The relatively new auction house of Fortuna held its two-day Summer Auctions this past weekend, which included its first-ever Important Watches auction. In total, the New York auction sales revenue…
Considered one of the “Holy Grail” watch brands, Swiss brand Audemars Piguet is a large privately owned company with its own Foundation. This autonomy enables the brand to consistently push the envelop in terms of research and development. Among its key collections are the Audemrs Piguet Code 11:59, the legendary Royal Oak series that was first designed by the famed Gerald Genta, the extended series called the Royal Oak Offshore and more.
Two Great Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronographs for the Holidays
Unsure what to get for the holidays…. Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak and Royal Oak Offshore collections are sure-fire bets for gifts or for self-purchases. Here we bring you three great…
Tennis Star Stan Wawrinka Looks Cold Outside Audemars Piguet Workshops
Recently tennis star — world number 9 — Stan Wawrinka visited the Audemars Piguet workshops in Le Brassus, cradle of Swiss watchmaking, He has been a long-time brand ambassador for…
Watch Lovers Pay Attention: Watches & Wonders Show To Debut in Miami
If you are a watch r then you will want to mark this four-day luxury event on your calendar now: Watches & Wonders Miami will made its debut February 16-19…
Top Six Complicated Watches of 2017; Our Picks for GPHG Mechanical Exception Watches
With GPHG Awards taking place on Wednesday, we are wrapping up our coverage with the Mechanical Exception category. The pieces found in this category check all the boxes for horological…
Top Six Calendar Watches of 2017, And Our GPHG Picks
The countdown to the GPHG continues, and with that our in-depth lo at the final pre-selected watches … some of which have us wondering if the judges were drinking when…
Top Five Watch Brands On the Wrists of Tennis Stars at the US Open Tennis Championship
Well, we are just a little over halfway through the 14 days of the US Open Tennis Championship and we have seen some ups and downs. We’ve also seen some…
Only Watch 2017 Part 2: Meet the Rest of the 49 Unique Watches Being Auctioned (Slide Show)
Earlier this week, we brought you news about OnlyWatch 2017, and showed half of the 49 (thus far) unique watches that are going up for auction in November for the…
A Close Up Look at Only Watch 2017 Watches, Part 1 (Slide show)
This November, the seventh annual OnlyWatch auction will take place in Geneva on the 11th of the month. The event is one that pulls the finest watch brands in the…
20 Top Watches for Father’s Day
Loing for the perfect gift for Dad this year? All week long we have featured some amazing watches that would suit any father or husband in true style. However, since…
Would You Spend a Million Dollars on a Watch? These Brands Hope So
The biggest watch exhibitions of the first half of the year 2017 are complete and we found several key noticeable trends. Watches at the affordable spectrum were strong, and so…
WatchStars Awards for Best “Stars” Go to Rolex, Audemars Piguet, Hermes, Bulgari
Last month in Basel, the annual international WatchStars Awards were presented to winning watches in five categories. Honoring “the best watches of the world,” Watchstars gives awards based on 2016 introductions that are…
Why Audemars Piguet Spent 600 Hours in R&D for the new Case of the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Black Ceramic
One of the most bed watches of this year may well be the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Black Ceramic watch. What makes the watch so hot is the fact…
Meet the People: A Dozen of the Wealthiest Swiss Watch “Families” Today, and How I Know Them
Sure, Forbes has its billionaire lists and its highest-paid athletes/CEOS/celebs lists, but they don’t have the list that is currently out and circulating of the richest people in the…
The Truth Behind Audemars Piguet’s 40th Anniversary Frosted Gold Royal Oak Watches Unveiled at SIHH 2017
From the mid-1970’s and all the way through to the late 1980’s, Audemars Piguet used a host of different methods to make its watches exciting – mesh bracelets, link bracelets…