Antiquorum’s Geneva Sale Achieves Over SFr.6.3 Million
Antiquorum's last Geneva sale of the Spring season, Collecting Modern & Vintage Timepieces , held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel this weekend past, achieved CHF 6’327'428, with 84% of the 500 lots being sold. The sale saw strong in-room presence and lively telephone and Internet bidding, with international participation including bidders from France, Germany, Switzerland, USA and the United Kingdom. Asian bidders from Hong Kong, Taiwan and China competed aggressively to acquire some of the most important pieces.The top 5 lots are shown below. You may enlarge the images with a click.The top sale result was the Grande & Petite Sonnerie Tourbillon Clockwatch (lot 500) attributed to Victorin Piguet, with the tourbillon carriage by Albert Pellaton-Favre, made for Tch��tounoff Fr��res, Moscow, circa 1900. This watch sold to a collector from Taiwan for an impressive CHF 366,000 after fierce telephone bidding against a European bidder.Jaeger-LeCoultre timepieces achieved very good

Concorso Italiano Tees It Up for 2009
Concorso Italiano is a 24 year tradition during the Monterey classic car weekend, which includes the Pebble Beach Concourse, Monterey Historic Races at Laguna Seca, and several high-profile auto auctions. Held on golf links in the past, the Concorso moved to the Marin City airport last year where the acres of tarmac inspired little love among attendees and participants. For 2009 the Concorso is heading back to the fairways. This year’s event will be held at the Laguna Seca Golf Ranch. The Concorso will take place on Friday August 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are available through May 31 for $85 per person. After that, the price increases to $100. Your ticket includes on-site parking. The entry is $125 through May 31 and increases to $175 starting June 1. Entry fees for non-Italian cars are slightly higher.For more information, visit concorso. Stay tuned to for reports from the show.

Introducing: The Montblanc 4810 Orbis Terrarum
Last year, Montblanc released the Spirit Orbis Terrarum World Time with in-house(ish) movement. This year they have extended that design with the 4810 Collection Orbis Terrarum. This year’s 4810 Orbis Terrarum is similar to the one released last year with the exception of the color scheme and case shape. 1 OF 2 The new 4810 has the same caliber MB 29.20 automatic movement as the Spirit. The world-time dial features 24 different cities in 24 different time zones. The dial is composed of multiple layers of sapphire crystal that rotate accordingly. The main difference between the Spirit model and the 1480 is the color scheme.While last year’s model indicated the nighttime hours by shading the countries in dark blue and the daylight hours countries in light blue. This year the countries during daylight hours are colored in shades of yellow, orange, and green. Additionally, the 43 mm stainless-steel case is a slightly different shape with stepped lugs. 2 OF

Which AP
To choose: can only select ONE!1. 15202.OR (all RG/blue dial) 39mm2. Platinum 44mm ROO3. RO Chrono All RG/black dial 41mm

Question for the pro's
I know in the pam world more than others the complete set is very important , but would having a movement service receipt or a letter from a well known dealer be adequate .