Si terrà il 9 Maggio a Ginevra presso l’Hotel Beau-Rivage, l’asta “IMPORTANT MODERN & VINTAGE TIMEPIECES”, a cura di Antiquorum Auctioneer. Con un totale di ben 535 lotti e un catalogo ricco di una grande varietà di orologi da polso e da tasca, in grado di soddisfare ogni tipologia di collezionista. Parlando con Julien Schaerer (Managing Director di Antiquorum) e Giovanni Varesi (Head of Italy [...]
Si terrà l' 8 e il 9 Maggio a Ginevra l'asta "The Geneva Watch Auction: XIII" organizzata da Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo. Nel corso di queste settimane tratteremo approfonditamente il catalogo che, come sempre, si rivela estremamente interessante e ricco di orologi che si differenziano per rarità, bellezza e importanza collezionistica. Tra questi il top lot è il Patek Philippe 25 [...]
L’edizione ginevrina di Watches & Wonders 2021 – resa forzatamente online dalla pandemia - si sta concludendo mentre scrivo. In attesa di tornare in presenza a Shanghai, per il secondo atto della manifestazione, l’inevitabile appiattimento divulgativo di una piattaforma digitale comune ha generato, par opposition, una maggiore attenzione sui prodotti della kermesse; l’unico nucleo di aggregazi [...]
If in a few days the most important Patek Philippe news are unveiled, the brand kicks off Watches & Wonders 2021 with the presentation of several new Nautilus, including the splendid green edition of the 5711A and, also quite spectacular, a new rose gold and combination of soleil blue dial for the Nautilus Travel Time Chronograph 5990. Introduced in 2014 for sos [...]
The green wave continues to infect the world of watchmaking. On watches & wonder 2021 Patek Philppe unveils its iconic Steel Nautilus 5711/1A-014, with a new olive green dial. Born at the hands of the genius of Gerlad Genta and introduced by Patek Philippe in 1976, with the reference 3700, the Nautilus has carved out over the years an important place in the Olympus of watchmaking [...]
Guest of this episode Marcello De Marco - Watch Specialist for the renowned phillips auction house in Association with Bacs & Russo. Matteo and Vittorio spoke with Marcello about the results of the auctions staged this weekend: The Geneva Watch Auction XII and Retrospetive 2000 - 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DElVoC7XQs Marcello De Marco is first of all a great enthusiast. P [...]
The Patek Philippe Ellipse was born in 1968, distorting what were the canons of the wristwatch. These were the years when the shape of the crates was purely round, the shape was gradually appreciated and like a lightning bolt in clear skies, here was presented in Basel in 1968 the Patek Philippe with one of the most iconic forms in the world, the Ellipse. A right way [...]
Dear friends of Perpetual Passion, here we are at our tenth episode of Perpetual Radio! Guest of this episode, by popular demand, Giovanni Varesi - Watch Specialist for the prestigious auction house CHRISTIE'S. Together with Giovanni we talked about the current situation of the watch market and the results obtained in the first physical auctions of the season, after these months characterized by [...]
After having spent these last few months confined to our homes and confined to our countries, we are finally back to travel and, fortunately, we can also take advantage of a nice weekend in Geneva by participating in the first 'physical' auctions of the year! Not to be missed is the 'Rare Watches' auction organized by the prestigious Christie's auction house that will take place on July 20th at the Four [...]