On December 5, 2025, Sotheby’s will conduct a series of auctions in Abu Dhabi, UAE, including the Prestigious Jewels & Watches from an Important Private Collection. One of the highlights is a Rolex Oyster Cosmograph Daytona Ref. 6263 with a rare all-silver, monochromatic ‘Albino’ dial, which...
On December 5, 2025, Sotheby’s will conduct a series of auctions in Abu Dhabi, UAE, including the Prestigious Jewels & Watches from an Important Private Collection. One of the highlights is a Rolex Oyster Cosmograph Daytona Ref. 6263 with a rare all-silver, monochromatic ‘Albino’ dial, which...
A pink gold Patek Philippe Ref. 1415 ‘World Time’ with a regular non-enamel dial but a peculiar ‘flat’ bezel was just sold at Phillips in Geneva for the impressive sum of CHF 444,500, incl. premium. A world record. More than double what regular pink gold examples can reach. It was the rare...
Auction houses do not always get it right, as many of my articles have shown. Not getting it right is one thing, but going ahead with a sale after Perezcope alerts you to an obvious Frankenstein watch is foolish. It happened at Sotheby’s New York late last year with a vintage Blancpain Fifty...
In late 2020, waning action star Sylvester Stallone was caught lying on camera when his pristine Pre Vendôme Panerai Luminor ‘Logo’, supposedly worn during the entirety of the shoot of his 1996 action movie ‘Daylight’, was auctioned by Phillips in New York. Stallone not only told bald-faced lies...
Last month, we learned that the Rolex ‘Atelier de Restauration’ has difficulty evaluating their vintage watches, to put it mildly. Several new cases have emerged in the meantime. While inconceivable, the financial damage should remain within certain limits in most instances. What happens,...
Rolex, a watch company not necessarily known for releasing any information that could help navigate the murky world of their often cobbled-together vintage watches, is now officially restoring made-up Frankenstein watches with altered dials featuring non-original prints and even more shocking,...
In recent years, Menta Watches, a.k.a. Adam Golden, has found some stunning watches. Famous is the Rolex ‘Paul Newman’ Daytona with Tiffany double signature, which he sold to hip-hop mogul Jay-Z. Golden’s latest discovery is even more impressive. An 18k gold Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Ref. 6265...
In my original article on the myth-enshrouded Doxa HRV (helium release valve) published in February 2020, I concluded that the story put forth by Doxa and its many brand enthusiasts regarding the co-development of the helium release valve with Rolex did not sound plausible. After studying all...
As many of my articles have shown, the world of watches is populated with an incredible amount of unscrupulous scammers, con artists and charlatans, more often than not posing as honorable connoisseurs or scholars of the highest order. The story you are about to read is another such instance,...
At their ‘Important Watches: Featuring “The Collection” Part 2’, taking place on October 27, 2024, Christie’s Hong Kong is offering a rare Rolex Sea-Dweller ‘Double Red’ Mk1 Ref. 1665 ‘Patent Pending’ that is not what it pretends to be. A watch sold in 2013 featuring the same case number is...
