Patek Philippe Caliber 89 Brings Over $5 Million at Auction
A Patek Philippe Caliber 89 sold for $5,042,000 (SFr.5,120,000) at Antiquorum’s 35th Anniversary sale held November 14 and 15 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Geneva. The selling price exceeded the pre-sale estimate of 4.5 to 5 million Swiss francs. Patek created 4 examples of the Caliber 89 in 1989 to mark the company’s 150th anniversary. This example is in yellow gold.Other top sellers included a platinum Patek Ref. 3990 perpetual calendar chronograph with moon phase and diamond bezel that brought $316,000, a 1952 Rolex Ref. 6100 “Caravelle” with cloisonne dial sold for $283,000, a 1954 Patek Ref. 2481 with tropics cloisonne dial realized $230,000, and a Patek Ref. 5012 Celestial wristwatch brought $225,000.Patek Philippe Caliber 89Patek Philippe Ref. 3990Rolex Ref. 6100Patek Philippe Ref. 2481

A Week On The Wrist: The Zenith El Primero Chronograph Classic
The El Primero Chronograph Classic from Zenith, a watch launched rather quietly at Baselworld 2015, caught my eye immediately. It reminded me of those old Zeniths of the 1950s, and in my belief, will do its part in reviving an entirely overlooked category of watches that I know people love, though we don't hear much about it – that of the in-house dress chronograph, under $10,000. Sure, you have your GPs, Pateks, Langes, and Vacherons, which are all truly stunning dress chronographs, but under or at $10K, all in-house chronographs that have any real meaning are big, bulky, sport watches. This Zenith is simple, elegant, and may just be (almost) perfect. Here are my thoughts after spending a week with this new Zenith El Primero Chronograph Classic. Zenith Does An About-Face, Sort Of 1 OF 18 I'll begin this review by discussing this watch within the context of the brand that produces it. Zenith, under the control of Mr. Jean-Claude Biver, has been a bit

Speedmaster help please (Omega newb)
So I've always been a big fan of the Speedmaster pro, especially the model with the clear caseback. So I was wondering:1. Is that a particular reference number or are there several model numbers with the clear caseback? For example, I've seen in the For Sale section before models labeled 3572.50 and 3573.50 - are there more? Where can I find the differences?2. Are they all manual wind or do they make an automatic version of this?Manual wind movements look to be absolutely beautiful, but I don't know if I could wind it everyday. I like to just put my watch on and wear it 24/7.Thanks for the info and sorry for the newbie questions!

Rolex Day-Date 36 for small (5.5") wrist
Hello everybody.I am not interested in watches in general, but the only one I would like to have is Day-Date (YG/WG); however I am curious whether it would fit my very small wrist with the Presidential bracelet. Do the permanent links have to be removed if I'd like to have it well fitted for 5.5 wrist?When it comes to watches for me - it is either Day-Date or no watch (haven't wore watch almost entire life).Also, I am very modest and having this kind of watch with relatively small wrist could look kinda... lets say that would be mentally contradictive for me :) (someone could guess from my nick!)This one watch fever for Rolex has been for months, and I just try to cope with it now somehow!P.S. I am a male so no women's day-date watches for me :D

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First time Rolex buyer here. I recently visited a local AD. I tried on a ton of Rolex watches (Explorer, Explorer II, Milgauss, Datejust 36, Sub, GMT) from 36mm up through my current one I decided on. The salesperson was extremely helpful, and I had additional salespeople give their thoughts on what really looked the best on my arm. I asked if they could come off the $9,100 price, and they would not budge. Is this normal for a now discontinued watch? I'll admit, I love the watch and this one really sang to me when I put it on. As a first time buyer, I wanted to go through an AD. It's mine now, and I love it. Thoughts?