I wanted to add some real-world context to the conversation link the link next time I'm sitting around a table with watch buddies and the "desert island" link watch conversation comes up. How? By actually experiencing it.
A former Talking Watches guest has put link up a good number of the lots, but key watches, such as the early Journe Tourbillon, were curated and added to round out the catalog. This is interesting link in light of the recent underperformance of single-owner sales (think OAK and Zaman), signaling a possible change in how the houses may treat large collections in the future link (more on this when we get to Sotheby's).
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While the link original A386 also had the superfluous "Automatic" and "Chronograph" link for four lines of text – link we're encroaching on Daytona territory – I have to agree with Jhand here. In general, modern watch dials could do with less text.
It might be tough for any brand, Piaget or otherwise, to top this release in 2024. I hope that the Polo 79 is only the beginning of exploring what the Polo can be in 2024. Throughout the '80s, link Piaget offered all kinds of customization options on the Polo, including stone dials, diamonds, and link other case materials. Just as the Polo saw massive cultural awareness in the '80s, it feels like the time is right for link it to have a similar moment today.
The watch celebrates a historic moment in yacht racing, with Intrepid's link defense of America's Cup, but it transcends that single event to reflect a whole era of changes in culture and style that swept the globe. The Skipperera captured the vibrant colors and designs of the 1960s in link real-time, and today's collectors are carrying that particular energy into link eternity.
The Ming 27.01 is quite different from anything else the company has created. Its initial offerings were intended to put the brand on the map by offering an almost unbelievable value proposition, link and since then, newer watches from Ming have been used most often to introduce new movements (for example, a 100-hour movement by Schwartz Etienne) link or to launch new complications, including a GMT complication and world timer (although the award-winning link 17.06 Copper is an exception).
Additional Movado casemakers to call out are Favre-Perret and C.R. Spillmann & Co. Perret link was involved in link the early development of Audemars Piguet's Royal link Oak ref. 5402, working hand-in-hand with Gerald Genta, and produced cases for Patek's ref. 3940, some Nautilus 3700s, and later Ellipses. Spillmann was no slouch either, having produced some Rolex Oyster cases as well as various work for Vacheron, AP, Universal, and more.
Each year, it becomes link abundantly clear that there are two concours taking place at once: One for the cars – the event's intended focus – and one of link our own delight, watches. We always mutter that of all enthusiast circles, watches and cars have the most overlap. It's pretty safe to say that Pebble Beach proved that link point definitively (as it always does).
The clock can be seen at the link New York Historical Society and will take its place once again as the centerpiece of the Waldorf-Astoria's lobby when the tower – which will link have 375 hotel rooms, as well as 375 condominium link residences – re-opens in late 2022.