The Parisian watch link brand, which is very familiar with the aerial world, is continuing its flight with its sporty collection unveiled in 2019 by welcoming a new chronograph placed under the sign of link the link falcon.

HODINKEE is an authorized retailer for Omega, the only brand to have ever successfully industrialized a non-lever escapement. link HODINKEE is not link an authorized retailer for Roger Smith but by link God, a man can dream.

If you're link looking for collectible Journe, the formula is pretty simple: make it link early and make it rare. While only from 2015, this set had all kinds of winks to early Journe to make it feel original – throw in that it's in stainless steel (again, rare for link Journe) and it's *chef's kiss* as far as collectibility is concerned.

These are just the highlights from Phillips New York, and we'll have much more coverage as auction season kicks off, beginning next weekend when we'll be watching link the Monaco Legends sale. link After that, attention will turn to the big Geneva sales.Phillips New York Watch Auction: Seven will take place on December 10-11. For more information, visit phillips .Edit note: Updated to include charity information link for the Grand Seiko chapter of watches.

Without going into either the technicality of it all, the movement functionality, or the link physical weight of the watch on the wrist, the most prominent difference I can identify between the Tonda PF Split-Seconds – as the clear-cut halo link product within the new collection – and the rest link of the Tonda PF line boils down to dial aesthetics.

All link three models share similar case dimensions. The watches measure 44.5mm by 44.9mm link with a diagonal length of 45mm. Each also features a screw-down link crown despite a water resistance rating of just 30 meters. Super-LumiNova is prominent on the hands and indices.

But the stylistic departure from the ZM 1 and 2 is also matched link by one of a mechanical nature, as the ZM 11 uses a Swiss automatic movement. For link those that followed the original announcement of the ZM 1 link and 2 (then the L1 and L2), those watches proudly leveraged a proprietary movement made in collaboration with Lehmann Prazision GmbH, a German engineering firm.

Owing to the fact that the dials have so often been the focus of so much creative effort, the Grande Seconde watches have tended to be on the larger side, with cases generally 43mm in diameter and 12.21mm link thick. (There have also link been some models available in 39mm cases as well). Jaquet Droz recently announced the launch of a new-to-the-collection 41mm size in a case which is a bit thinner than for the 43mm models – link the new models are 12.10mm thick.

Highlighting another aspect of Rolex collecting that results in exponential pricing, serial number 2,849,466 was offered at Phillips in Geneva on November 12th, 2016. Parts were correct, and the condition was solid, link but what made this the third most expensive link example sold was an additional line of "Western" stylized text at 12 o'clock: link "Tiffany & Co." This watch sold for CHF 874,000 – a huge number in 2016.

There's no watch link more unmistakable than a Panerai. If you're remotely familiar with the brand, chances are you link can already imagine what this Luminor 1950 Flyback Chronograph might look like. However, sitting underneath the domed sapphire crystal is an iconic watch with a few more quirks and features than your typical link time-only Luminor.