In the last years, the very strict rules of fashion have decided that huge, thick and heavy sport-watches were to fit on delicate lady’s wrists… very trendy and very cool!! The bigger… the better! We could agree if it were not for our knowledge of the subject: between 1930 and 1960 all major brands, from [...]
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“Fashion is for those without taste,” Coco Chanel once observed – a statement that can be made of designer watches: meant more to keep up with the latest fads than to keep time, these fashion trinkets pale in comparison to the creations of Robert & Fils. The Swiss watchmaker has been a family business for [...]
Famed Swiss watchmaker Vacheron Constantin departs from tradition this season with a series of watches evoking the four corners of the world. Masks inspired by China, Indonesia, Africa and the Americas are featured on pieces sure to become collector’s items. To get a feel for the international flavour served by the watchmaker, have a look [...]
To celebrate its 35th anniversary, premier watch auction house Antiquorum is auctioning off the most complicated pocket watch in the world – the Patek Philippe Caliber 89. Produced 20 years ago to celebrate the famed Swiss watchmaker’s 150th anniversary, the Caliber 89 possesses a gorgeous 18 carat gold case which houses a complex body of [...]
250 watches: rare timekeepers from the Patek Philippe Museum of Geneve, the Grand Complications and the new 2009 Collection. An extraordinary exhibition at Palazzo della Ragione in Milan, from Wednesday July the 1st to Saturday July the 4th 2009 After touching New York and Los Angeles in Spring 2008, and, previously, Hong Kong and Shangai, [...]
Celebrating its 170th anniversary this year, Patek Philippe has few equals when it comes to crafting quality timepieces. This Swiss instititution blends cutting edge technology with age-old traditional artisanship in producing each watch, as the Patek Philippe Museum proves. The four-storey building in Geneva houses not only an extensive collection of antique watches dating back [...]
22 March 2009, Grand Hotel et de Milan, Milan, at 2.00 PM For the first time the Auction season opens with an Italian auction. Patrizzi & Co Auctioneers, one of the most prestigious names in the watch collectors market, presents an extraordinary collection of Rolex Vintage Watches. The 114 examples of rare quality and condition [...]
Above is the example of Rolex Submariner ref. 5513 from the 70′s, which has been treated with the PVD process PVD (Physical Vapour Deposition), the futuristic plasma coating that maintains all the characteristics of the materials treated, without modifying them, enters the world of Vintage watches. Following the “Black Rolex” trend, Luxuryvintage.net offers its own collection [...]
It’s hard to believe that Rolex has been the standard-bearer for quality watches for a mere 100 years, but this year marks the centenary of the Swiss watch brand. Founded by Bavarian Hans Wilsdorf in 1908 in La-Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, the company’s name is one of mystery: some thought Wilsdorf created it to evoke Rolls Royce, [...]