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Rolex Day-Date Stella Featured in Upcoming Rago Timepieces Auction
Colored dial Rolex wristwatches, known as Day-Date Stellas, were introduced in the 1970s. These were an extension of the brand’s flagship Day-Date model. A Chatelaine-based company called Stella provided the dyes and veneers for the dials, giving the model its name. The upcoming Rago timepieces auction presents a rare Rolex…
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Pigeon’s Blood Burmese Ruby Earrings and Untreated Zambian Emerald Ring Highlight Fortuna Auction’s Upcoming Sale
The people of Myanmar, formerly Burma, use the term “ko-twe” (pigeon’s blood) to refer to the most sought-after color of ruby. This blood red variety resembles the hue of a pigeon's blood and eyes. Some also liken it to the shade of pomegranate seeds. Prized for its rarity, the blood…
Intervendue Starts the New Year With Auction of Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Watches and Retro Jewelry
New Year, New Jewels is an upcoming auction from Intervendue. The auction kicks off with an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 18-karat gold watch. Watchmaking leaders Jules Louis Audemars and Edward Auguste Piguet established the Swiss manufacture in 1875. In all these years, the company’s mission has remained the same: to…
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Sotheby’s to Offer Cartier Crash Watch and Other Notable Timepieces
Sotheby’s upcoming Fine Watches auction will present an example of Cartier’s Crash 18-karat yellow gold wristwatch. It is a limited edition piece that was completed around 2001. Cartier’s London boutique on Bond Street created the original Cartier Crash model. The asymmetrical shape of Crash is an example of the company’s…
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Circle Auction to Offer Items From Audemars Piguet, David Webb, and Others
Circle Auction will offer an Audemars Piguet watch along with a pair of David Webb earrings and a Tiffany & Co. necklace in its upcoming auction this August. Established in 1875, Audemars Piguet is a Swiss company known for its limited releases of luxury watches. An Audemars Piguet Charleston watch…
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Two Rolex Daytona Watches Headline Sotheby’s Auction
In 1963, four years after the first Daytona 500 race, Rolex debuted a watch designed to be synonymous with race car drivers and first-place finishes. Two Rolex Daytona watches will cross the auction block with Sotheby's as part of its Fine Watches sale. Both of the Rolex Daytonas are examples…
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Christie’s Brings Cartier Mystery Clock, Plus Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin Watches
A Cartier mystery clock, known as Model A, headlines Christie’s upcoming auction. Manufactured in 1919, the piece is an early example of mystery clocks. Louis Cartier and master clockmaker Maurice Coüet, who had studied the clock designs of the famous French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, created the clock together. Pendules Mysterieuses…
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Santa Fe Art Auction Offers Iconic Timepieces, Fountain Pens, & Other Luxury Accessories
Legendary watch designer Gérald Genta presented his design for the Royal Oak to Audemars Piguet in 1970, eventually executing the design two years later. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Royal Oak in 1992, Audemars Piguet made a limited edition of 1,000 pieces. The upcoming Santa Fe Art Auction…
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Rolex, Ulysse Nardin, and Patek Philippe Watches Highlight Upcoming Christie’s Auction
The Rolex Daytona Cosmograph tracks miles per hour, starting at 50mph and going as high as 200mph, and also shows expired time. These two features, among others, make it a useful watch for race car drivers. An example of the Cosmograph from 1973 is featured in the upcoming Watches Online…
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Watches Online: The Collector’s Edition
A Swiss manufacturer of luxury watches, F.P. Journe is named after its founder, François-Paul Journe. The company is the only three-time winner of the Aiguille d'Or grand prize from the Fondation du Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève. Today, F.P. Journe is among the last watch manufacturers still operating from central…
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New York Jewels
The velvet blue Kashmir sapphire was first found in the 18th century and is among the most highly-valued sapphires on the market today. Kashmir sapphires were discovered in the Himalayan mountains at a height of 4,500 meters. Mining operations from 1882 to 1887 led to the discovery of high-quality large…
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Most Wanted
The Ballon Bleu de Cartier wristwatch combines Cartier’s signature jewelry designs and intricate watchmaking techniques. Launched in 2007, the Ballon Bleu de Cartier is a favorite among celebrities and royals such as Kate Middleton. The Ballon Bleu gets its name from its two prominent features: the blue sapphire cabochon set…
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Fine & Decorative Arts
Morphy Auctions presents fine and decorative art, jewelry, and furniture pieces in the upcoming two-day auction. One of the featured lots is a life-sized portrait of President Abraham Lincoln by William F. Cogswell. A self-made painter from Pasadena, California, Cogswell was invited to the White House to sketch Lincoln in 1864.…
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Jewelery and Watches Auction
Carlo Crocco launched Hublot, a Swiss luxury watchmaker, in 1980 and began designing unconventional watches soon after. The company’s signature piece is made of metal and rubber, two elements brought together for the first time in watchmaking history. Featured in the upcoming Jewelry and Watches Auction, offered by Morton Subastas,…
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Fine Pocket Watches
The upcoming Fine Pocket Watches Auction, offered by Morphy Auctions, presents a selection of timepieces from several notable brands. One highlight is a Marius LeCoultre 18-karat pink gold chronograph pocket watch with the moon phases and retrograde dates marked. Below the hand-decorated gold case of the pocket watch is the…
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Watches Online: The Essential Collection
At the 2005 Baselworld Show, Patek Philippe launched ref. 5078— a minute repeater watch— to update its ref. 3979. Its double-gong chiming mechanism marks the hours, quarter hours, and minutes. The ref. 5078 was initially offered in a platinum case with a white enamel dial, but in 2010, the brand…
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High Jewelry, Watches and Fine Jewelry Auction
Jean-Marc Vacheron was closely associated with leading figures in the French Enlightenment, including Rousseau and Voltaire. Using their scientific and liberalist ideas, Vacheron started expanding his work in mechanical watchmaking. After 258 years, Vacheron Constantin continues to be the oldest operational watch brand still in existence. Some of its patrons…
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Watches
For over a century, Audemars Piguet has been designing and manufacturing timepieces. In the 1970s, a designer at the company named Gerald Genta revolutionalized the design of watches with a futuristic model called the Royal Oak. The novel design, unveiled in 1972, was worn by the likes of LeBron James…
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Timepieces
The upcoming Timepieces Auction, offered by Hindman, will include wristwatches, pocket watches, pendant watches, and watch cases. Among the available lots is an 18-karat rose gold wristwatch from Patek Philippe. With a company history of approximately 180 years, the family-owned Genevan luxury watch manufacturer continues to lead the industry. A…
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Important Watches
A wristwatch made for racing drivers, the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona was designed to measure elapsed time and calculate average speeds. The name refers to Daytona, Florida, where racing thrived in the early 20th century. The first series came to be known as the "Paul Newman" Daytona, named after the well-known…
