Steve McQueen’s Rolex Brings Record $234,000
Steve McQueen’s Rolex Submariner Ref. 5512 brought $234,000 including buyer’s premium at Antiquorum’s summer sale in New York City yesterday, setting a world record for that reference. Another McQueen item, his Scott Super Squirrel motorcycle painted by Von Dutch brought the highest bid of the day at $276,000. The Heuer Monaco McQueen wore during the 1971 filming of Le Mans far exceeded the pre-sale estimate, selling for $87,600. Other top performers included a Patek Philippe Ref. 5004 that brought $252,000 and an A. Lange & S?hne Tourbillon “Pour le M��rite” that brought $156,000. A Lange 1 Tourbillon in platinum sold for $144,000. Lot 299, a Patek Philippe Ref. 5250G Limited Edition Annual Calendar with Silicon Escape Wheel brought $138,000. A Rolex “double red” Sea Dweller with a Cartier dial sold for $91,200, and a Rolex “Paul Newman” Daytona Ref. 6239 attained $84,000. All prices include buyer’s premium.Overall the sal

Introducing: The Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie, A Groundbreaking Minute Repeater From Audemars Piguet
Audemars Piguet is famous – rightly famous – for many things; among them the Royal Oak's instantly recognizable eight-sided bezel and distinctive overall case architecture. What's less well known in the general watch enthusiast community, however, is that there is quite a lot more to the history of Audemars Piguet than the Royal Oak itself. In fact, for much of its history, one of the most distinctive elements of Audemars Piguet's identity was its expertise as a complications maker. It's a revelatory experience, if you can get there, to visit the Audemars Piguet museum, as HODINKEE did not long ago, and actually see and hear some of its historical production of minute repeaters. With the Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie, Audemars Piguet's put together a genuinely fascinating fusion of some of its newest visions of watch design, and some of its most historically – well, resonant – areas of technical mastery. 1 OF 7 The Audemars Pigu

Diver - FC or Ceramic?
Thinking of the next AP purchase after getting the new Jumbo yes the bug has bitten :) between the New coming soon Ceramic diver and FC diver which one should I go for? I know they are quite different in materials and color scheme yellow vs orange see through back plus there is also price difference with the ceramic priced lower I understand.which one would you go for? Wait for ceramic or go FC?

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Ive been eyeballing this piece for a while now. I realize there are only 2000 pieces out there. Any owners out there and any pics or comments you have about the watch........

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(its going to be a long story...)made a last minute decision yesterday afternoon to get a set of matching Omega watches instead of jewllery as part of wedding present to ourselves (more like an excuse for me to get more watches....). the W2B is an Omega girl, and she would not wear anything else (almost)so went to a couple of shops yesterday evening and tried a gents Constallation, hated it. I dont know why Omega has very limited ladies watches.anyway, i was thinking of his & her Seamaster 300m, then realised it isnt formal enough for wedding, and I have been wanting a Speedmaster to the collection. spotted 40mm silver faced Speedmaster Date and a matching ladies 35.5mm Speedmaster Reduced (the one with Mother of Pearl dial) from the catelogue, so the quest began.... It was almost impossible to locate the ladies Speedmaster Reduced everywhere in London until mid-day today. the Omega flagship store on Old Bond street was able to get one in so off we went. My dear W2B tried on the la