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Chronext looks to level up

Chronext looks to level up

INDUSTRY

Watch trading platform Chronext has welcomed two bigwigs from the worlds of IT and watchmaking to its board. The company aims to assert its status by (...)

Christie's embraces digital transition

Christie’s embraces digital transition

INTERVIEW

Since the beginning of the year, the auction house has organised a growing number of online watch sales sessions from its hubs in Dubai, New York and Hong (...)

Mido watch owned by Ettore Bugatti fetches 272'800 euros

Mido watch owned by Ettore Bugatti fetches 272’800 euros

The Mido watch personally owned by Ettore Bugatti has been sold by the Stanislas Machoïr auction house for 272’800 euros (more than 300’000 Swiss francs). (...)

The birth of collectors' fever

The birth of collectors’ fever

A MEETING WITH ANTOINE PREZIUSO

The current success of collectible watches was by no means an inevitability. Without the handful of visionary watchmakers and entrepreneurs who fought (...)

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Watch enthusiast, collector or investor?

Watch enthusiast, collector or investor?

REPORT

Recent years have proved very profitable for collectible watches, with certain models reaching record values at auction. Indeed, many fear that (...)

eBay unveils ambitious plans for its watch segment

eBay unveils ambitious plans for its watch segment

E-COMMERCE

Online marketplace eBay has its sights on the top end of the market, starting with watchmaking. The e-commerce behemoth has just set up a new (...)

Who will save King George the Third's Breguet?

Who will save King George the Third’s Breguet?

UNITED KINGDOM

The British government is sounding the alarm: an exceptionally rare example of a Breguet Four Minute Tourbillon watch, owned by King George III and sold at (...)

Phillips Watches: “Most successful year ever” in 2020

Phillips Watches: “Most successful year ever” in 2020

AUCTIONS

The auction house’s horological division declared an annual result of over US$133 million, up 20% from 2019. This result is also “a record for the highest (...)

Watchfinder & Co.: why e-commerce still values physical stores

Watchfinder & Co.: why e-commerce still values physical stores

INTERVIEW

In the midst of the pandemic, the platform specialising in pre-owned watches has just opened two physical stores, in Paris and Geneva. It is also (...)

Heuer, Rolex, Panerai: all results of Phillips' “Racing Pulse” auction

Heuer, Rolex, Panerai: all results of Phillips’ “Racing Pulse” auction

VINTAGEMANIA

The sale was led by Paul Newman’s Rolex “Big Red” Daytona, which achieved $5.5 million. The Heuer Monaco owned and gifted by Steve McQueen set a world record (...)

Vacheron Constantin: an introduction to “Les Collectionneurs”

Vacheron Constantin: an introduction to “Les Collectionneurs”

VINTAGEMANIA

Chosen by the brand’s heritage department specialists, ten vintages watches now make part of “Les Collectionneurs”, a collection available for sale worldwide. (...)

All about the “Iconic Watches of Hollywood” auction

All about the “Iconic Watches of Hollywood” auction

VINTAGEMANIA

Pre-owned specialist Bob’s Watches presents its most notable vintage watch auction to date: “Fresh Finds – Iconic Watches of Hollywood”, which takes place (...)

An extremely rare Patek Philippe to be auctioned in Geneva

An extremely rare Patek Philippe to be auctioned in Geneva

VINTAGEMANIA

Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo announces the sale of a Patek Philippe’s rare reference 2523/1 world time wristwatch in rose gold, to be (...)

Facing the pandemic: is the secondary watch market more resilient?

Facing the pandemic: is the secondary watch market more resilient?

WATCH INDUSTRY

The specialist luxury watch platform Watchbox boasts that it has gained market share since the beginning of the year. Another recognised player in the (...)

Can watchmaking avoid another tragic loss of heritage?

Can watchmaking avoid another tragic loss of heritage?

KNOW-HOW

Forty years ago, the quartz crisis caused havoc in the Swiss watch industry, leading to the destruction of many valuable documents in the ensuing economic (...)

The crisis-proof side of watchmaking

The crisis-proof side of watchmaking

INTERVIEW

While the turnover of the Swiss watch industry collapsed in the first half of the year, the online platform for rare watches A Collected Man announced that (...)

IWC's Da Vinci through the Europa Star archive

IWC’s Da Vinci through the Europa Star archive

GUEST COLUMN

A watch enthusiast and tech professional based in the US, Stephen Foskett has been one of our most avid readers since we’ve started publicising our (...)

Hamilton: the Pulsar is back – at last!

Hamilton: the Pulsar is back – at last!

PORTRAIT

An all-too rare sign of optimism in a chaotic world? Now the time has come to start thinking about the post-coronavirus world, the new PSR model, a (...)

From Bulova to Omega: 50 years of lunar adventures

From Bulova to Omega: 50 years of lunar adventures

FROM OUR ARCHIVES

Today, we tend to associate the conquest of space with the Omega Speedmaster – the only watch worn on the moon, as the Swatch Group manufacture emphasises (...)

The original Hamilton Pulsar is back!

The original Hamilton Pulsar is back!

VIDEO

It’s one of the most important releases of 2020: the original digital wristwatch is back! Introduced exactly 50 years ago, the Hamilton Pulsar was one of (...)

Certina, 60 Years of Double Security

Certina, 60 Years of Double Security

SEEN THROUGH OUR ARCHIVES

Sixty years ago, Certina, established in 1888, launched the innovative “floating movement” engineering concept named DS, short for Double Security. The idea (...)

“Bucherer is ready to revolutionise the pre-owned market”

“Bucherer is ready to revolutionise the pre-owned market”

INTERVIEW

The largest global watch retailer has opened a new dedicated service, beginning with its boutiques in Geneva and Zurich, soon to be extended to the German (...)

Unveiling the real impact of Only Watch

Unveiling the real impact of Only Watch

CHARITY AUCTION IN GENEVA

The biennial auction is the watch industry’s single most high-profile charity event. Generous acts from renowned watchmakers have helped raise over 40 (...)

New Longines Heritage Classic

New Longines Heritage Classic

SELF-ASSURED SIMPLICITY

The renewed and growing interest in timepieces from the golden era of what we now call “vintage” watches also signals a return to the intrinsic, essential (...)