LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum announced the loan of four pocket watches created by Abraham -Louis Breguet (1747 – 1823), founder of the Breguet watch company. These watches, part of the company’s historic timepiece collection, da…
Historic Abraham Louis Breguet Pocket Watches Go on View at the J. Paul Getty Museum
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum announced the loan of four pocket watches created by Abraham -Louis Breguet (1747 – 1823), founder of the Breguet watch company. These watches, part of the company’s historic timepiece collection, da…
Christie’s Hong Kong Spring Sale of Important Watches on 30 May 2011
HONG KONG.- Watch enthusiasts, beginners and seasoned collectors can look forward to an extremely wide array of magnificent timepieces at Christie’s Hong Kong Important Watches Spring Sale on 30 May 2011 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Ce…
Sotheby’s Sale of Important Watches this May Presents Five Centuries of Watch History
GENEVA.- Sotheby’s spring sale of Important Watches, to be staged at the Hôtel Beau-Rivage in Geneva on Sunday 15 May 2011, will embark world collectors on a journey through five centuries of watch history, from 1580 to the present day. The sale …
Sotheby’s Announces Spring Sale of Important Watches in Hong Kong
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong Important Watches Spring Sale 2011 will be held on 7 April at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Highlights include an array of highly coveted complications including Patek Philippe timepieces with uniq…
Rare Desk Clock Steals the Show in Sotheby’s Sale of Watches
LONDON.- The sale of Fine Watches at Sotheby’s saw a rare gold & enamel ball-shaped Desk Clock by Cartier sell for £79,250 ($124,668) – some ten times its pre-sale estimate. Continuing a pattern that has been a feature of many recent sales at Sot…
Bonhams to Sell Watches Owned by the Watch Collector and Explorer Dr. George Fisher
LONDON.- On Wednesday 15 December Bonhams will auction a fantastic collection of watches belonging to Dr George Fisher in their New Bond Street saleroom. This will be the second single-owner collection for sale on that day – the first being the wo…