Auction Report - 10 Highlights of the Upcoming 97th Dr Crott Auctioneers (Part 2)
Yesterday, in our first selection of highlights of the upcoming 97th Dr Crott auction of this Saturday, 12 May?we focused on the hidden gems, and not so much on the usual suspects. Today we’ll focus on those! Here’s our selection of the highlights, stunning pieces that will certainly attract a lot of attention at the auction that will be held in?Frankfurt, Germany. Don’t forget that you can also bid online!The auction catalogue is packed with hidden gems like we showed you yesterday, and there are plenty more. For instance a lovely old Thomas Mercer table clock (lot?545), or a pre-Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos clock (lot?602). But now let’s move on to the usual suspects, the watches that attract the most attention and that will probably fetch some spectacular prices.Heuer Autavia Ref. 2446C for Abercombie & Fitch from 1969Heuer’s Autavias of this reference are gaining in value, especially after TAG Heuer re-introduced the Autavia last year. Vintage Heuers mad

SIHH 2017 - Ulysse Nardin Marine Annual Calendar Chronometer (Price)
Ulysse Nardin, a new-comer to?SIHH, is well known for its Marine roots, as the manufacture has been active in the field of Marine Chronometers (to be placed on boat decks) since its inception in 1846. You won’t be surprised therefore?to see that one of the main highlights of the 2017 collection is strongly linked to this rich past. Still, Marine is not the only field where Ulysse Nardin is active. Innovation is another one. Based on the highly simplified annual calendar introduced last year on the Marine Chronograph, this year the brand comes with a more traditional version, the?Ulysse Nardin Marine Annual Calendar Chronometer – and that’s not the only thing that pleases us here…As I already mentioned Ulysse Nardin introduced an impressively simple annual calendar watch last year, the?Marine Chronograph Annual Calendar. Don’t get us wrong though, simple?doesn’t mean it’s any less complex to achieve or less?technically advanced. In fact, quite?t

Hands-On - Czapek Geneve Quai des Bergues Guilloche - Monochrome Watches
The name Czapek, once famed as a partner of what would become Patek Philippe, came back to the forefront of the scene late 2015 with the elegant and well-thought out Quai des Bergues. The watch was awarded the public prize at GPHG 2016, one of the most (if not the most) meaningful industry award ceremony, which is no small achievement. The collection reflects the Czapek ethics to propose finely crafted classics whose understated style offers a distinctive twist and a distinctive character.The Quai des Bergues pink gold guilloche Emperor blue - unique piece. Ad - Scroll to continue with article This year the model is enhanced with exquisite guilloche dials, hand-made in the traditional way. This stylish timepiece is offered in three different versions: white gold with sea-salt grey' dial, steel with aqua blue' dial, and a unique piece in pink gold with an emperor

Watch Winders by Stockinger - Monochrome-Watches
Watch winders are very useful objects that every collector must own. Already helpful for a simple automatic watch, such a device is absolutely?essential for an?owner of several watches, especially complicated ones – e.g., those with annual or perpetual calendars that are not always easy to set. A various range of watch winders are available on the market, from the cheap Chinese ones to bespoke luxury ones. Nice watches deserve nice boxes. And Stockinger are?very high-end.Stockinger is already known for creating some very nice, customizable luxury safes, made to protect huge collections. That is, of course, a very desirable scenario; but what about the owner of only 2 to 6 watches? A watch winder would be very helpful to this class of collector. When you own several automatic watches (a watch winder will be useless for hand-wound timepieces) and switch between them pretty regularly, the main issue is to set them each time you want to wear them. Not a very handy situation, especial

TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer 02 GMT Chronograph - Baselworld 2018
The Carrera is celebrating its 55th anniversary this year. To celebrate, TAG Heuer isn’t looking at the past but instead remains true to its “avant-garde” identity. They could have chosen to go vintage. Instead, they gold bold and modern. After the presentation a few weeks ago of the new?Carrera Heuer 02 Chronograph with an updated movement, Baselworld 2018 brings us the traveller’s version, the?TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer 02 GMT Chronograph.The modern version of the Carrera, launched at Baselworld 2015, quickly became a best-seller for TAG Heuer. With its deeply reinterpreted design, its bold design, its skeletonized movement and dozens of possible versions – thanks to a modular architecture where parts can be switched easily to create new models – the Carrera Heuer 01 represented the “avant-garde” side of TAG. A few weeks ago, the brand announced an evolution of this watch, which will soon incorporate TAG’s new in-house movement, the