Patek Philippe 175 Auction Interview With Head Of Christie's Watch Department
As Patek Philippe celebrates their 175th anniversary, the major auction houses are celebrating too. Auction houses have done very well over the last few years, thanks to the brand's popularity among collectors, when it comes to their rarest and most exclusive timepieces. On November 9, 2014, in Geneva, Christie's will hold its "Patek Philippe 175" watch auction in celebration of the brand's anniversary. This will be an exciting time, as Patek Philippe themselves will hold various celebrations, along with the unveiling of a new ultra-complicated timepiece, and fellow auctioneer Sotheby's will be auctioning off the famed Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication pocket watch, that is expected to fetch around $17 million.To learn more about Patek Philippe timepiece success at auctions, as well as with collectors, I spoke to John Reardon, the International Head of Christie's Watch Department. A watch guy and seasoned watch sales expert, John Reardon is one of those people you want arou

Pre-Basel: New Maurice Lacroix Pontos Chronographe
Maurice Lacroix has started releasing information about their upcoming Baselworld 2013 collection. They will be debuting two watches each week leading up to the start of BaselWorld. This week kicks off with two new models within their very successful Pontos range of elegant but sporty automatic chronographs. The Pontos is arguably Maurice Lacroix's most recognizable model, and rightfully so, as they have managed to design a watch that looks distinctive without being especially boisterous or ostentatious.The new models, ref 6188 and 6288, are both powered by the Valjoux 7750 automatic chronograph movement which has been adjusted to three positions and features cotes de geneve decoration. The 7750 allows for sub seconds, a thirty minute register, and a 12 hour register with the chronograph seconds being displayed centrally. With 43mm stainless steel cases, these new Pontos' are nicely sized and are equipped with an anti-reflective front sapphire crystal as well as a sapphire display case

Your Favorite Offshores!
If you could have any Offshores in your collection, which would you choose if price and value were not factors? Based only on how they looks and feel on your wrist.I personally like:Bumble BeeH series Rubber CladCarbon DiverBlack Themes BraceletGrand Prix CarbonYes RG RB2 is pretty fantastic, but I like these ones.

New Speedmaster Patina
Hi Everyone I am looking to buy a new speedmaster professional hesalite and was wondering if it will patina similar to the watches from the last 30 years.Thank You

Tudor GMT and 1955 Rolex GMT
Side by side comparison - Rolex and Tudor took the time to sync both photos to the exact time and date on both watches. Similarities abound obviously but really clear just how much in these photos.The Rolex photo is from the current Basel webpage on the new GMT as a historical reference, and the Tudor from the current Tudor page.