Two Pateks Top $1 Million At Christie’s Hong Kong Sale
A Patek Philippe Ref. 2499R, 3rd Series, brought $1,210,466 at Christie’s May 30 Hong Kong sale. The perpetual calendar chronograph with moon phases in pink gold was manufactured in 1971. A Skymoon tourbillon Ref. 5002P with twelve complications manufactured in 2008 brought $1,164,008. Both sales were within pre-sale estimates. Other notable wristwatch sales included an F.P. Journe Centigraphe Sport No. 1, which sold to a Japanese collector for $465,170. A Harry Winston Opus 6 by Greubel Forsey realized $434,430. All prices include the buyer’s premium. An abbreviated version of Christie’s list of the top-selling lots appears below. The press release for the sale results can be viewed at the official Christie’s website, as can the complete sale results.The Patek Philippe Ref. 5004R. The Ref. 5002P Skymoon Tourbillon.

Vacheron Constantin M��tiers d��Art Savoirs Enlumin��s Watches With 'Illuminated' Dials
The Vacheron Constantin M��tiers d'Art Savoirs Enlumin��s Watches are raising the in-house bar for one of horology's most respected players. In the past, the Vacheron Constantin?M��tiers d'Art watches have impressed with their stunning visuals and their stubborn insistence on maintaining the craft skills of yore. Grand Feu enamel, precious gems, hand-engraving, and guilloche patterns?have illuminated dials that often stick in your mind's eye. When it comes to?illumination, however, it is the latest range from Vacheron Constantin that takes things to a new level. The?Vacheron Constantin M��tiers d'Art Savoirs Enlumin��s watches with "illuminated" dials take their design cues from the Aberdeen Beastiary �C a 12th century text that contains a wide range of human knowledge and beliefs from the period.Effectively a device to represent an entire paragraph, an illumination in this sense is an image placed at the beginning of a body of text. These are most often seen in historical documents and were

Limes Klassik Cartouche Watch Available: Guilloche For The Masses
Everyone deserves a really nice classic watch. Actually, let me be more clear because "classic" is probably the most common term in the watch industry, that and "heritage." A classic (or "Klassik" for my Deutsche friends) watch in this sense refers to the vintage decorating on the watch using metal engraving machines. This practice is called guilloche, and probably best done by the Germans today. Benzinger being the master.Because this style of decoration is so "classic" in the watch world, I think every one should have at least one example of it. Such beauty is really hard to appreciate unless you are looking right at it, as it is a very visual type of splendor. Limes is unusual in the small watch making world for making their own cases, and some dials. That is one of the ways that they can keep costs down. Owned by Ickler, Limes is a thoroughly German brand with a well-priced and attractive line.One of their best watches from a style and value perspective is the Limes Klassik Cartouc

Hublot introduced their last shows ceramic window F1 King power
Chinese motor racing enthusiasts and fans of watches have a reason to celebrate. Swiss watchmaker Hublot introduced their last shows ceramic window F1 King power.

Inside The Manufacture: With Jaeger-LeCoultre In Switzerland, Pt. 3: Handcrafts And History
We've been taking a pretty up-close look at certain aspects of Jaeger-LeCoultre's manufactory in parts one and two of our coverage, in which we looked at the creation of the Atmos clock, as well as two historically important tourbillons �C the first wristwatch and pocket watch tourbillons JLC ever made. Before going any further, let's take a quick step back and take a slightly bigger picture look at both the factory and at JLC's history. 1 OF 25 2 OF 25 Jaeger-LeCoultre is located in the village of Le Sentier, in the Vall��e de Joux, just northwest of Geneva. The Vall��e sits in a crevice in the Jura Mountains, which run more or less along the Swiss-French border and form a natural boundary between the two countries. It's not a very big area geographically, and yet, along with Geneva, the Vall��e and its 10 or so villages produce a disproportionate number of luxury watches. If you go a little further, you run into the larger towns of La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle, whi