A watch by Swiss luxury brand Patek Philippe has sold for over $31 million, the highest price ever paid for a timepiece at auction. The Grandmaster Chime 6300A-010 has never been worn — it was ...
Rolex doesn’t really do big new designs, and hardly needs to. It’s a policy that works, but does mean that the annual unveil at the watch industry’s spring trade fair, Baselworld, is a focus on ...
You definitely don’t need me to tell you that these days, stainless steel sports watches are, as the kids like to say, a thing. Walking into a watch shop that carries Rolex, Patek Philippe, or ...
Nobody in Formula One is as cool as Kimi Räikkönen. This 2007 World Champion is one of the veterans in this very demanding sport and will start this weekend in Singapore for the 307th time ...
In 1988 watch designer Gérald Genta—the mastermind of Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak and Patek Philippe’s Nautilus—unveiled the Gefica under his own company shingle. Eschewing a case of fancy gold or cheaper stainless steel, Genta chose ...
The 180-year-old Swiss watchmaker Patek Philippe SA is not for sale, according to the company’s chairman. The maker of $10,000-plus Calatrava timepieces is staying in hands of the Stern family, which has owned it for four ...
High-end watchmaking is an industry steeped in tradition and proud heritage, which can prove to be a problem when the modern world comes knocking. However, at this year’s Salon International de la haute Horlogerie, tradition ...
After the medieval astronomical clock, the Prague Orloj, has stopped for long months, it is ready to be fully reinstalled. The clock – believed to have been installed in 1410 – It is a very ...