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 […]

Antiquorum Auctioneers will feature a selection of extremely rare  Patek Philippe timepieces in its upcoming April 25th auction, “Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces” on Madison Avenue in New York City. The centerpiece of the sale will be the Patek Philippe Ref. 3974 in platinum. The watch is an astronomic, minute repeating, self-winding wristwatch with a perpetual […]

Combining femininity with Grandes Complications, Patek Phillipes’ has created the Ladies First Perpetual Calendar. Equipped with the prominent ultra-thin 240 Q calibre, this first perpetual calendar for ladies blends technical elegance and aesthetic style with a graceful case that offers a remarkably slender profile, adorned in pink gold and delicately set with diamonds. Technical Details: […]

Patek Philippe has recently revealed their new sleek and modern website, just in time for Baselworld 2012. Easy navigation, product information and ordering, along with informative information about the company, the site is reflective of the prestigious and undisputed reputation Patek Philippe has become known for. www.patek.com

  After previewing in Shanghai, Beijing and Singapore, Antiquorum will present a 452 piece collection  modern and vintage timepieces at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong on February 26. The collection includes three very rare and highly complicated Jaeger-LeCoultre watches including the white gold Gyrotourbillon One, No.02/20. The watch is a highly complicated 18K […]

Recently in Dubai for the Watch Art Grand Exhibition, La Moda Dubai was able to obtain an elite interview with Thierry Stern, the fourth in a line of presidents who have steered 170-year old watch company Patek Philippe. The man who is as sophisticated as the watches themselves, told La Moda Dubai about his passion […]

The World Luxury Association announced the world’s leading luxury brands with Cartier positioned first in the jewelry group and Patek Philippe leading the luxury watch category. Watch brands also making the list included Vacheron Constantin, Piaget, Jaeger-Le Coultre, Piguet, Audemars Piguet, Blancpain, Rolex, Breguet, IWC and Franck Muller. Like Haute Time? Join our Facebook page […]

They’re the traveler’s best friend–world time watches and their near-cousins, two time zone watches. They are designed to help jet-setters keep track of local time and the time in one or more other time zones. Their invention and development follows the evolution of travel itself, as a multiple time zone watch depends on the existence […]

It is not more than a few minutes into the weekly English-language tour of the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva when one of the visitors asks the inevitable question: would you spend tens of thousands to millions of dollars on a Patek Philippe timepiece because you want something that is more accurate? The guide replies […]

Patek Philippe Introduces New High Tech Heart for Limited-Edition Perpetual Calendar 5550P For hundreds of years watches were made with just three materials: brass, steel, and ruby bearings. Patek Philippe is often considered the guardian of watchmaking’s most elegantly conservative high craftsmanship (with prices that match its peerless quality.) But with its new limited-edition 5550P […]

Antiquorum’s “Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces” auction will take place on November 13 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Geneva. The highlights will include a recently discovered Patek Philippe quarter. The auction will also feature a special type five-minute repeating 24-hours in one revolution pocket watch and a Patek Philippe ref 1518 in yellow gold. […]

What goes around, comes around –call them ultra thin or extra flat, thin dress watches are back, and a rose by any other name would be just as elegant.  Though a newcomer to fine watchmaking in recent years might be forgiven for not knowing it, making a thin watch (and wearing one) was for decades […]

For hundreds of years watches were made with just three materials: brass, steel, and ruby bearings. Patek Philippe is often considered the guardian of watchmakng’s most elegantly conservative high craftsmanship (with prices that match its peerless quality). But with its new limited-edition 5550P perpetual calendar, it’s taken a bold leap into a high tech future. […]