Antiquorum to Offer Unique Patek Minute Repeater Retailed by Cartier
On March 10, Antiquorum Auctioneers will offer a range of important modern and vintage timepieces at its U.S. headquarters on Madison Avenue in New York City. The sale will include a unique yellow-gold Patek Philippe ref. 2419 minute-repeating wristwatch retailed by Cartier in 1950. This timepiece is accompanied by a Cartier certificate of authenticity. The Patek minute repeater is estimated at $300,000 to $500,000.The wristwatch is offered in pristine condition and its originality is confirmed by the Patek Philippe extract of the archives which states that the watch was manufactured in 1946 as a minute-repeating wristwatch with a specially made movement. Additionally, the wristwatch is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Cartier that confirms that the wristwatch was retailed by Cartier New York.The watch was consigned by the family of the original owner, a prominent New York businessman. It was custom ordered at a Patek Philippe exhibition held by Cartier in New York, wi

Here's what I find strange about AP...
I'm now lucky enough to own my grail watch - the Royal Oak 15400 with blue dial, truly a fantastic piece which I can't stop looking at. However, although I have tremendous respect for AP, their history and what they stand for, there is no other AP watch that I really desire to own. The Offshore line especially I find ostentatious and often downright unpleasant in terms of design. It seems bizarre to me that the team of people that produce the elegant beauty of the RO can also produce some of those blingy Offshore monstrosities!Of course it's not quite as simple as that, I do love watches like the 15202, but I have a limited budget so it would make no sense to me to buy that when I already own the 15400. Similarly I admire the ROC, but I'm not a great chrono user so for me it really just reduces the desirable simplicity of the classic three hand RO.Rolex on the other hand is a brand I greatly admire, but don't really love (partly because of their often crass marketing, partly because of

Why not a screw down crown ?
I love my seamaster which obviously is a screw down crown, but why not the speedmaster? How can some of the speedmasters be rated to 100m and not be a screw down crown? i would be too afraid to wear one in the water, which is a shame bc i really want a speedmaster broad arrow

Oh my green dialed pams
Loving these, especially the 736.ablogtowatch/panerai-...ction-watches/

New GMT on website in Australia already
Here it is Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk