Sotheby’s – New York City
Important Watches

On the Mend
The Swiss watch industry has not recovered from the Great Recession of 2009. But Baselworld showed that it is recuperating. In Switzerland's watchmaking region, in the weeks before the mid-March opening of the annual Baselworld watch and jewelry fair, people were calling the 2010 show le salon des tous les d��sespoir �C the exhibition of the desperate. Surprisingly strong retail watch sales in December, which buoyed spirits at the SIHH exhibition in Geneva in January, were not enough to cure what ails the Swiss watch industry. As Credit Suisse noted in a comprehensive survey of the Swiss economy in January, The watchmaking industry is currently in its most severe crisis since the traumatic watchmaking crisis of the 1970s. Swiss watch exports fell a gut-wrenching 22.3 percent in 2009.The Great Recession hit watchmaking harder than any other industry in Switzerland, measured by the unemployment rate, according to Credit Suisse. Heading into 2010, watchmaking had the highest unemployme

Getting the Best Watch Deals
I remember back in college when I first started appreciating watches. I began to learn that there were so many watch companies and manufacturers. With prices ranging from $100 to well over $100,000. The watch magazines (like WatchTime or InSync) categorized a "mid to low range" watch at between $1,000-$2000. This is rather steep. And the tendency when liking watches is to want more and more of them as each embodies its own style and purpose. No watch enthusiast you meet will be happy with the size of their collection. There are always other they want. Which is not an indication of their lack of interest in their existing collection, but rather a mere function of the fact that like art, each arouses certain emotion in the wear, or at least, has a different function (dressy, sport, diving, bling).So where do you get watches if price is a concern (as it usually is)? eBay of course! My perennial favorite at least. However, it is not as simple as just searching on eBay. The problem become t

Ulysse Nardin Marine authentic dial handmade hardened oven enamel
The timepieces from the Collection of this Ulysse Nardin Marine authentic dial handmade hardened oven enamel, with a gold applied two heads of the Eagle is emblematic of Saint-Petersburg.

Gmt II steel pepsi ... wait time not too bad
After speaking to my Trusted AD , they have advised that they expect to see the first new GMT pepsi june / julySo hopefully not too long to wait .i should get the first one in their store . I have a good history with the Ad as they delivered me a Hulk no wait, daytona white face (waited 3 years) c black ( waited 18 months)The AD advises that when they asked their Rolex official contact a bit back if they would ever produce a pepsi bezel in steel the answer was No . As it costs too much to produce the bezel. So they must have found a way of making it more cost effective.He reckons he will only possibly see 3 pieces per year to begin withHe has spaces on his list .