Collection of 4,300+ Swatch Watches Sells for $6,650,000
One of the most complete collections of Swatch watches in the world sold for HK$51,707,500 or nearly $6,650,000 in Hong Kong recently. Swiss businessman Peter Blum and his wife Linda assembled the collection over a period of years. The collection’s 4363 pieces includes a large number of prototypes, hybrids and production variants never brought to market. Many of the prototypes date from the extraordinary period prior to commercialization of the first Swatch watches in the early 1980s, and so are extremely rare. Among the most interesting and sought-after by collectors are a number of prototypes designed by the American artist Keith Haring, as well as the artist's legendary Swatch watches Modele avec Personnage, Milles Pattes, Serpent and Blanc sur Noir. Additional rarities include Swatch watches created by artists Mimmo Paladino, Alfred Hofkunst and Sam Francis.Conducted by Phillips de Pury & Company, this one-of-a-kind auction attracted considerable interest during pre-sale

15450 dial color choice
Which one is your favorite dial color for 15450 and why?I would think that white would be the favorite because it gives the illusion of a bigger dial which works well with the 37 mm size. However, it seems a lot of people were waiting for the blue dial to be added.

Ref.5402 B series
Hello everyone,Just quick advice, I have been proposed a 5402 with B serial number in the early 1300. The watch has the AP on the 12 and not on the 6 like the A series. However I have seen advertised also later serials with still the AP on the 6.This doesn't seem clear to me, in fact from what I have read the dials in stock after the A series was completed were used for early B series. Therefore either my watch or the ones advertised may have had a later dial change, can you confirm?Hope is all Clear and thanks for your time

Seamaster mod ref 166.073 120m dial
Very often I come across the Seamaster 120m model reference 166.073, with a deep-blue dial. However, a friend of mine informed me, the same model reference comes in black dial, too. Is this true?

Only one yellow gold
I'm hoping to get some thoughts and opinions on this...My collection is full of stainless steel, titanium, platinum, and white gold. I don't have a single piece in yellow gold (or rose gold for that matter, although I don't think rose gold works well with my skin tone). I've caught the bug for something in YG. I don't think I'll end up having multiple watches in YG though. I'm thinking this would be something to fill a gap in the collection, and for when I want that occasional extra pop of yellow gold. I got very close to pulling the trigger on a 116718LN with the black dial. Right now, that's my front runner. Although I just inherited a 16753 (two tone GMT on jubilee), so I thought it might be overkill to have both of those. If you were to only have one yellow gold watch, what would it be?I'll go ahead and rule out a DD, since I have one in platinum, and I just don't think I want another. And, it doesn't necessarily have to be Rolex.Thoughts? Advice?