https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/Recent content in Journal on Watch Collector – Vintage Watches & Independent WatchmakersHugoenMon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/george-daniels-urban-jurgensen-reference-1-co-axial/Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/george-daniels-urban-jurgensen-reference-1-co-axial/The unique Urban Jürgensen Reference 1 that George Daniels chose to carry a prototype of his co-axial escapement, shown at the 1986 Basel Fair.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/george-daniels-100th-anniversary-some/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/george-daniels-100th-anniversary-some/In the centenary year of Dr. George Daniels, a selection of his watches, together with pieces by his close friend Derek Pratt.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/nos-rolex-6241-newman-champagne-dial-full-set-original-owner-family-at-koller-au/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/nos-rolex-6241-newman-champagne-dial-full-set-original-owner-family-at-koller-au/A NOS Rolex 6241 Paul Newman with champagne dial, box and guarantee, from the original owner’s family – our view ahead of the Koller auction.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/cartier-97051-gondole-horizontale-white/Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/cartier-97051-gondole-horizontale-white/The Cartier 97051 Gondole horizontale, a classic 1970s model that is particularly rare in white gold.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/geneva-watch-auctions-may-some-impressions-and-photos/Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/geneva-watch-auctions-may-some-impressions-and-photos/Geneva, May 2026: Lange pocket watches and Paul Newman JPS at Sotheby’s, Phillips highlights, Pratt-era Urban Jürgensen, F.P. Journe and Haldimann results.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-2442-yellow-gold-serpico/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-2442-yellow-gold-serpico/The only known yellow-gold Patek Philippe 2442 retailed by Serpico y Laino, from the family of its original owner with box and buckle.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/jean-pierre-hagmann-svend-andersen/Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/jean-pierre-hagmann-svend-andersen/Svend Andersen and casemaker Jean-Pierre Hagmann (JHP): why a watch by Svend in a JHP case is a grail – and a tribute to Jean-Pierre.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/cartier-cristallor-white-gold/Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/cartier-cristallor-white-gold/The Cartier Cristalor 78096 is rare enough in yellow gold; in white gold it is exceedingly so, and the faceted case looks quite different.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/urban-jurgensen-reference-8-applied-indices-less-than-10-made-overall/Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/urban-jurgensen-reference-8-applied-indices-less-than-10-made-overall/A pink gold Urban Jürgensen Reference 8 from the Pratt/Baumberger era, with sapphire caseback and applied indices – fewer than ten were made.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/happy-new-year-patek-phlippe-georges/Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/happy-new-year-patek-phlippe-georges/A framed watercolour presented by Patek Philippe to Georges Dubois, who worked for the manufacture for over 38 years, with greetings for Christmas 1952.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/geneva-watch-auctions-november-some-impressions-and-photos/Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/geneva-watch-auctions-november-some-impressions-and-photos/Geneva, November 2025: two steel Patek Philippe 1518s and the question of restoration, plus highlights from Phillips, the Breguet sale and the Olmsted collection.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6239-paul-newman-pn/Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6239-paul-newman-pn/A nicely preserved Rolex 6239 Paul Newman PN, with a serial number close to that of the record-setting Newman’s own watch.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/prix-gaia-dr-helmut-crott/Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/prix-gaia-dr-helmut-crott/Dr. Helmut Crott receives the Prix Gaïa 2025 for his life’s work – auctioneer, head of Urban Jürgensen and author of Le Cadran.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/lange-sohne-101005-box-papers-110xxx/Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/lange-sohne-101005-box-papers-110xxx/The Lange 101.005, launched in 1994, with a very early 110xxx serial, closed caseback, and original box and papers.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/lange-sohne-1999-datograph/Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/lange-sohne-1999-datograph/Why the Lange Datograph remains one of the most beautiful modern watches, and why the early 1999 examples are the most interesting.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/lange-sohne-101001-1994-closed-caseback/Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/lange-sohne-101001-1994-closed-caseback/The Lange 101.001 was shown at the 1994 re-launch; the most sought-after examples are the very early ones with a closed caseback.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/francois-paul-journe-prototype-tourbillon-n15-93/Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/francois-paul-journe-prototype-tourbillon-n15-93/The F.P. Journe prototype Tourbillon N°15/93, sold for CHF 7.3 million – seen next to Philippe Dufour’s unique Duality and Derek Pratt’s Oval Tourbillon.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-3970j-second-series-unpolished-oxidized-case-full-set/Fri, 11 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-3970j-second-series-unpolished-oxidized-case-full-set/A second-series Patek Philippe 3970J with early serial number, unpolished oxidised case and full set – the end of a golden era of Patek design.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/urban-jurgensen-reference-3-yellow-gold-n015-reference-3-model-in-the-official-u/Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/urban-jurgensen-reference-3-yellow-gold-n015-reference-3-model-in-the-official-u/Urban Jürgensen Reference 3 N°015, the piece shown in the official catalogue: never worn, full set, with Derek Pratt’s up/down and perpetual calendar work.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/geneva-auctions-may-2025-rolex-jps-fpj-041-00r-newman-lemon-dial-8171r-full-set/Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/geneva-auctions-may-2025-rolex-jps-fpj-041-00r-newman-lemon-dial-8171r-full-set/Highlights from the Geneva auctions in May 2025 – three standout results: a Rolex 6264 JPS, an 8171 Padellone full set and a Cartier mystery clock.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/auktionen-dr-crott-mai-10th-patek-philippe-2499-100-gubelin-nos-full-set-3450-gu/Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/auktionen-dr-crott-mai-10th-patek-philippe-2499-100-gubelin-nos-full-set-3450-gu/Three new-old-stock Patek Philippe from the family of the original owner at the 112th Auktionen Dr. Crott sale: the 2499/100J and 3450J, both Gübelin, and a 3700/1J Nautilus.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/sotheby-s-auction-april-24th-5-qing-dynasty-clocks-from-the-nezu-museum/Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/sotheby-s-auction-april-24th-5-qing-dynasty-clocks-from-the-nezu-museum/Five Qing Dynasty clocks from the Nezu Museum, crafted in the late 18th century, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on 24 April – museum-grade masterworks.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/bukowskis-auction-daniel-roth-philippe-dufour-2117-perpetual-calendar-n0000/Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/bukowskis-auction-daniel-roth-philippe-dufour-2117-perpetual-calendar-n0000/Daniel Roth 2117 “Numero 0000”, the instantaneous perpetual calendar developed with Philippe Dufour on a Lemania 8810 base – at Bukowskis on 15 April.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rr-auction-neil-armstong-s-n17-yellow-gold-omega-speedmaster-plus-2-nice-signed/Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rr-auction-neil-armstong-s-n17-yellow-gold-omega-speedmaster-plus-2-nice-signed/Neil Armstrong’s yellow gold Omega Speedmaster 145.022 “Tribute to Astronauts” No. 17 at RR Auction on 17 April, with comparable results and two photographs signed by Ed White.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rip-jean-pierre-hagmann-jhp/Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rip-jean-pierre-hagmann-jhp/A short tribute to Jean-Pierre Hagmann, the casemaker known as JHP, remembered as an extraordinary craftsman and a good friend.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6265-big-red-black-dial/Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6265-big-red-black-dial/A Rolex 6265 Daytona Big Red with black dial in absolutely superb condition, as they are rarely seen nowadays.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6262-newman-panda/Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6262-newman-panda/A Rolex 6262 Daytona “Newman Panda” with a perfectly preserved dial, as rarely seen today.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/bovet-monorattrapante-1940-black-epargne/Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/bovet-monorattrapante-1940-black-epargne/A Bovet monorattrapante chronograph from the 1940s with a black épargne dial and radium lume.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/geneva-auctions-november-2024-patek-philippe-rolex-breguet-derek-pratt-fpj-dufou/Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/geneva-auctions-november-2024-patek-philippe-rolex-breguet-derek-pratt-fpj-dufou/Impressions from the Geneva auction weekend in November 2024: five Patek Philippe at Sotheby’s, Derek Pratt’s Oval Tourbillon, the Journe Tourbillon 15/93 and the Dufour Duality.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/derek-pratt-urban-jurgensen-oval-tourbillon-at-geneva-november-auction-phillips/Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/derek-pratt-urban-jurgensen-oval-tourbillon-at-geneva-november-auction-phillips/The Derek Pratt Oval Tourbillon for Urban Jürgensen, a watch we have known for a decade, comes to auction at Phillips Geneva.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-gap-different-variants/Mon, 08 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-gap-different-variants/Four variants of the Benzinger GAP: Breguet frost, Caribbean green, chocolate and British racing green.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/geneva-may-auctions-some-impressions/Sun, 12 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/geneva-may-auctions-some-impressions/Favourite pieces from the Geneva May 2024 previews, with a caution that restorations and later dials are often not described in catalogues.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rr-auction-richard-gordon-s-n20-gold-speedmaster-andrey-borisenko-s-164-days-in/Fri, 12 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rr-auction-richard-gordon-s-n20-gold-speedmaster-andrey-borisenko-s-164-days-in/Two Omega Speedmasters at RR Auction on 25 April: the N°20 of astronaut Richard Gordon, with box and signed letter, and a Speedmaster flown 164 days on the ISS.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-2526-very-first-example/Sun, 07 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-2526-very-first-example/Sotheby’s Hong Kong sold the very first Patek Philippe 2526, number 760 000, for 5,715,000 HKD in April 2024.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/bonhams-new-york-11-03-2024-andersen-geneve-early-white-dial-worldtime/Sat, 09 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/bonhams-new-york-11-03-2024-andersen-geneve-early-white-dial-worldtime/An early white-dial Andersen Genève Worldtime “Communication” at Bonhams New York: why we prefer it to the blue-dial version, and a note on its JHP case.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-at-www-watchcollector-lu-unique-grieb-benzinger-chronographe-rattrapante-pat/Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-at-www-watchcollector-lu-unique-grieb-benzinger-chronographe-rattrapante-pat/A unique Grieb & Benzinger chronographe rattrapante régulateur in platinum, built on an 1889 Patek Philippe movement sold to Tiffany & Co. and finished by hand over more than 1,000 hours.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/epargne-some-details-on-this-perfect-patek-philippe-2584-black-epargne-dial/Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/epargne-some-details-on-this-perfect-patek-philippe-2584-black-epargne-dial/How a black épargne dial by Cadran Stern is made, shown on a Patek Philippe 2584, including the pickage and limage methods.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/urban-jurgensen-reference-2-yellow-gold-for-sale-at-bonhams-rasmussen-on-septemb/Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/urban-jurgensen-reference-2-yellow-gold-for-sale-at-bonhams-rasmussen-on-septemb/An Urban Jürgensen reference 2 in yellow gold, with box and blank certificate, came up at Bonhams Rasmussen on 19 September as Lot 423.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/andersen-geneve-rising-sun-jumping-hour/Wed, 26 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/andersen-geneve-rising-sun-jumping-hour/Details of the jumping hour module of the Andersen Genève Rising Sun, built on a Frédéric Piguet base movement finished at the Andersen atelier.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/the-anatoly-solovyev-omega-speedmaster/Mon, 17 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/the-anatoly-solovyev-omega-speedmaster/A 1989 Omega Speedmaster Professional worn by cosmonaut Anatoly Solovyev on two spacewalks, offered at Bonhams in July 2023.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/derek-pratt-for-urban-jurgensen-pivoted/Fri, 14 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/derek-pratt-for-urban-jurgensen-pivoted/A Derek Pratt pocket watch for Urban Jürgensen with perpetual calendar, minute repeater and pivoted detent escapement.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-blue-at/Tue, 27 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-blue-at/A Benzinger “Unique Blue” with a white gold guilloché bezel and a platinum blue guilloché dial and main plate.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/derek-pratt-for-urban-jurgensen/Sun, 25 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/derek-pratt-for-urban-jurgensen/A pocket watch by Derek Pratt for Urban Jürgensen with perpetual calendar, split-seconds chronograph and minute repeater, on a Louis-Elisée Piguet ébauche.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/derek-pratt-tourbillon-pocket-watch-for/Fri, 09 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/derek-pratt-tourbillon-pocket-watch-for/A tourbillon pocket watch for Urban Jürgensen made entirely by hand by Derek Pratt, who produced only about a dozen of them.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/future-project-unique-repetition/Wed, 24 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/future-project-unique-repetition/A planned unique minute repeater built from a pocket watch movement of around 1890, rebuilt and redesigned by Hermann Grieb and Jochen Benzinger.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/geneva-auctions-may-2023/Tue, 16 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/geneva-auctions-may-2023/A personal selection of watches sold at the May 2023 auctions in Geneva, from Rolex and Patek Philippe wristwatches to enamelled pocket watches.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/longines-calatrava-1938-rare-black/Wed, 04 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/longines-calatrava-1938-rare-black/A 1938 Longines Calatrava in a 38 mm 14kt yellow gold case with a rarely seen black épargne dial made by Lemmerich.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/universal-geneve-compax-from-1941-46mm-rare-silver-satin-big-radium-dial-by-ster/Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/universal-geneve-compax-from-1941-46mm-rare-silver-satin-big-radium-dial-by-ster/A rare Universal Genève Compax from 1941 in a 46mm case, with a silver satin big radium dial by Cadran Stern in original, untouched condition.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-2584-black-epargne-dial/Wed, 26 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-2584-black-epargne-dial/A Patek Philippe 2584 with black épargne dial by Cadran Stern, one of only two known examples, made with épargne, pickage and limage.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6105-pink-gold-black-epargne-dial/Mon, 24 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6105-pink-gold-black-epargne-dial/A Rolex 6105 in pink gold with a black épargne dial, protected by a translucent sapon lacquer that the radium lume has since eaten into.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/at-auction-wally-schirras-omega/Fri, 07 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/at-auction-wally-schirras-omega/RR Auction offered Wally Schirra’s 18k gold Speedmaster Professional 145.022-69, engraved with his Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/derek-pratt-oval-tourbillon-urban/Mon, 05 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/derek-pratt-oval-tourbillon-urban/A unique oval tourbillon pocket watch made by Derek Pratt for Urban Jürgensen, seen close up.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/different-type-of-dials-epargne-silver-satin-stern-lemmerich/Thu, 07 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/different-type-of-dials-epargne-silver-satin-stern-lemmerich/Three untouched dials – a black épargne by Stern on a Patek Philippe 2584, a silver satin Universal Genève Compax and a Lemmerich Longines – and how to read them.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/pratt-daniels-le-roy/Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/pratt-daniels-le-roy/Pocket watches by Derek Pratt, George Daniels and Le Roy: complicated watches photographed over the course of a year.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-3979-patek-philippe-3974-at-auction/Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-3979-patek-philippe-3974-at-auction/The Patek Philippe 3979, the first automatic minute repeater, and the 3974 from 1989, both with cases by Jean-Pierre Hagmann, shown at Phillips Hong Kong.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/3-exceptional-and-historical-important-breguet-s-at-sotheby-s/Thu, 15 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/3-exceptional-and-historical-important-breguet-s-at-sotheby-s/Breguet N°2788, N°1806 and N°20-148, lots 205 to 207 at Sotheby’s London on 28 October 2020, follow the Haub collection sales.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/different-shades-of-tropical-patek/Thu, 11 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/different-shades-of-tropical-patek/Two vintage tropical dials side by side: the Patek Philippe Nautilus 3700/1 and the Rolex Daytona 6265, each aged in its own way.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/details-audemars-piguet-series-2/Tue, 19 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/details-audemars-piguet-series-2/The A-series Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 5402ST is much sought after, and a full-spec example in great condition is highly rare.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/details-patek-philippe-37001-tropical/Mon, 11 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/details-patek-philippe-37001-tropical/A well-preserved Patek Philippe 3700/1 Nautilus with a strong case, firm bracelet and a wonderfully aged tropical dial.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/details-rolex-6542-full-set/Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/details-rolex-6542-full-set/A Rolex 6542 GMT-Master with its original Bakelite bezel and complete papers, including 1987 service correspondence with Rolex London.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/details-early-rolex-6265-tropical/Wed, 06 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/details-early-rolex-6265-tropical/A 1971 Rolex 6265 with silver dial and tropical sub-dials, correct MK2 pushers, correct bezel and a 6262 caseback.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/audemars-piguet-the-epitome-of-rare-vintage-chronographs-13vzaq/Mon, 20 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/audemars-piguet-the-epitome-of-rare-vintage-chronographs-13vzaq/Audemars Piguet reference 5503, a chronograph with full calendar and moon phase, is one of only 20 watches made with the 13VZAQ movement.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/details-rolex-1016-from-1960-silver/Mon, 13 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/details-rolex-1016-from-1960-silver/Why the silver printing on early Rolex 1016 Explorer dials is rare, and how the épargne technique produced it.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/lange-1-steel-up-for-sale-at-crott-auctions/Thu, 09 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/lange-1-steel-up-for-sale-at-crott-auctions/Only around 20 Lange 1 watches in steel were made; the example at the April 2020 Dr. Crott auction was the ninth to reach the market.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6265-big-red-perfect-condition/Thu, 09 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6265-big-red-perfect-condition/A Rolex 6265 Daytona with black “Big Red” dial and steel bezel, with perfect dial and case, guarantee and leaflet.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/omega-speedmaster-105-003-65-ed-white-nasa-speedmasters/Fri, 27 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/omega-speedmaster-105-003-65-ed-white-nasa-speedmasters/The NASA Speedmasters from Schirra’s 2998-1 to Ed White’s 105.003-65, and a 105.003-65 in unworn NOS condition that came from its first owner.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/the-legendary-gerald-genta-pair-3700-1-and-5402st/Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/the-legendary-gerald-genta-pair-3700-1-and-5402st/Designed by Gérald Genta in 1976 and 1972, the Patek Philippe 3700/1 and Audemars Piguet 5402ST are two icons, and their dials come from Cadran Stern.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/grieb-benzinger-patek-philippe-1889-split-second-for-tiffany/Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/grieb-benzinger-patek-philippe-1889-split-second-for-tiffany/Grieb & Benzinger rebuilt an 1889 Patek Philippe split-second movement, sold to Tiffany in 1890, in a platinum case after over 1,000 hours of work.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/derek-pratt-flying-tourbillon-remontoir-spring-detente-escapement/Sun, 01 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/derek-pratt-flying-tourbillon-remontoir-spring-detente-escapement/Derek Pratt, the watchmaker behind Urban Jürgensen from 1979, and the oval flying tourbillon with remontoir and detent escapement he built.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-chronometro-gondolo-from-1912-historical-important-unique/Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-chronometro-gondolo-from-1912-historical-important-unique/A unique Patek Philippe Chronometro Gondolo from 1912, the only one in a square case with centre seconds, with a dial signed by Cadran Stern’s engraver.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/details-of-different-dials/Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/details-of-different-dials/Close-up dial details of Rolex 6542, 6238, 6239, 6265, 1680, 1675 and 1016 and of Patek Philippe 3429, 2584, 605HU, 600P, 530 and 2499.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/4-different-tropical-shades/Mon, 18 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/4-different-tropical-shades/A Patek Philippe 3700/1, a Rolex 6265 Daytona, a Rolex 6542 GMT-Master and an IWC 308 from 1942, each with its own natural tropical dial.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6542-serpico-y-laino/Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6542-serpico-y-laino/A Rolex 6542 GMT-Master with the ultra-rare Serpico y Laino retailer signature, a dial turning nicely tropical and the original S&L Acero caseback.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-grave-emaille-technique/Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-grave-emaille-technique/All early Patek Philippe dials were made by Cadran Stern and mostly finished in the demanding gravé main and émaillé technique.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-605-heures-universelle/Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-605-heures-universelle/A Patek Philippe reference 605 HU world time pocket watch with its certificat d’origine, original box and instruction sheet.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/some-nice-timepieces-currently-available-some-nice-timepieces-soon-available/Thu, 29 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/some-nice-timepieces-currently-available-some-nice-timepieces-soon-available/A selection of vintage pieces at Watch Collector in late 2018, including a Patek Philippe 3429, a Rolex 1680 Red Submariner and a Doxa Killy.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/current-offer-of-vintage-timepieces/Mon, 28 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/current-offer-of-vintage-timepieces/A snapshot of the vintage selection in May 2018: Rolex chronographs and sports models, a Patek Philippe 570 and four fine dress watches.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/haldimann-h2-flying-tourbillon/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/haldimann-h2-flying-tourbillon/The Haldimann H2 flying tourbillon has two escapements in résonance, with a remontoir mounted on one of the escapement wheels.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-available-at-my-boutique-rolex-1655/Sat, 16 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-available-at-my-boutique-rolex-1655/A Rolex 1655 Freccione from 1978 with unpolished case, nicely aged dial and its original dated bracelet.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-by-zanella-available-at-my/Fri, 08 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-by-zanella-available-at-my/The first prototype of Benzinger by Zanella, a project in which each watch carries an original oil painting by Léon Zanella and a Benzinger movement.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6239-newman-three-color-black-dial-in-perfect-condition/Sat, 12 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6239-newman-three-color-black-dial-in-perfect-condition/A Rolex 6239 Newman with black dial in perfect condition, the counterpart to the white-dial Newman, which is not for sale.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6239-three-color-white-dial-real/Thu, 27 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6239-three-color-white-dial-real/A Rolex 6239 Daytona with the white three-colour dial, photographed on the bench, in the condition that is hard to find.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6239-double-swiss-underline-full-spec-going-to-miss-this-beauty/Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6239-double-swiss-underline-full-spec-going-to-miss-this-beauty/A full-spec Rolex 6239 Daytona with 275 bezel, 6238 caseback, ROW import mark and an early serial, 92310X, in sublime condition.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/watchmaking-importance-first-tourbillon/Fri, 02 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/watchmaking-importance-first-tourbillon/Breguet’s first finished tourbillon, set in an early chronometer by John Arnold and given in 1808 to Arnold’s son, John Roger Arnold.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/phillips-watches-geneva-auction-five-my-favorites-patek-philippe/Fri, 21 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/phillips-watches-geneva-auction-five-my-favorites-patek-philippe/Nine Patek Philippe picks from Phillips Geneva Auction Five, 13 and 14 May 2017: three dress watches, three complications and three chronographs.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-130-steel-2-tone-sector-dial-signed-walser-wald-plus-telemeter-sc/Wed, 29 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-130-steel-2-tone-sector-dial-signed-walser-wald-plus-telemeter-sc/A Patek Philippe 130 in steel with a two-tone sector dial double-signed Walser Wald and a telemeter scale, exceedingly rare and in sublime condition.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/bovet-monorattrapante-with-its-amazing-gilt-black-gloss-dial/Mon, 27 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/bovet-monorattrapante-with-its-amazing-gilt-black-gloss-dial/A Bovet single-button split-seconds chronograph, 38mm, with a gilt black gloss dial and white signature, a watch since sold to a private collector.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6263-18kt-yellow-gold-nos-full-set-perfect-case/Wed, 22 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6263-18kt-yellow-gold-nos-full-set-perfect-case/A Rolex 6263 in 18kt yellow gold in NOS condition with full set, oxidation around the pusher and its green sticker still on the caseback.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-at-my-boutique-grieb-benzinger-blue/Tue, 14 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-at-my-boutique-grieb-benzinger-blue/The Blue Sensation, made by Hermann Grieb and Jochen Benzinger around a Patek Philippe split-second chronograph movement of 1889 made for Tiffany & Co.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6239-paul-newman-perfect-example-the-naked-truth/Thu, 09 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-6239-paul-newman-perfect-example-the-naked-truth/A Rolex 6239 Newman three-colour white dial in extraordinary condition, shown bare, from the back with its early Singer stamp, and with matching hands.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-one-project-patek-philippe-for-tiffany-co-the-finished-timepiece/Mon, 20 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-one-project-patek-philippe-for-tiffany-co-the-finished-timepiece/The finished Benzinger ONE built on a Patek Philippe movement made for Tiffany & Co. around 1920, hand guilloché, hand engraved and hand skeletonised.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/george-daniels-millennium-white-gold-sotheby-s-london-april-25th/Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/george-daniels-millennium-white-gold-sotheby-s-london-april-25th/The white gold George Daniels Millennium offered at Sotheby’s London on 25 April, one of only eight in white gold from a series of 50.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-at-my-boutique-rolex-5100-beta-21/Sat, 04 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-at-my-boutique-rolex-5100-beta-21/A rare gold Rolex 5100 “Beta 21” with the Omani emblem on the dial, featured in Hodinkee’s Bring a Loupe in February 2017.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-5512-neat-fonts-exceedingly-rare/Mon, 16 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-5512-neat-fonts-exceedingly-rare/The Rolex 5512 Submariner with the rare “Neat Fonts” dial, found only on examples from 1966 and 1967.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/guilloche-lessons-some-memories/Wed, 04 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/guilloche-lessons-some-memories/Learning guilloché at Jochen Benzinger’s atelier: working a rose engine machine and a practice dial with a sun guilloché pattern.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-one-project-patek-philippe-for-tiffany-co-galvanic-finished-ready/Tue, 20 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-one-project-patek-philippe-for-tiffany-co-galvanic-finished-ready/The Benzinger ONE Patek Philippe for Tiffany is galvanic finished and ready for assembly, after hand guilloché and engraving of its parts.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-one-project-patek/Fri, 09 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-one-project-patek/Update on the Benzinger ONE project: the main plate is finished with guilloché, all parts are hand-cut into a skeleton, and the dial is done.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-project-benzinger-the-dragon/Fri, 25 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-project-benzinger-the-dragon/THE DRAGON, a Benzinger project for a client, shows a hand-engraved and skeletonised dragon on a sterling silver dial with a black PVD dial beneath.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-one-project-patek-philippe-for-tiffany-co-update-main-plate-finish/Thu, 10 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-one-project-patek-philippe-for-tiffany-co-update-main-plate-finish/Update on the Benzinger ONE: the main plate has its hand guilloché, while hand skeletonising and the anthracite coating follow later.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/phillips-auctions-geneva-november-2016-my-picks-patek-3424-565-and-570-plus-role/Sat, 29 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/phillips-auctions-geneva-november-2016-my-picks-patek-3424-565-and-570-plus-role/Eight picks from Phillips Geneva, November 2016: Patek Philippe 3424, 565 and 570, Rolex 6352, 6150 and 6350, and a Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-one-project-patek-philippe-for-tiffany-co-update-some-parts-of-the/Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-one-project-patek-philippe-for-tiffany-co-update-some-parts-of-the/Update on the Benzinger ONE: several bridges and the balance cock now have hand-made sun guilloché and engraving, while the original engravings were kept.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-one-project-patek-philippe-for-tiffany-co-the-design/Thu, 13 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-one-project-patek-philippe-for-tiffany-co-the-design/The Benzinger ONE dial is a sterling silver ring with Breguet frost and hand guilloché, leaving the hand-finished Patek Philippe movement visible.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-one-project-patek-philippe-for-tiffany-co-first-fitting-of-the-mov/Wed, 12 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-one-project-patek-philippe-for-tiffany-co-first-fitting-of-the-mov/For the Benzinger ONE project, a 1915 Patek Philippe movement made for Tiffany & Co. was first fitted into a stainless steel case before finishing.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/andersen-geneve-montre-tact-another/Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/andersen-geneve-montre-tact-another/Andersen Genève’s Montre à Tact, a modern interpretation of Breguet’s watch for reading the time by touch, limited to 33 examples.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/christie-s-october-19-dubai-my-picks-ppc-591-pink-on-pink-fresh-to-the-market-rl/Wed, 21 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/christie-s-october-19-dubai-my-picks-ppc-591-pink-on-pink-fresh-to-the-market-rl/Two highlights of Christie’s Dubai auction of 19 October 2016: a pink on pink Patek Philippe 591 with one previous owner and a Rolex 6542 Bakelite in yellow gold.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-zeitsprung-one-of-my-favorite/Mon, 05 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-zeitsprung-one-of-my-favorite/The Benzinger Zeitsprung: a jumping hour limited to 25 pieces, built on a 1960s Kasper movement and finished entirely by hand.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-1526-pink-gold/Fri, 12 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-1526-pink-gold/The Patek Philippe 1526 in pink gold, a perpetual calendar with moon phase and, for Christian Bissener, one of Patek’s most important watches.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-chronometro-gondolo-1912-unique-piece-photos-of-dial-only/Fri, 05 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-chronometro-gondolo-1912-unique-piece-photos-of-dial-only/Photographs of the dial of a unique Patek Philippe Chronometro Gondolo from 1912, retailed by Gondolo & Labouriau in a square case with centre seconds.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/longines-30ch-steel-pulsation-scale-nos-new-set-of-photos/Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/longines-30ch-steel-pulsation-scale-nos-new-set-of-photos/A Longines 7413 chronograph with the 30CH movement, in steel with a sunburst dial and the rare Pulsation Scale, in NOS condition.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/eberhard-1600-step-case-black-dial-the-glorious-shining-elegancy-new-set-of-phot/Tue, 02 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/eberhard-1600-step-case-black-dial-the-glorious-shining-elegancy-new-set-of-phot/An Eberhard 1600 step case chronograph of around 1940 with glossy black three-register dial, an unpolished case and matching numbers.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/eberhard-1600-step-case-two-tone-dial-the-great-10-new-set-of-photos/Tue, 02 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/eberhard-1600-step-case-two-tone-dial-the-great-10-new-set-of-photos/An Eberhard 1600 step case chronograph of around 1935 with a two-tone copper dial, an unpolished step case and matching numbers.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/two-new-highly-exclusive-watch-etuis-soon-available-watch-etui-teak-silver-linin/Sat, 09 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/two-new-highly-exclusive-watch-etuis-soon-available-watch-etui-teak-silver-linin/Two wooden watch etuis for Watch Collector, one in teak with a 925 silver line, each unique through the pattern of its wood.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/sotheby-s-july-7-the-celebration-of-the-english-watch-part-ii/Mon, 04 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/sotheby-s-july-7-the-celebration-of-the-english-watch-part-ii/Six lots from Sotheby’s London sale of 7 July, from Thomas Mudge’s early perpetual calendar to John Arnold’s pivoted detent chronometer.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/some-details-of-my-project-benzinger-by-zanella/Fri, 24 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/some-details-of-my-project-benzinger-by-zanella/In Benzinger by Zanella every unique timepiece uses an original oil-on-canvas painting by Léon Zanella as its dial, chosen from his gallery.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/watches-of-knightsbridge-auction-july-2nd-some-of-my-favorites/Tue, 21 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/watches-of-knightsbridge-auction-july-2nd-some-of-my-favorites/With 582 lots in its sale of 2 July in London, Watches of Knightsbridge offers a fine catalogue; our favourites include a Navitimer, a Seamaster and a Rolex.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/watch-pouch-by-watch-collector-available-at-my-boutique/Mon, 20 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/watch-pouch-by-watch-collector-available-at-my-boutique/The Watch Pouch by Watch Collector is handmade in Germany from Italian boxcalf leather, with a smooth alcantara interior to protect a master timepiece.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/watch-etui-hard-shell-by-watch-collector-available-at-my-boutique/Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/watch-etui-hard-shell-by-watch-collector-available-at-my-boutique/The Watch Etui Hard Shell is handmade in Germany from Italian boxcalf leather with a smooth alcantara interior and a hard shell to protect the watch.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/exclusive-watch-travel-roll-by-watch-collector-available-at-my-boutique/Wed, 15 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/exclusive-watch-travel-roll-by-watch-collector-available-at-my-boutique/The Watch Collector travel roll is handmade in Germany from Italian boxcalf with an alcantara interior, holds six watches and comes in other colours.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/a-lange-sohne-1-4-repeater-complete-set-details-of-the-amazing-enamel-dial/Tue, 14 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/a-lange-sohne-1-4-repeater-complete-set-details-of-the-amazing-enamel-dial/A 1913 A. Lange & Söhne quarter repeater with a perfect three-piece enamel dial, complete with its original box, papers and spare parts.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-1526r-breathtaking-example-a-real-trophy-for-every-distinguished/Thu, 09 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-1526r-breathtaking-example-a-real-trophy-for-every-distinguished/A Patek Philippe 1526 in rose gold with a very strong case, lightly polished, and an unmarked, warm eggshell-coloured dial.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-600-2r-black-dial-17-210-movement-a-real-trophy-for-every-disting/Wed, 08 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-600-2r-black-dial-17-210-movement-a-real-trophy-for-every-disting/A Patek Philippe 600-2R with black dial and 17/210 movement, case never polished, the only example known in this combination.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/excelsior-park-ep4-chronographe-sublime-dial-details/Mon, 06 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/excelsior-park-ep4-chronographe-sublime-dial-details/Dial details of an NOS Excelsior Park EP4 chronograph, with a warm eggshell tone, aged lume indexes and dauphine-style hands.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-available-at-my-boutique-patek-2/Sun, 05 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-available-at-my-boutique-patek-2/A rare platinum Patek Philippe 605P gentleman’s pocket watch from 1935 with a two-tone dial; only 14 examples are known.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-2940-bubbleback-amazingly-aged-dial/Sat, 04 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-2940-bubbleback-amazingly-aged-dial/Close-up photographs of a Rolex 2940 Bubbleback show its warm eggshell patina and evenly aged lume on both hands and dial.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/bonhams-june-2-auction-hong-kong-complete-patek-philippe-3417/Mon, 30 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/bonhams-june-2-auction-hong-kong-complete-patek-philippe-3417/A complete Patek Philippe 3417 with box, certificate and hang tag, from the family of the original owner, in the Bonhams Hong Kong sale of 2 June 2016.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/christie-s-june-7-auction-new-york-some-of-my-favorites/Fri, 27 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/christie-s-june-7-auction-new-york-some-of-my-favorites/Favourites from Christie’s New York auction of 7 June 2016: a platinum Vacheron Constantin 4261 repeater, a steel Lange 1 with black dial and a Patek Philippe enamel clock.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/louis-vuitton-1960s-watch-briefcase/Wed, 18 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/louis-vuitton-1960s-watch-briefcase/A 1960s Louis Vuitton briefcase converted into a modular watch case with five removable Alcantara modules, leaving the original case untouched.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-available-at-my-boutique-patek-3/Mon, 04 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-available-at-my-boutique-patek-3/A Patek Philippe 1526 in pink gold, a 570 in yellow gold and a reference 600 pocket watch in pink gold with a black dial.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/hodinkee-talking-watches-eric-ku-another-favorite-episode/Sat, 09 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/hodinkee-talking-watches-eric-ku-another-favorite-episode/A favourite Hodinkee Talking Watches episode, with Eric Ku, pairing independent watches by Philippe Dufour and Vianney Halter with vintage pieces.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/start-2016-special-offers-on-3-very-special-and-exclusive-timepieces/Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/start-2016-special-offers-on-3-very-special-and-exclusive-timepieces/Three Benzinger timepieces from early 2016: the Benzinger by Zanella Au pied du Mont Ventoux, the Zeitsprung and the Vollskelett.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/christie-s-new-york-sale-december-16-my-picks/Mon, 07 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/christie-s-new-york-sale-december-16-my-picks/Our picks from Christie’s New York sale of 16 December 2015: an Audemars Piguet 5516, a rose gold Patek Philippe 591, Universal Genève chronographs and a Breguet diver.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-at-my-boutique-benzinger-one-patek/Fri, 20 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-at-my-boutique-benzinger-one-patek/A unique Benzinger skeleton wristwatch built on a pocket watch movement made by Patek Philippe in 1949 and finished entirely by hand.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/phillips-watches-the-hong-kong-watch-auction-one-my-picks/Fri, 13 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/phillips-watches-the-hong-kong-watch-auction-one-my-picks/Six picks from the Phillips Hong Kong Watch Auction ONE, from a rare Vacheron & Constantin 4178 to the A. Lange & Söhne Tourbograph Pour le Mérite.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/mb-f-legacy-machine-perpetual-complexity-simplified-with-integrity-and-beauty/Tue, 03 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/mb-f-legacy-machine-perpetual-complexity-simplified-with-integrity-and-beauty/MB&F’s Legacy Machine Perpetual, developed with Stephen McDonnell, has a 581-component in-house movement that avoids the usual perpetual calendar drawbacks.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/bovet-chronographe-mono-rattrapante/Thu, 22 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/bovet-chronographe-mono-rattrapante/A 1950s Bovet mono-rattrapante chronograph with black glossy dial, whose seconds hand stops while a pusher is held and then catches up.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/phillips-watches-geneva-auction-two-my-picks/Mon, 19 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/phillips-watches-geneva-auction-two-my-picks/Ten picks from Phillips Geneva Auction Two, 7 and 8 November 2015, led by a rare Vacheron & Constantin 6026 in pink gold.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/christie-s-auction-november-2015-my-picks/Wed, 14 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/christie-s-auction-november-2015-my-picks/Our picks from Christie’s November 2015 sale: a Vacheron Constantin 4261 repeater, an Audemars Piguet repeater, Patek Philippe 1518, 530 and 2508, and a Rolex 5512.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/sotheby-s-auction-hong-kong-october-6-my-choices/Thu, 24 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/sotheby-s-auction-hong-kong-october-6-my-choices/Four picks from Sotheby’s Hong Kong sale of 6 October, from a Rolex 6610 Explorer with red depth rating to a Lange Richard Lange Tourbillon Pour le Mérite.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-zeitsprung-the-last-one-available/Tue, 21 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-zeitsprung-the-last-one-available/The last Benzinger Zeitsprung of a limited series of 25 jump hour watches on rare Kasper 1415 movements, in a 40mm steel case.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-moser-pocket-watch/Tue, 21 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-moser-pocket-watch/The Benzinger Moser pocket watch, limited to 10 pieces, uses a Moser pocket watch movement of the 1920s and a hand-guilloché dial.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-and-longines-boule-monaco-auction-on-july-30/Sat, 11 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-and-longines-boule-monaco-auction-on-july-30/Two picks for Boule Monaco’s auction of 30 July 2015: a platinum Patek Philippe 2422 with a personal caseback engraving, and a Longines flyback chronograph.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/my-patek-130-steel-featured-at-hodinkee/Thu, 02 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/my-patek-130-steel-featured-at-hodinkee/My Patek Philippe 130 in steel, with a two-tone sector dial signed Walser Wald, featured in HODINKEE’s “Bring a Loupe” of 2 July 2015.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/my-picks-for-christie-s-sale-on-june-17/Sat, 13 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/my-picks-for-christie-s-sale-on-june-17/Five Patek Philippe picks for Christie’s sale of 17 June 2015: a steel 2508, a 530, a 1518, a 2499 and a split-seconds 1436 signed Tiffany & Co.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/h8-by-haldimann/Mon, 11 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/h8-by-haldimann/The Haldimann H8 shows only a flying tourbillon over a black dial without hands or indexes: a 17.8 mm cage, a 14.5 mm balance and 18,000 vph.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/polishing-tools-by-haldiman-horology/Fri, 01 May 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/polishing-tools-by-haldiman-horology/Beat Haldimann polishes parts such as the tourbillon cage entirely by hand with these tools, a task that takes more than a week.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-audemars-piguet-eberhard-and-leonidas-sotheby-s-may-13/Mon, 27 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/patek-philippe-audemars-piguet-eberhard-and-leonidas-sotheby-s-may-13/Picks for Sotheby’s sale of 13 May 2015: a 1945 Leonidas split seconds, a 1945 Eberhard, a 1946 Audemars Piguet and a 1927 Patek Philippe chronograph.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/the-single-men-ahci/Fri, 24 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/the-single-men-ahci/The Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants turns 30 in 2015, and the documentary The Single Men profiles its 32 independent watch and clockmakers.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/audemars-piguet-patek-pilippe-and-longines-christie-s-auction-may-11/Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/audemars-piguet-patek-pilippe-and-longines-christie-s-auction-may-11/From Christie’s 11 May 2015 sale: an Audemars Piguet minute repeater from 1951, a platinum Patek Philippe 3428 and two Longines.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/newsletter-i-of-2015/Wed, 15 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/newsletter-i-of-2015/The first 2015 newsletter introduced the H11 with small seconds by Haldimann, the Tempus Terrae by Andersen Genève and the Benzinger by Zanella project.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/omega-speedmaster-2998-1-chocolate-dial/Wed, 15 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/omega-speedmaster-2998-1-chocolate-dial/A rare Omega Speedmaster 2998-1 with a chocolate brown dial and lollipop seconds hand.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/andersen-geneve-eros-different-designs/Mon, 13 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/andersen-geneve-eros-different-designs/A look at the range of dial designs possible on the Andersen Genève Eros, from classic white dials to painted scenes.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/phillips-watches-auction-may-10/Thu, 09 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/phillips-watches-auction-may-10/Picks from the first Phillips Watches catalogue under Aurel Bacs, 10 May 2015: Patek Philippe 130, 1518 and 1506, plus Heuer, Omega, Longines and Jaeger-LeCoultre.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/andersen-geneve-eros-69/Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/andersen-geneve-eros-69/The Andersen Genève Eros 69 has an inner case that turns over so the back becomes the dial, with a hand-painted erotic automaton scene on the reverse.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/andersen-geneve-kamar/Fri, 03 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/andersen-geneve-kamar/The Andersen Genève Kamar has a 22-carat blue gold dial, a moon disc with one dark and one white moon, and a Piguet 1150 movement.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/andersen-geneve-perpetuel-secular-calender/Mon, 30 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/andersen-geneve-perpetuel-secular-calender/The Andersen Genève Perpetuel Secular Calender is programmed to the year 2400, with leap and secular years, so the date never needs correcting.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/andersen-geneve-minute-repeater/Fri, 27 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/andersen-geneve-minute-repeater/A unique Andersen Genève with a 1920s LeCoultre minute repeater movement, a perpetual calendar and a repeater triggered by the bezel.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-milsub-christies-march-19/Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/rolex-milsub-christies-march-19/A very well preserved 1977 Rolex Milsub 5513 with box, guarantee and a Rolex UK letter confirming supply to HM Dockyard Devonport, offered by Christie’s.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/guilloche-lessons-the-atelier-of-jochen-benzinger/Wed, 25 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/guilloche-lessons-the-atelier-of-jochen-benzinger/A full day of guilloché practice at Jochen Benzinger’s atelier, ending with a sun guilloché practice dial.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/to-start-year-bit-of-wristshot-melange/Tue, 06 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/to-start-year-bit-of-wristshot-melange/A selection of wristshots of independent watches, including Andersen Genève, to start the year 2015.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-by-zanella-charity-project-een-haerz-vir-kriibskrank-kanner/Mon, 05 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-by-zanella-charity-project-een-haerz-vir-kriibskrank-kanner/Benzinger by Zanella pairs an original painting by Léon Zanella with a Benzinger watch; €500 per watch sold went to a children’s cancer charity.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/watch-collector-3-years-anniversary/Wed, 17 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/watch-collector-3-years-anniversary/Watch Collector marks three years since I started my own boutique at the end of 2011, and I thank clients, friends and the watch brands for their support.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/haas-neveux-cie-gubelin-and-patek-philippe-sotheby-s-december-10/Tue, 09 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/haas-neveux-cie-gubelin-and-patek-philippe-sotheby-s-december-10/Four lots from Sotheby’s 10 December sale: two Haas Neveux & Cie pocket watches, a 1935 Gübelin jumping hour and a 1950 Patek Philippe 1518.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/vacheron-constantin-haas-neveux-cie-patek-philippe-and-rolex-christie-s-december/Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/vacheron-constantin-haas-neveux-cie-patek-philippe-and-rolex-christie-s-december/Six picks from Christie’s sale of 9 December, led by a rare minute-repeating Haas Neveux and two Patek Philippe 565 watches.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-subskription-viii-reverse/Tue, 18 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-subskription-viii-reverse/Jochen Benzinger’s Subskription VIII reverse has hours and minutes decentred towards 3 o’clock, a red XII, a Unitas 6497 base and a 42 mm case.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/a-lange-sohne-tourbillon-pour-le-merite/Sat, 08 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/a-lange-sohne-tourbillon-pour-le-merite/Heritage Auctions offered a platinum Tourbillon pour le mérite, number 42 of 50, on 20 November 2014 with an estimate of $250,000–275,000.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/francois-paul-journe-patek-philippe-and-rolex-christie-s-november-27/Fri, 31 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/francois-paul-journe-patek-philippe-and-rolex-christie-s-november-27/Four lots from Christie’s 27 November sale: a F.P. Journe Tourbillon Anniversaire, a Rolex military Submariner and two steel Patek Philippe references.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-one-patek-philippe-1917-unique-timepiece/Tue, 28 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-one-patek-philippe-1917-unique-timepiece/Benzinger ONE uses a rare Patek Philippe movement of about 1917, sold in its day to Henry J. Howe in New York, finished by hand in Benzinger style.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/super-rare-and-beautiful-pocket-watches-sotheby-s-november-11/Thu, 23 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/super-rare-and-beautiful-pocket-watches-sotheby-s-november-11/Four pocket watches from Sotheby’s sale of 11 November, including an Audemars Frères repeater of circa 1890 and a Patek Philippe with split seconds.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/george-daniels-anniversary-watch-4-35-sotheby-s-november-11/Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/george-daniels-anniversary-watch-4-35-sotheby-s-november-11/George Daniels Anniversary watch no. 4 of 35, made with Roger W. Smith to mark the co-axial escapement, offered at Sotheby’s on 11 November.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/auction-christie-s-november-10-abraham-louis-breguet-sale/Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/auction-christie-s-november-10-abraham-louis-breguet-sale/Three Abraham-Louis Breguet pocket watches at Christie’s on 10 November 2014, including a montre à tact sold for 3,000 francs in 1800.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/auction-christie-s-november-10/Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/auction-christie-s-november-10/A selection of chronographs from Christie’s 10 November 2014 sale: a Universal Genève split-second, three Eberhard chronographs and a Longines 13ZN.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/lange-1-stainless-steel-drcrott-auction/Thu, 09 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/lange-1-stainless-steel-drcrott-auction/A Lange 1 from 1998 in stainless steel, only the fourth such example known to have appeared at auction, was offered at Dr. Crott on 15 November 2014.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-3-4-skelett-rose-engine-black-edition/Wed, 08 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-3-4-skelett-rose-engine-black-edition/The Benzinger 3/4 Skelett rose engine black edition has a black PVD movement, an original Breguet frosted dial and a 42 mm stainless steel case.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-black-t-24h/Mon, 06 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-benzinger-black-t-24h/Jochen Benzinger’s Black T 24h shows the 24 hours as sun and moon on a two-part dial, with a movement based on an ETA 6498 heavily modified in-house.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/lange-patek-sotheby-s-october-8/Sat, 20 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/lange-patek-sotheby-s-october-8/Four lots from Sotheby’s 8 October sale: two A. Lange & Söhne limited editions and Patek Philippe references 2526 and 3450.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/beautiful-chronos-1930-1965-bonhams-september-16th/Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/beautiful-chronos-1930-1965-bonhams-september-16th/Chronographs from 1930 to 1965 offered at Bonhams on 16 September 2014, with estimates between €630 and €2,800.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/george-daniels-millennium-sold-at-bonhams/Fri, 15 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/george-daniels-millennium-sold-at-bonhams/A yellow gold George Daniels Millennium sold at Bonhams for €182,759; the series of 50 was finished by Roger W. Smith.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/andersen-geneve/Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/andersen-geneve/Svend Andersen, born in Denmark in 1942 and co-founder of the AHCI, worked at Patek Philippe before founding his own workshop in 1979.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/pocket-watch-of-my-great-grandfather/Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/pocket-watch-of-my-great-grandfather/A plain silver pocket watch with no brand on the dial and no complication, and the object where Christian Bissener’s passion for watches began.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/haldimann-horology/Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/haldimann-horology/Beat Haldimann, born in 1964, builds tourbillon watches under his Haldimann Horology brand, from the H1 of 2002 to the H11 of 2013.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/sotheby-s-the-henry-graves-supercomplication-auction-11-novemer-2014/Tue, 15 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/sotheby-s-the-henry-graves-supercomplication-auction-11-novemer-2014/Made by Patek Philippe in 1933, the Henry Graves Supercomplication is the most complicated watch ever made by hand and returns at Sotheby’s Geneva.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-tourbillon-mystere-unique-timepiece/Thu, 10 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-tourbillon-mystere-unique-timepiece/A unique IWC Portugieser Tourbillon Mystère Squelette finished by Jochen Benzinger with a new dial, hand-guilloché bezel and a rose gold case.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/christie-s-june-11-auction-patek-philippe/Mon, 02 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/christie-s-june-11-auction-patek-philippe/Our Patek Philippe picks for Christie’s auction of 11 June 2014, among them a 1518 stamped for the US market and a rare late-series 1526 in pink gold.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/christie-s-june-11-auction-a-lange-sohne-audemars-piguet-vacheron-constantin-ome/Sat, 24 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/christie-s-june-11-auction-a-lange-sohne-audemars-piguet-vacheron-constantin-ome/Our picks for Christie’s auction of 11 June: A. Lange & Söhne chronographs, a 1946 Audemars Piguet, Vacheron Constantin chronographs and a 1936 Omega.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/christie-s-may-28-auction/Wed, 21 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/christie-s-may-28-auction/Our picks for Christie’s auction of 28 May 2014: A. Lange & Söhne in pink gold and platinum, a Patek Philippe Observatory tourbillon and a 1518 from 1944.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/marc-jenni-the-way-of-his-new-in-house-movement-pt3/Thu, 08 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/marc-jenni-the-way-of-his-new-in-house-movement-pt3/Part 3 of Marc Jenni’s movement project: converting 3D drawings into 2D DXF files that his CNC machine uses to shape the main plate.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/marc-jenni-2-new-wdt-models/Wed, 30 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/marc-jenni-2-new-wdt-models/At Basel Marc Jenni added the white-dial P05 and copper-toned P06 to the Prologue WDT, both 44 mm in stainless steel with crownless setting.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/the-art-of-guilloche-improving-my-skills/Mon, 28 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/the-art-of-guilloche-improving-my-skills/A visit to the atelier of Jochen Benzinger, a master guillocheur who works with machines more than a hundred years old, to practise rose engine turning.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/christie-s-may-12-in-geneve-abraham-louis-breguet-sale/Wed, 16 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/christie-s-may-12-in-geneve-abraham-louis-breguet-sale/Abraham-Louis Breguet pocket watches and a marine chronometer offered at Christie’s in Geneva on 12 May 2014, with lot numbers and estimates.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/christie-s-may-12-in-geneve-monster-sale/Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/christie-s-may-12-in-geneve-monster-sale/Rare A. Lange & Söhne and Patek Philippe watches in Christie’s Geneva sale of 12 May 2014, including a white gold Tourbillon pour le Mérite with black dial.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/sotheby-s-april-8-in-hong-kong-5-very-interesting-watches/Tue, 01 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/sotheby-s-april-8-in-hong-kong-5-very-interesting-watches/Five lots at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on 8 April: a Patek Philippe 130 chronograph, a Breguet quarter repeater and three limited A. Lange & Söhne.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-subskription-ebony-vii/Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-subskription-ebony-vii/The Benzinger Subskription Ebony VII has a black dial with applied Breguet-frosted indexes, hand guilloché on an old machine, and a black PVD movement.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-black-t-special-offer/Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-black-t-special-offer/The Benzinger Black T has a black hand-guilloché dial with Breguet frost and a movement fully engraved, skeletonised and guilloché by hand.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-subskription-iv-all-black/Mon, 10 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-subskription-iv-all-black/The Benzinger Subskription IV all black: black PVD finish, black DLC case, a hand-guilloché silver dial and a decentred hours and minutes display.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-34-skelett/Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-34-skelett/The Benzinger 3/4 Skelett, a more discreet skeleton watch with a hand-guilloché, hand-skeletonised dial and a hand-engraved movement finished in rose gold.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-zeitfenster/Tue, 04 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-zeitfenster/A discreet Benzinger Zeitfenster with a hand-guilloché dial and skeletonised small seconds, hours and minutes, in blue platinum and rose gold.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-vollskelett-black/Mon, 03 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-vollskelett-black/The Benzinger Vollskelett black is the more masculine Vollskelett, with a black DLC case, black initials in the jumper and a rose gold finished movement.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-vollskelett-diamonds/Sun, 02 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-vollskelett-diamonds/The Benzinger Vollskelett diamonds is a handcrafted skeleton watch with 3 carats of diamonds on the bezel and lugs and a hand-finished rose gold movement.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-regulateur-2/Sat, 01 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-regulateur-2/A red gold Benzinger régulateur with hand-guilloché dial and a fully hand-skeletonised, hand-engraved movement.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-custom-made-timepieces/Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-custom-made-timepieces/How Benzinger personalises timepieces by hand, with 100-year-old guilloché machines and a design drawn up with each client.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/a-lange-sohne-new-videos/Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/a-lange-sohne-new-videos/A. Lange & Söhne released films in 2014 on the Richard Lange Terraluna, the 1815 Tourbillon, the Grand Lange 1 Moonphase and the Grand Complication.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/thomas-prescher-haute-horlogerie/Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/thomas-prescher-haute-horlogerie/Thomas Prescher began his apprenticeship at IWC and became one of the most inventive makers of highly complicated watches; a look at his work.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/a-lange-sohne-1815-tourbillon/Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/a-lange-sohne-1815-tourbillon/The A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Tourbillon, introduced at SIHH 2014, adds a stop mechanism and a zero-reset for the tourbillon and small seconds.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/a-lange-sohne-richard-lange-ewiger-kalender-terraluna/Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/a-lange-sohne-richard-lange-ewiger-kalender-terraluna/The Richard Lange Ewiger Kalender Terraluna, shown at SIHH 2014, combines a perpetual calendar, a 14-day power reserve and a terraluna display.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/grieb-benzinger-st-george/Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/grieb-benzinger-st-george/Grieb & Benzinger’s St. George, made for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, has a hand-engraved St. George and a 43 mm palladium white gold case.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-itineraire-dun-garde-temps-unique-du-dessin-a-la-creation-de-la-montre/Fri, 10 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-itineraire-dun-garde-temps-unique-du-dessin-a-la-creation-de-la-montre/A photo report on how Jochen Benzinger makes a personalised 3/4 Skelett, from the first drawing to the finished watch.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/marc-jenni-horloger-et-createur-independant-de-la-haute-horlogerie/Thu, 09 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/marc-jenni-horloger-et-createur-independant-de-la-haute-horlogerie/After about fifteen years at Tiffany & Co. in New York, Marc Jenni launched his crownless Prologue in 2010, followed by the JJJ and the Arch.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/mcgonigle-watches-montres-de-haute-horlogerie-venues-dirlande/Fri, 03 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/mcgonigle-watches-montres-de-haute-horlogerie-venues-dirlande/The brothers John and Stephen McGonigle make hand-crafted high horology in Ireland, from a tourbillon with a 110-hour reserve to the Tuscar Bánú.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-3-new-watches/Mon, 02 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-3-new-watches/Three new Benzinger watches: a DLC 3/4 Skelett with an all-black movement, a Vollskelett Diamond with about 3 carats, and a Subskription IV all black.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-subskription-iii/Fri, 29 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-subskription-iii/The Benzinger Subskription III: a 42 mm watch with a two-part hand-guilloché Breguet frosted dial and a hand-engraved, hand-skeletonised movement.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-zeitsprung-ii/Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-zeitsprung-ii/The Benzinger Zeitsprung II is a limited jump hour watch of 25 pieces, built on rare Kasper 1415 movements, in steel and gold with different dial finishes.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-3-4-skelett/Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-3-4-skelett/The Benzinger 3/4 Skelett has a hand-skeletonised, hand-engraved and hand-guilloché movement and a Breguet-frost dial.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-zeitmaschine-ii/Tue, 19 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-zeitmaschine-ii/The Benzinger Zeitmaschine II is one of two Benzinger chronographs, with a hand-guilloché dial with three sub-dials and a movement coated in blue platinum.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-regulateur/Mon, 18 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-regulateur/The Benzinger Regulateur comes in black, with a PVD-coated ground dial, and in white, with a blue platinum movement, both hand guilloché.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-full-skeleton/Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-full-skeleton/The Benzinger Full Skeleton, skeletonised and engraved entirely by hand, comes in three versions: rose gold, black PVD or rhodium-plated movement.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-subscription-iv/Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-subscription-iv/The Benzinger Subscription IV has a two-part Breguet-style dial and a blue platinum main plate, in a 42 mm case also available in gold.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-subscription-black-vi/Mon, 11 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-subscription-black-vi/The Benzinger Subscription Black VI has a striking arch dial, hand-skeletonised and hand-guilloché, in a 42 mm steel case also available in gold.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-black-t/Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-black-t/The Benzinger Black T is a discreet black and white watch with a two-part sterling silver dial, hand-finished throughout and open to personalisation.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-black-lizard/Thu, 07 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-black-lizard/The Benzinger unique Black Lizard has a rose gold case and a two-part dial whose lower half is made of black lizard leather, a project with shoemakers in Baden-Baden.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/marc-jenni-prologue-wdt/Wed, 06 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/marc-jenni-prologue-wdt/The Prologue WDT by Marc Jenni is a 44 mm stainless steel watch, water resistant to 3 ATM, with a 22-jewel automatic movement, in the P03 and P04 versions.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-chinese-dragon/Tue, 05 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-chinese-dragon/A unique Benzinger in 18kt gold whose mother-of-pearl dial carries a hand-engraved, four-colour dragon above a skeletonised, diamond-set watch.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-coat-of-arms-of-the-netherlands/Mon, 04 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-coat-of-arms-of-the-netherlands/The Benzinger unique Coat of Arms of the Netherlands has a 42mm steel case and a hand-guilloché silver dial with the Dutch Groot Rijkswapen.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-mishal-kanoo/Fri, 01 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-mishal-kanoo/The Benzinger unique Mishal Kanoo is a red gold three-quarter skeleton watch for the deputy chairman of the Kanoo Group, with the group logo on the dial.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-half-skeleton-la-belle/Tue, 29 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-half-skeleton-la-belle/The Benzinger Half-skeleton La Belle is an 18kt rose gold 42mm watch, a modern homage to the first custom movement Benzinger refined for Martin Braun.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/the-way-of-an-exclusive-and-unique-handmade-benzinger-timepiece-from-the-design/Tue, 29 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/the-way-of-an-exclusive-and-unique-handmade-benzinger-timepiece-from-the-design/Jochen Benzinger is the master of hand-guilloché, hand-engraved and hand-skeletonised watches; this report follows one personalised watch from design to finish.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-ulysse-nardin/Mon, 28 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-ulysse-nardin/Benzinger’s redesigned tribute to Ulysse Nardin, founded in 1846, with a hand-engraved historical movement and a skeletonised Sterling silver dial.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-phoenix-jump-hour/Thu, 24 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-phoenix-jump-hour/The Benzinger unique Phoenix Jump Hour has a 40mm steel case and a hand-engraved phoenix on a Sterling silver dial, a symbol of rebirth.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-ritz/Wed, 23 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-ritz/The Benzinger unique Ritz is a 42mm steel chronograph with a roulette-disc rotor, inspired by the Ritz hotel in London and its casino.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-guards-polo-club/Mon, 21 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-guards-polo-club/The Benzinger unique Guards Polo Club, an 18kt rose gold 42mm watch, shows the club emblem on the dial and a hand-skeletonised polo player in the movement.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-russian-double-eagle/Fri, 18 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-unique-russian-double-eagle/A unique Benzinger made to a customer’s request, inspired by the Russian coat of arms, with the double eagle engraved directly onto the movement’s ground plate.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/grieb-benzinger-new-members-for-the-blossom-family/Wed, 16 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/grieb-benzinger-new-members-for-the-blossom-family/Grieb & Benzinger added two Black Tulip watches to its Blossom family, one in blackened 18kt gold with red diamonds, one in white gold with black diamonds.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/marc-jenni-presenting-his-arch-collection/Tue, 15 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/marc-jenni-presenting-his-arch-collection/Marc Jenni’s Arch collection takes the four seasons as its theme, with the Snowflake, Spring Haze, Sunburst and Indian Summer versions.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-pocket-watch-moser/Mon, 14 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/benzinger-pocket-watch-moser/The Benzinger Pocket Watch Moser has a movement from around 1920, hand-engraved and hand-skeletonised, a 43 mm case and a limited edition of 10.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/making-of-the-blue-symphony-by-grieb-benzinger/Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/making-of-the-blue-symphony-by-grieb-benzinger/The Blue Symphony by Grieb & Benzinger is a 49 mm platinum watch whose historical Patek Philippe minute repeater movement was restored and modified.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-bespoke-blue-dragon-by-grieb/Wed, 09 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/new-bespoke-blue-dragon-by-grieb/A bespoke skeleton watch by Grieb & Benzinger with a hand-engraved dragon, a princess-cut diamond bezel and an 18k palladium white gold case.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/marc-jenni-presentig-his-prologue-and-jjj-collection/Wed, 09 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/marc-jenni-presentig-his-prologue-and-jjj-collection/Marc Jenni’s crownless Prologue and his JJJ, inspired by the planets of the week, both come in rose or white gold at 44 mm.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/a-lange-sohne-richard-lange-tourbillon/Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/a-lange-sohne-richard-lange-tourbillon/Sotheby’s sold the honey gold Richard Lange Tourbillon pour le mérite Handwerkskunst, number 10 of 15, for 226,670 €.https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/making-of-the-blue-danube-by-grieb-benzinger/Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.watchcollector.lu/journal/making-of-the-blue-danube-by-grieb-benzinger/The Blue Danube by Grieb & Benzinger is a platinum watch built around a restored minute repeater split-seconds movement made by Patek Philippe for Tiffany.