Rare handcrafts wonders at Christie’s Watches HK, Live & online

Reading Time: 5 minutesChristie’s Hong Kong Watches Autumn Auctions IMPORTANT WATCHES FEATURING THE TRIAZZA COLLECTION PART ILive Sale – Various Owners | 27 November 2022 | 223 lots | Total low estimate: HK$ 120 million THE CHAMPION COLLECTION PART VI: ‘THE FINEST WATCHMAKING’Live Sale – Single Owner | 27 November 2022 | 82Continue Reading

Perrelet Turbine Carbon Racing

Reading Time: 3 minutesCreativity, daring and innovation are core principles at Perrelet. Ever on the lookout for contemporary trends and innovative materials to enrich the iconic Turbine collection, Perrelet always sustains the high quality and reliability of the mechanical movements that give life to these timepieces. Having recently released the new Turbine CarbonContinue Reading

Fltr: The Rolex ‘Jürg Marmet’ Ref. 6298 worn on the Swiss-Canadian Baffin Island Expedition of 1953, on the first ascent of Lhotse in May 1956, and on the second ever ascent of Mount Everest, reaching the summit on 23 May 1956. This historic Rolex was formerly the property of a descendant of Jürg Marmet, the first European on Everest, No. 3 on the official Everest summiteers’ list; The first example of the rarest Audemars Piguet ‘Royal Oak’ Ref. 5402SA; A superb example of the Cartier ‘Paris Crash’ 1991 series from the family of the original owner.

Reading Time: 6 minutesThe recent Spring-Summer 2022 watch auction season confirmed the reputation of Christie’s Geneva as the prime selling venue for Rolex timepieces, when the Cosmograph Ref. 6269 ‘Jack of Diamonds’ sold for CHF1,614,000, and the Paul Newman Tropical Lemon Cosmograph Daytona Ref. 6264 achieved CHF1,071,000. The auction totalled just under CHF24Continue Reading

Hublot Classic Fusion Aerofusion Chronograph All Black Shepard Fairey

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Swiss luxury watch brand Hublot and internationally renowned contemporary street artist Shepard Fairey join forces to launch a North American exclusive timepiece: The Classic Fusion Aerofusion chronograph All Black Shepard Fairey, featuring Shepard Fairey’s signature star mandala and Hublot’s All Black iconic design signature.Continue Reading

MB&F Legacy Machine Split Escapement EVO

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe MB&F’s rEVOlution of sports watches started in 2020 with the launch of the Legacy Machine Perpetual EVO. Using an ingenious shock absorbent element and a redesigned inner case, the independent was able to bring its super QP as a “sports” watch. This year’s edition of Geneva Watch Days witnessedContinue Reading

onda PF Automatic in 36 mm

Reading Time: 3 minutesVintage flavour for a contemporary timepiece: Slightly reduced in size, retaining the emblematic wide dial opening, and hosting a new in-house automatic movement, the Tonda PF Automatic 36 mm is Parmigiani Fleurier’s affirmative response to the many requests for a version of this timepiece in a format adapted to aContinue Reading

Vacheron Constantin Égérie moon phase & Égérie self-winding

Reading Time: 5 minutesThere are two distinctive realms in which craftsmanship, know-how and rarity would be nothing without passion, creativity and concern for details. Haute Horlogerie and Haute Couture share this same vocation, continuously reinvented by the artisans working behind the scenes. Égérie was born from the conjunction between these two fields ofContinue Reading