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Bring a Loupe: A Rolex Pre-Daytona, A Harvard Monopusher By Gallet, And A Questionable Patek Philippe
All that and more in this week's edition of Hodinkee's What's Selling Where column.
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Vintage Rolex Daytona refs 6239-6265 with rare Singer exotic dial 1968-72. Newman\'s personal watch sold for $17.8M at Phillips 2017.
Chronograph dial with high-contrast sub-counters. Vintage Daytona, Speedmaster CK 2998, Heuer Carrera; modern 116500LN, Tudor Chrono.
26 October 2017: Paul Newman\'s personal Rolex Daytona 6239 sold for USD 17,752,500 at Phillips New York. World record at the time and the inflection event for the 2017-22 vintage market boom.
Manual-wind Valjoux 727 Daytona references that ran 1971-1988, bridging the Paul Newman 6239 to the El Primero 16520.
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All that and more in this week's edition of Hodinkee's What's Selling Where column.
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After nearly a year of waiting, we've got a closer look at the yellow gold Le Mans. But why choose between the two metals? We've got both of Rolex's hottest releases in recent memory.
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Quentin R. Bufogle loves being wrong. Especially about watches.He loves it when his snobbery, short-sightedness and completely unsupported preconceived notions are suddenly imploded by a brand or a particular piece he only thought he knew. As was the case with the Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec GMT Chronograph.
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Sitting next to Rolex CEO Jean-Frédéric Dufour, this may be the unofficial "soft launch" of the watch in the wild.
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All that and more in this week's edition of Hodinkee's what's selling where column.
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Plus a pair of fun and functional chronographs from IWC and Tudor.
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Marking, perhaps, the shortest production run of any Rolex ever.
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Plus a 39mm IWC Mark XVI, and a titanium Blancpain Fifty Fathoms.
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Documenting the legendary race from the stands to the track to the watches at the podium.
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More than 30 watches of the singer’s collection are set to hit auction as part of eight sales dedicated to Sir Elton.
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The watch world freaked out upon its release last month at the 100th running of Le Mans. Now we've seen it in real life, and we have thoughts.
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Plus, a PanoMaticLunar from Glashütte Original and the oddball charm of the Tudor Iconaut.
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Quentin R. Bufogle loves being wrong. Especially about watches.He loves it when his snobbery, short-sightedness and completely unsupported preconceived notions are suddenly imploded by a brand or a particular piece he only thought he knew. As was the case with the Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec GMT Chronograph.
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Plus, a stand-out Grand Seiko Sport and a lesson in restraint from Jaquet-Droz.
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Plus a 43mm IWC Big Pilot in green and a TAG Heuer Autavia reissued for a legendary racecar driver.
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Many a celebrity dressed up for the grassy festivities, and there were watches from the court to the grandstands.
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Paul Newman vibes from a new white gold Cosmograph with a race-specific movement.
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With a slightly redesigned case and bezel, too.
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The personalization of high end watches will probably always be a hot topic in the watch community. As long as wealthy collectors are buying watches, some will have an urge to completely revamp them to make them their own. By the same token, the collecting community will always have a segment of purists who find that any tinkering with a brand’s original design amounts to a crime against horology itself. Regardless of your personal feelings and taste, however, I think it’s hard to argue that there are a handful of firms offering custom work at an extremely high level, and Artisans de Genève is certainly at or near the top of a very small list. If gaudy and out of control diamond and gem setting is what comes to mind when you think of custom watches, Artisans de Genève is worth a look, as their house style is rooted in traditional aesthetics executed at a very high level. Because Artisans de Genève doesn’t actually produce and sell their own watches (when browsing their website, you’re reminded at every turn that they aren’t affiliated with Rolex or any other brand, and that they offer custom work for individual clients who provide their own watches), it’s a little hard to get your arms around what they’re working on. That’s largely intentional on their part, of course, but from time to time they will highlight a custom job that is particularly unique or visually beautiful. The Honey Green Project, recently unveiled to the public, is one such example of a...
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It's the icon to end all icons, collectible and controversial in equal measure. Here, we explain everything you need to know about the crowned chronograph from Rolex.
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It's the first self-winding Patek Philippe ladies' chrono ever made – but at 39mm, we think it's equally suited for the boys.
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Hey, the logo is a crown for a reason! Check out all of our Vintage Watches offerings now, Rolex and non-Rolex.
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Sotheby's, Christie's, And Antiquorum brought the goods.
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Our watch-related movie of the week, about the lives of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, proves that context is everything.
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One of the biggest motorsports events of the year is also a major watch-fest.
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The Buzz Lightyear, Cosmograph cross-over we've all been waiting for in our watch-related movie of the week.
Revolution
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Let's get fancy.
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Gives thanks to the world of vintage watches this Thanksgiving Eve.
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No, Rolex doesn't own it. But you can go see it.
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