Reading Time: 5 minutesWhy do I love Reverso? It’s hard to tell. Maybe it has to do with the big impact that “The Thomas Crown Affair” had on me twenty years ago. Or the fact that it is one of the favourite timepieces of my better half. I particularly like the Reverso Duoface version,Continue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesBrowsing the boutique of my favourite auction house in Stuttgart – Eppli, I discovered three pieces that made my heart melt. Three Patek Philippe watches, from simple to complex, that can make any watch lover and collector happy. Very happy! The watches are Patek Philippe Calatrava Ref. 3919, Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar Ref. 3940Continue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe free Easter days are a perfect moment to have a look at my favourite’s auction house Eppli Website for the latest additions which will be auctioned at the beginning of Mai. I’ve made a short selection of the timepieces interesting to me, some of them being if not rare, atContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s that time of the month again – when I check my favourite Auction House for interesting objects. This time I fell in love with two Blancpain and some other nice watches. These watches will be available for auction on 04 March at 11:00 o’clock, Germany time here or placeContinue Reading
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI am always looking for interesting watches: part because I am looking to complete my collection, part because I’m hoping to find some special ones. This is the case with this selection of watches available for tomorrow’s auction at the Eppli Auction House. The first watch is an A.Lange & Söhne Arkade: aContinue Reading
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s a rare event that a watch like this hits the market. It’s even a rarer event to see it in person, check it out and admire it. The watch I am talking about is a very rare combat diver watch – Panerai Radiomir Deutsche Kriegsmarine. This specimen comes fromContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom time to time I like to visit the vintage watches websites to see what can I discover. Today I was not disappointed, more than that, I was impressed by this big boy: on watch-time.de, one of my often visited vintage websites, I found this very special Memovox: LeCoultre –Continue Reading
Reading Time: < 1 minutePerrelet is a nice to have collectable item, especially when it’s nice and affordable. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to make this particular watch mine so I put it on the wish list. This beauty has an 18k yellow gold case, a very nice decorated ETA2892-A2 and the original box. TheContinue Reading
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI believe that Cartier Tank is not a secret for a watch lover. This model is widespread, still available in the Cartier collections (http://www.en.cartier.com/collections/watches/mens-watches/tank.html) and the offer on the pre-owned market is generous. During my searches, I have encountered some nice models but one, in particular, made a deep impressionContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn July I have read an interesting article on Hodinkee about a rare Rolex – Cellini Rolex Prince: The Rolex Nobody Knows (But You Should). I was intrigued! I am not a Rolex fan in particular but that image with a quadratic watch on a bottle of Veuve Clicquot Brut made me read carefullyContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesI have asked myself these questions too at some point in time. Here are my answers. How do you define a watch collector? Some say that if you have two watches and consider buying the third – it’s already too late – you are a collector. When IContinue Reading