In a massive result for one of the most historically significant watches ever made by Audemars Piguet, the 'Grosse Pièce' No. 16869 blew the doors off the conservative $500,000 to $1,000,000 estimate in early-morning action at Sotheby's New York auction. The result comes on the heels of a record price for the sale of Francis…
One of my favorite YouTube channels, Wristwatch Revival, recently released a captivating video covering the extensive restoration of a Rolex Deepsea recovered from the remains of a home lost to the recent wildfires in California. Despite the video being more than an hour long, once you see the state of the watch before the restoration…
What We Know
It's been a while since we've heard anything about the Lange 1 Daymatic. Originally launched in 2010, the Lange 1 Daymatic offered a very interesting twist on A. Lange & Söhne's Lange 1. Flipping the asymmetrical layout, replacing the power reserve markings with a retrograde day-of-the-week display, and incorporating a…
In a bit of brisk early morning bidding at Phillips New York Watch Auction XIII, Francis Ford Coppola's personal F.P. Journe FFC prototype hammered at a final price of $10.755 million after premiums. The sale of this prototype, one of two in this configuration with the black hand and steel bridges, breaks the record for…
This past October, during the UBS House of Craft event in NYC, we were thrilled to welcome Tony Fadell for an intimate (and standing-room-only) conversation on stage with Ben. Tony is a legendary figure in the tech world: he worked on 18 generations of the iPod and led that division, and he was a key…
On December 7 in Bienne, Switzerland, the second outing of a small charity auction will take place. It's called the Charity Watch Sale, and it's being run in support of Terre des hommes, the leading Swiss NGO supporting children around the world. The charity event was created by Bienne local Alexander Grouet, and the concept…