Breguet Classique Quantième Perpétuel 7327

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Reading Time: 4 minutes In the 1780s, Abraham-Louis Breguet enjoyed great success with his so-called perpétuelle watches equipped with an à secousses (moving) oscillating weight enabling the calibre to react to the wearer’s body movements and thus automatically wind the mechanism as they walked. These watches often incorporated a calendar mechanism and it wasContinue Reading

Roger Smith, Pocket Watch Number Two Estimate in Excess of $ 1 million

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Reading Time: 6 minutes NEW YORK – Phillips in Association with Bacs and Russo are honored to announce the first public sale of Roger Smith’s Pocket Watch Number Two, an historically important timepiece that represents a landmark achievement in the industry and the cornerstone of the 21st-century English watchmaking renaissance. There has been noContinue Reading

The Asprey Bugatti Egg Collection

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Bugatti and Asprey announce a limited-edition collection of precious metal objet eggs. Designed by Asprey Studio, the Royale Edition of the new Asprey Bugatti Egg Collection brings together timeless creations of the Bugatti family with Asprey’s heritage and craftsmanship.Continue Reading

Legends of modern watchmaking: left, a Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 5711/111P-001 sporting a bezel set with 32 baguette-cut blue sapphires; right, a stunning and rare Rolex Daytona Ref. 6265.Legends of modern watchmaking: left, a Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 5711/111P-001 sporting a bezel set with 32 baguette-cut blue sapphires; right, a stunning and rare Rolex Daytona Ref. 6265.

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Legends of modern watchmakingWatches Online: The Dubai Edit | 24 April – 4 May 2023Total number of lots: 138Low estimate: US$ 9.412 million Dubai, 13 April 2023 – Christie’s Middle East opens its Spring 2023 auction season with an offering of contemporary and vintage timepieces carefully curated to capture the breadth of modern watchmakingContinue Reading

Vacheron Constantin Overseas self-winding

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Long-distance travel begins with a watch on the wrist. The Overseas collection has been designed to reflect this spirit in which elegance is adorned with robustness, attention to detail underscores essentials and aesthetics adapt to every circumstance. True to these principles, the brand is introducing four new models in pinkContinue Reading

Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Secret Necklace

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Secret Necklace: Since clocks were first miniaturised to be carried or worn as watches, women have played a pivotal role in determining the aesthetic of time and the ways in which it is worn. Thanks to the pioneering spirit of its founder, LeCoultre & Cie recognised the tremendousContinue Reading

Montblanc 1858 Iced Sea Grey

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Reading Time: 14 minutes Watches & Wonders 2023 was the perfect opportunity for Montblanc to launch new daring pieces: Montblanc 1858 Iced Sea Collection, Montblanc 8000 Capsule Collection, a spectacular Secret Minerva Monopusher Chronograph and the Unveiled Timekeeper Minerva Limited Edition.Continue Reading

Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Dual Moon Grand Complication

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Reading Time: 7 minutes With its time-related and astronomical complications regulated by a tourbillon and completed by a minute repeater, the manual-winding 2755 TMRCCQP calibre powering the Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Dual Moon Grand Complication is a masterpiece of complexity with its 774 components. Representing one of watchmaking’s most sophisticated grand complications, this whiteContinue Reading