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Summertime Blues: The Grand Seiko SBGJ249 GMT “Shōsho”
Summertime Blues: The Grand Seiko SBGJ249 GMT “Shōsho”

Turns out there is a cure for the summertime blues. Are you stuck, in the immortal words of Eddy Cochrane, working all summer just to try...

Phillips Hong Kong Auction XVI: An Imperial Patek, And Independents Ascendant
Phillips Hong Kong Auction XVI: An Imperial Patek, And Independents As...

Condition is everything – except when it isn’t. Phillips: The Hong Kong Watch Auction XVI, took place over the 24th and 25th of May...

Questions to Ask Before Buying a Watch
Questions to Ask Before Buying a Watch

Advice from our global team of watch experts. Buying a new watch can be, without a doubt, a daunting proposition. Between YouTube, Instag...

The De Bethune DB28xs Starry Seas
The De Bethune DB28xs Starry Seas

A company with big ideas makes a small miracle. De Bethune’s DB28 collection is not, of course, the only family of watches that De ...

The Rolex Cellini Dual Time
The Rolex Cellini Dual Time

A masterpiece from a Rolex renaissance. The discontinuation of the Rolex Milgauss line generated a lot of buzz and a lot of interest in c...

Geneva Auction Week: Indies Shine, Classics Climb, And That Million Dollar Milgauss
Geneva Auction Week: Indies Shine, Classics Climb, And That Million Do...

Or should I say, two million dollar Milgauss? The dust is settling from this spring’s Geneva Auction Week 2023, and while it may be...

The Moser Streamliner Flyback Chronograph Funky Blue
The Moser Streamliner Flyback Chronograph Funky Blue

“We need the funk.” – George Clinton Under ordinary circumstances I wouldn’t necessarily rush to quote Parliament-Funka...

Recap: Christie’s The Art of F.P. Journe
Recap: Christie’s The Art of F.P. Journe

In a white glove sale, F.P. Journe cemented his position as one of the most collectible watchmakers alive today. It was hard to deny the ...

Quartz is Cool
Quartz is Cool

We may not want to admit it, but quartz is here to stay — and that’s a good thing. When we talk about watch enthusiasts, what we usually ...

The Bulgari Gérald Genta Gefica Bi-Retro
The Bulgari Gérald Genta Gefica Bi-Retro

Memories of the Bronze Age. It is next to impossible to think of the late Gérald Genta without thinking, almost simultaneously, of a hand...

Hot Lots and Hidden Treasures at Geneva Auction Week
Hot Lots and Hidden Treasures at Geneva Auction Week

Not the usual suspects. Although the news out of Geneva this week has been, for understandable reasons, dominated by the thematic Christi...

Christie’s “The Art of F. P. Journe” Is A First For The Auction World
Christie’s “The Art of F. P. Journe” Is A First For ...

The auction is the very first thematic auction dedicated to a single independent watchmaker. In 1989, an auction took place which redefin...

Auction Alert: Philippe Dufour for Audemars Piguet Pocket Watch No.1
Auction Alert: Philippe Dufour for Audemars Piguet Pocket Watch No.1

The triple-signed Grande et Petite Sonnerie is set to hit the block during The Geneva Watch Auction: XVII, May 13-14 The term “history” i...

The Van Cleef & Arpels Heure d’Ici & Heure d’Ailleurs
The Van Cleef & Arpels Heure d’Ici & Heure d’Ail...

An elegant travel time watch, with a hidden masterpiece of a movement. Van Cleef & Arpels may not the be the name first in watch enth...

H. Moser & Cie. Serves Up Tantalum With a Side of Stone
H. Moser & Cie. Serves Up Tantalum With a Side of Stone

H. Moser & Cie. takes tantalum to a new level with Jade and Lapis. The history of watchmaking is, in part, an exercise in material sc...

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