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Highlights from Phillips The Royal Oak 50th Auction
As most of you might know, this year the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, the most emblematic watch in the collection of the Le Brassus-based watchmaker, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. As such, the brand has been releasing multiple new models to celebrate half a century of the Genta-designed sports watch with an integrated bracelet, including a new version of the Jumbo Extra-Thin with unprecedented movement, the reference 16202. And as you’d expect, knowing the cult status of this watch, auction houses are participating in the celebrations by preparing dedicated sales. In this frame, Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo announces The Royal Oak?50th, a thematic sale that will gather some of the most important models ever produced by AP. And this includes some Grande Complications, rare editions and historically important watches such as a Karl Lagerfeld Black PVD coated?watch or the earliest 5402ST A-Series ever to come to the auction market.The Royal Oak 50th auction, to
Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier Launches Its Integrated, High-Frequency, Column-Wheel Chronograph - Monochrome Watches
For once, this won’t a product-related news – understand here, the launch of a new watch – that we will share with you. Instead, we’ll look at the other side of the industry: suppliers. Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier, one of the most respected movement constructors of the Swiss industry, indeed unveils an integrated high-frequency column-wheel chronograph, the calibre Seed VMF 6710. And it truly is quite an interesting movement, to say the least.The chronograph is, without doubt, one of the most popular complications. It's also one of the complications that can be used on a daily basis, however, what most people do not realize, is that it is among the most complex mechanisms to design and manufacture.?Chronograph?movements are rare birds. Very few brands manufacture chronographs, and there are few?existing calibres available on the market.?So when we learned that Vaucher Manufacture was presenting a new chronograph, it caught our attention. The calibre 6710 is not
A One-on-one Interview with an American Hero: Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger - Monochrome Watches
Heroes are giants – gods among us mere mortals. Heroes are larger-than-life figures who occupy the stratosphere, enjoying the view from mount Olympus as the twenty-four hour news channels immortalize them. In making their feats appear effortless, they gain our admiration, nay our devotion, and sometimes in feats of mythic proportion, our worship. Aviators have ascended this pedestal, and to the annals, which include such names as Charles Lindbergh (see here), we can add Captain Sully and include him in the pantheon of heroes. JEANRICHARD, however, would correct our hero misconceptions with their interpretation of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. In this regard, Captain Sully is a perfect match for the brand.If the name Sully doesn’t immediately jog your memory, let me share the mental image of an airplane floating in the Hudson river with the aircraft intact and no casualties. From those images, the world learned that Captain Sullenberger piloted his disabled cra
Brice Goulards Baselworld 2017 Top 10 Favorite Watches
After Xavier’s and Frank’s Top 10 watches of Baselworld 2017, after our list of the 10 most read articles of the fair (just to give us an indication of what collectors loved), it is time for your humble editor to come with his 10 favorite watches of Baselworld 2017. First all, before going into further details, this ranking is not about the 10 best watches of the show but it is based on my personal tastes – and as collecting?dive?and sports?watches myself, you’ll see it is a little biased. From a super-friendly priced Oris to a complex Patek, here are my 10 favorite watches of 2017 (and yes, all of them are on my wish-list).First of all, without going again into the details of the atmosphere at?Baselworld 2017, you’ll see that our selections, whether Xavier’s, Frank’s or mine, are slightly overlapping. In this, you can see two explanations. First,?as Frank and I tried to build up a homogeneous team, these selections reflect a certain coherence,
IWC Pilot's Watch "Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport" / Introducing
Manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen has dedicated two limited-edition Pilot's watches to Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, the renowned constructor of Formula One cars based in the UK. As the team's official engineering partner since 2013, IWC exploits the many parallels that exist between motor sport's premier competition and high-end watchmaking. Kitted out with the black and turquoise livery of Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, two limited-edition Pilot's watches - a perpetual calendar and a chronograph - join IWC's line-up of aviator models.Editor’s note: Yes, indeed, at IWC a Pilot’s watch doesn’t only mean “flying tool” but refers to pilots in general, of the airborne and track kind. Previously reserved to the Ingenieur line, with the integrated bracelet and shaped case, the new AMG editions are no longer based on this collection – the Ingenieur of today is dedicated to classic motor racing, not to technical, modern F1. This is the role of the Pilot&