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New York Sotheby’s & Christies June 2019 Watch Auctions
The season is not over yet, both Sotheby’s & Christies will have their New York watch auctions next days. After examining many lots up close in Geneva I notice again that the US sales are getting stronger having more collectable fresh finds available. It’s interesting to see if they also perform as well as we recently […]
The BlackBird x Mr TK x Phillips Hong Kong Sport Watch Auction
For the first time ever a prominent Hong Kong watch collector, Mr TK, curated a watch theme sale for Phillips Auctioneers. Over the past years the Asian market has picked up rapidly and many great vintage watches are now in serious collections over there. The growing awareness and huge potential in Asia of collecting in […]
My Recap of the Geneva Watch May 2019 Auctions
The price gap between good and great is getting bigger every auction season, which is a huge compliment to all collectors that have spend so much of their precious time in understanding the important details over the past years. The vintage watch market is much more mature now and not dictated by the auctioneers & dealers […]
Sotheby’s May 2019 Geneva Watch Auction
Sotheby’s May 2019 Geneva Watch Auction Find some of the vintage Rolex highlights below and follow this link to see the whole sale… EXHIBITION TIMES GENEVA THU, 09 MAY 19 | 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM CEST FRI, 10 MAY 19 | 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM CEST SAT, 11 MAY 19 | 10:00 AM […]
Phillips Geneva May 2019 Watch Auction
The Phillips Geneva 9 Watch Auction 11-12 May 2019 Auctions Saturday 11 May: Lots 1-109 Sunday 12 May: Lots 110-220 Hôtel La Réserve, 301 Route de Lausanne, Geneva (map) Find below some more impressions of all the watches that are coming to auction. If you want to see the whole catalogue, please follow this link to […]
Christies Watches Geneva May 2019 Auction
The Catalogue of the Christies Watches Geneva May 2019 Auction is online. Follow the link here to their catalogue to see it all. Contact Sabine Kegel at: Tel: +41 (0)22 319 1726 or per email at: skegel@christies.com if you have any question or watch www.Christies.com.
Rolex and Tudor 2019 Basel World News
Official Rolex news has just been released, check www.Rolex.com for all details I didn’t showed you already 😉 I was surprised to see the following Rolex & Tudor 2019 Basel World News I shared earlier on my RPR Instagram page 1 day before official announcement. For the first time ever the Oyster leaked big time. […]
My Geneva Auction Rolex Report – November 2018
My Geneva Auction Rolex Report – November 2018 – Is Sam Hines the new Aurel Bacs? This original owner Doctor’s Pulsometer Ref 6239 Cosmograph with red Daytona sold for hammer Chf 680.000,= making it all in Chf 831.000,= the most expensive vintage Rolex from the weekend sold by Sotheby’s!! Who had that excepted? The same auction […]
Phillips November 2018 Geneva Watch Auction
Phillips November 2018 Geneva Watch Auction The November Geneva Watch Auction will become a blast for sure. Check out the stunners Phillips Watches found to offer you. Check out the whole catalogue Geneva 8 by following this link…. Single Red Seadweller ref 1665 estimated from $512k – 1 million…. Oyster Paul Newman’s reach the 500K […]
Christies Geneva November 2018 Watch Auction
Christies Geneva November 2018 Watch Auction Find the catalogue of this auction by following this link…. The Christies Watch Department found also a mega rare vintage watch. This time it’s a fresh to the market frail Patek Philippe Ref 2499 first serie sold and signed by Serpico Y Laino! estimated at $1.6 to 2.6 million […]
Sothebys November 2018 Geneva Watch Sale
Sothebys Geneva Watch Sale November 13th 2018 New chef of watches at Sothebys Sam Hines ( Ex – Phillips HK) and his dedicated team has come up with an interesting Geneva catalog.Follow this link to the Sotheby’s auction. The highlights are the 2 fresh to the market incredible rare Rolex Pulsometer and Patek Philippe 2499 first […]
Rolex restorations, are they allowed and accepted or not?
Rolex restorations, are they allowed and accepted or not? Collecting vintage watches has reached a new level, the next level and this one is a particular one. How do watch collectors respond to the fact that a watch has been restored ? With 2 recent important restorations that had lots of media attention; the John […]
The $ 1 million Rolex Big Crown Ref 6538 Submariner
The $ 1 million Rolex Big Crown Ref 6538 Christies just auctioned the rarely seen Rolex Submariner Big Crown Ref 6538 with Explorer type 3-6-9 dial and Red Depth for a little over $ 1 million ( $ 1.068.500 / € 920.000,=). This amazing results is a world record for any Submariner coming to auction […]
My Rolex Geneva Auction Report May 2018
My Rolex Geneva Auction Report May 2018 The main reason why I visited the Geneva watch auctions was the Daytona Ultimatum sale, which became off course a huge succes. Why do I add off course, because behind the scene in the open market we have seen Daytona’s already sell for millions of euro’s so it […]
Rolex Collectors Meeting Liverpool – Issued 3
Slowly i’m recovering from an intens GTG with Rolex lovers from around the world. The occasion of our meeting was “Issued 3“, a theme gathering organized by buddy Mike and Jed around tool watches that where specially issued. Besides the well known UK Rolex Military Subs this issued meeting had also many Comex Rolex, special […]
Christie’s Geneva Watch Auction May 14th
Dear Sabine just send me the link to the digital catalogue for Christie’s Geneva watch auction at May 14th next month. As usual there’s something for every type of collectors, from new, complicated, pocket watches and plenty of vintage watches from all kinds of brand. My focus as usual will be on the vintage Rolex […]
The Daytona Ultimatum Auction by Pucci Papaleo
The catalogue is online now, follow this link to Phillips Watches…. Earlier today I received the exceptional catalogue of my buddy Pucci Papaleo’s Daytona Ultimatum Auction. What strikes me immediately is the incredible photography by Fabio Santinelli yet again. So pure and honest are the scans, impressive! 5 years ago the dream team Aurel Bacs […]
New Basel 2018 Rolex & Tudor Collection
New Basel 2018 Rolex & Tudor Collection Special pieces, new 2018 Rolex Submariner diamond Sapphire with all blue dial, very interesting! All bling 2018 Rainbow… Above photo’s courtesy of Mike Tay showing the new diamond Rainbow Daytona… It leaves me a bit speechless 😉 and below, here they are, the Platinum Arabic Rolex Daytona’s, picture […]
Rolex 2018 Basel World Novelties
All 2018 Rolex News you find online by following this link…. Live picture from new steel Rolex GMT Master… Live picture from so far unshown new diamond Rainbow Daytona…. Here they are 😉 the Platinum Arabic Rolex Daytona’s, picture courtesy by Aficionado… Diamond Arabic Platinum Daytona 2018… More special pieces you won’t see in a shop […]
Major Charles Wylie’s 1953 Mt. Everest Expedition Rolex
The Major Charles Wylie’s 1953 Mt. Everest Expedition Rolex. Today I like to present to you the all original 1953 Mt Everest conquest Rolex of Major Charles Wylie. It’s one of only 13 Rolex Oyster Perpetual Ref 6098’s with chronometer OCC movement that where specially issued to the British Everest Expedition when Edmund Hillary & […]
