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...

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...

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...

The Tourbillon In The 2000s: Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Tourbillon In The 2000s: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Tourbillon evolution, fast forward. The tourbillon, as we’ve seen, was for the most part a device used quite rarely in watchmaking ...

A Few Things I Didn’t Hate from Watches and Wonders 2023
A Few Things I Didn’t Hate from Watches and Wonders 2023

Variety is the spice of life. This year’s Watches and Wonders Geneva was the biggest version of the show so far — there were over...

The Patek Philippe 4947 Annual Calendar Moonphase
The Patek Philippe 4947 Annual Calendar Moonphase

A very elevated take on a daily driver. Patek Philippe, it is probably safe to say, does not make any boring watches. It may make watch...

Standouts From Watches and Wonders 2023
Standouts From Watches and Wonders 2023

High notes from the biggest industry event of the year. One thing that makes watch collecting an absolute joy is diversity of opinion. ...

Patek Leads From The Front At Watches And Wonders 2023 With 17 New Models
Patek Leads From The Front At Watches And Wonders 2023 With 17 New Mod...

The Grande Dame of fine watchmaking shows that tradition is just a starting point. The interesting thing about Patek Philippe is that of ...

Collecting with a Cultured Perspective
Collecting with a Cultured Perspective

CP Time Celebrates Launch of New York Chapter One of the best parts about collecting watches is getting to nerd out with a community of f...

Tourbillon Chronicles Part II: Two Centuries Of Evolution
Tourbillon Chronicles Part II: Two Centuries Of Evolution

How the tourbillon earned its reputation as one of the pinnacles of watchmaking. During his lifetime, Breguet produced only a small numbe...

Collection Building Your Way with Griffin Bartsch
Collection Building Your Way with Griffin Bartsch

How would you spend half a million dollars? What about a million? This new column will offer our community of enthusiasts a forum to answ...

Report From BCG Says, “Luxury Pre-Owned Watches, Your Time Has Come”
Report From BCG Says, “Luxury Pre-Owned Watches, Your Time Has C...

Correction notwithstanding, pre-owned watches continue show impressive performance as investments. This won’t be news to anyone who...

The Tourbillon Chronicles: <br>Birth Of The Tourbillon
The Tourbillon Chronicles:
Birth Of The Tourbillon

How a watchmaking legend created one of watchmaking’s legendary complications. Welcome to The Tourbillon Chronicles, a four part se...

The Audemars Piguet Edward Piguet Perpetual Calendar
The Audemars Piguet Edward Piguet Perpetual Calendar

A forgotten masterpiece from Audemars Piguet. Audemars Piguet has been strongly associated with the Royal Oak and Royal Oak Offshore watc...

Variations On The Moonphase
Variations On The Moonphase

One of watchmaking’s oldest complications is still evolving. The moonphase complication is as old as watchmaking itself. In fact, i...

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