During the weekend of 13 and 14 May 2017, many highly sought-after Rolex watches will be up for auction at The Geneva Watch Auction: FIVE, a double-evening sale held at Hôtel La Réserve and organised by Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo. Perhaps the most interesting piece will be the Rolex Reference 6062 “Bao Dai” which is valued at … More
Launched in 1941, Patek Philippe’s Reference 1518 became the world’s first perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch produced in series. Between 1941 and 1954, only 281 pieces of this Reference 1518 were made, the majority of which were in yellow gold. What came after the Reference 1518 is the Reference 2499 and it is housed in a wider case with fluted lugs. … More
Sorry folks, watching television is bad for you. If you are over 25 years old, every hour spent watching TV reduces your life expectancy by around 22 minutes (to be precise, 21.8 minutes) on average, according to the research article, Television viewing time and reduced life expectancy: a real life table analysis, found in archives of biodmedical literature found in … More
Even though this watch does not work because its movement was removed, this Rolex Submariner Ref. 5513 made in 1972 (case no. 2,683,776) and worn by Sir Roger Moore (born in 1927) when he played the famed British master spy, James Bond, in Live and Let Die has proven that it simply gains in value over time. We are pretty … More
Retailed at around CHF10,000, the limited editions of the Maurice Lacroix Masterpiece Gravity do seem reasonably priced what with its technical features like the silicium assortment combined with excellent design aesthetics. This is good for end-consumers. Now will it be even better if the Maurice Lacroix Gravity is highly-priced? Yes, it will, even it sounds like a paradox. However, this … More