Reading Time: 3 minutesTockr is well-known for incorporating U.S. history into the DNA of their timepieces, sometimes quite literally. The Battleship Texas Foundation chose to partner with the Texas-based watchmaker to produce a special series of watches, the Tockr USS Texas, made in part with salvaged material from the historic naval vessel andContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen everyone is thinking at the last night’s Halloween fun and some think about Christmas, Omega takes a step further. Omega proposes two models in the De Ville Trésor collection for the Valentin’s Day. One for her and one for him to celebrate the day of love: Omega De VilleContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn December 25th fifty years ago, Seiko introduced the world’s first quartz wristwatch. It was a watch that revolutionized the watchmaking industry and its launch remains one of the most important landmarks in Seiko’s history. The Quartz Astron set a new standard in wristwatch precision with an accuracy rate ofContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesStephen Silver Fine Jewelry, Silicon Valley’s foremost retailer of rare luxury timepieces, has partnered with the leading auction house for collectors’ timepieces of the highest quality, Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo, to present a one-day timepiece exhibition on November 18, 2019 at Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry in MenloContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesIf you’re a serious watch enthusiast, you have undoubtedly heard of Loupe System – quite simply the most advanced portable magnifying loupes in the world today. Loupe System has teamed up with MB&F to create Project LpX: an intergalactic magnification station enabling accurate viewing of watch movement details, while simultaneously remindingContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesOn the 25th of September, the Italian luxury watchmaker Panerai has successfully carried out the second of the three exclusive experiences conceived for VIP clients and revealed during the last SIHH in Geneva. This time the experience backdrop was one of the most exclusive destinations: the heaven of French PolynesiaContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs a culmination of the 50th-anniversary celebrations of the Monaco, TAG Heuer has created the one-of-a-kind Monaco Piece d’Art. This restored and decorated version of an original 1969 model of the iconic timepiece (reference number 1133B) will be submitted to Phillips in New York for the Game Changers watch auction,Continue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesTAG Heuer presented the final timepiece in a series of five limited-edition models marking the Monaco’s 50th anniversary – TAG Heuer Monaco 2009–2019 Limited Edition Reference CAW211Z.FC6470. The fifth collector’s piece borrows from the design codes and trends from the past decade (2009 to 2019). The previous pieces included theContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn 2013, the Admiral collection welcomed a new line to the family- the Admiral AC-One. Keeping in mind the key design codes of the Admiral collection, the lines of the iconic dodecagonal-shaped case was reworked to become more rounded, and angles less prominent. Taking into consideration the size and weightContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesOris returns to its long-running series of jazz watches with a piece inspired by the American jazz drummer and bandleader Art Blakey. Art was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1919, and made his name in the 1940s and 1950s playing alongside fellow icons of jazz Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker andContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesA very rare LeCoultre POLARIS MEMODATE to be sold at Phillips Geneva in November 2019 and the unique LeCoultre LUCKY 13 to be sold by Phillips New York in December 2019. Continue Reading