the auction block on May 13 in Geneva. Each of the pieces , which commemorate the iconic model’s 40th anniversary, was sent to the manufacture in Le Brassus to be checked and authenticated. The collection will be […]

Christie’s auction house will offer an array of more than 400 top-luxury timepieces at its watch sale in Geneva May 14. The auction will feature watches totally up with $17.5 million, including some of the finest antique, vintage and modern watches in the world. Some of the most important pieces available will be the rare gold […]

 Thirteen Patek Philippe timepieces once belonging to collector Henry Graves Jr. are to be auctioned at Sotheby’s on June 14. Graves (1868-1953) was born to a banking family and amassed about 40 extraordinary watches over four decades, including some of the most complex pieces ever made. His 1933 Patek Philippe “The Henry Graves Supercomplication” fetched $11 […]