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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 ...

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...

The Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar In Platinum, Ref. 25829PT

The Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar In Platinum, Ref. 25829PT

A high-horology heavyweight. While there may be some room for debate over whether or not a tourbillon is a complication (as well as how t...

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Limited Addiction: The Best of Limited Editions

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Diving Deeper: Dive Watches For the Record Books

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When it comes to dive watches, depth rating is always a talking point. Though recreational divers never breach the 100m mark, every dive ...

The Power of Necessity | Innovation in Watchmaking

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The Power of Necessity | Innovation in Watchmaking

As the world remains at home, we are forced to come together—remotely, of course—to find a new way to work and solve novel problems. The ...