Patek Philippe and Rolex Highlight Antiquorum’s November 13 Geneva Auction
The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Geneva will host Antiquorum’s “Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces” auction on November 13. The highlights include a recently discovered Patek Philippe quarter and special type five-minute repeating 24-hours in one revolution pocket watch and a Patek Philippe ref. 1518 in yellow gold. In all, 603 exceptional modern and vintage timepieces will be offered. Find details inside. The recently discovered Patek Philippe pocket watch was originally sold to Monsieur E. Hoesch, Villa Barbaia, Mergellina, Naples, on November 27, 1894 for 3750 Swiss Francs. It is a highly important 18K pink gold, keyless pocket watch with perpetual calendar, chronograph, moon phases, and lunar calendar accompanied by the original certificate of origin and Patek Philippe sales receipt. This piece is estimated at SFr. 200,000 to 300,000.Also included in the sale is the Patek Philippe, ref. 1518, 1st Series. Made in 1948, it is an extremely rare 18K yellow gold g

Blancpain Tribute To Fifty Fathoms Watch
2010 sees an interesting release from Blancpain. Given the plethora of "vintage" or "re-release" models, I wasn't at all surprised to see that Blancpain too had dug something out from their past to share with everyone. This is a model in the Fifty Fathoms collection called the "Tribute to Fifty Fathoms Watch." It is modeled after one of the original Fifty Fathoms watches from the 1950s. If you want to know more about the history, the go here.I don't think that Blancpain has officially released anything regarding this watch yet. They often wait a long while to do sowhich is frustrating. This is more or less the same Fifty Fathoms watch you know and love, but with a special "re-issue" dial. The original Fifty Fathoms watch has that interesting atomic label on there that actually meant to indicate that the watch was radiation free. Why? Well, luminant for a long time was radioactive. Radioactive waste is portrayed as glowing green and so does most luminant. Coincidence? Not exactly.When p

New footwear for summer months
Just got new shoes for my Trulli, in anticipation of arrival of spring! I still love the red rubber strap but this white one provides a nice change.

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advice - setting time - hacked second hand
Hi - just got a Black Bay Bronze. is is normal when setting the time, for the second hand to move a little bit as you move the hour and minute hands around? Is this just the energy stored in the watch? Thanks, Glenn