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Book Review: ‘A Man And His Watch’ Features Personal Watch Stories And A Few WIS Surprises

‘A Man and His Watch’ by Matt Hranek is full of interesting horological stories of personal histories and backgrounds to well-known figures in the watch world, semi-famous New Yorkers, and famous vintage watches. Here you can meet Paul Newman’s own Rolex Daytona, Sylvester Stallone’s favorite watch, and RedBar co-founder Adam Craniotes’ very first timepiece.

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Sotheby’s Auctions Four Timepieces By George Daniels, And Space Traveller II Goes For More Than £3 Million (Hammer Prices Inside)

Sotheby’s auctioned four watches by George Daniels at its 2017 Fine Timepieces sale, three from his personal collection that were originally auctioned in 2012 and a very rare 1999 Millennium wristwatch. Get the full story on these pieces and the astronomical prices they hammered for right here.

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90 Years Of Tutima: An Abbreviated, Complete History

The history of Tutima is inextricably linked to the history of Glashütte, the German city whose watch industry was founded in 1845 by Ferdinand Adolph Lange. Although Tutima’s roots don’t extend back quite that far, its story does begin in 1927, a turbulent time in Germany’s premier city of high watchmaking. Relive 90 years […]

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The Icon Duesey: An Automotive-Inspired Watch So Interesting You Won’t Believe That It Was Created By A Car Designer

Icon 4×4 founder Jonathan Ward has always had a connection to design, engineering, and all things mechanical. “ I was drawn to watches organically, but even before that I was the weird kid who would take my alarm clock apart and then try to put it back together and see if I could make […]

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You Are There: Patek Philippe (And Virtually Everyone Else) Comes To New York, A Collector’s View

New York, New York! Teeming metropolis, center of commerce and culture, and for two dizzying weeks in July 2017 the epicenter of the watch-related world as Patek Philippe’s Grand Exhibition shone a spotlight on the past, present, and future of haute horlogerie. Read on to find out why I think this exhibition was so important.