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PHILLIPS PERPETUAL A New Platform that Combines Private Selling Exhibitions, Innovative Partnerships, and a Boutique Experience
Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo launches PHILLIPS PERPETUAL, a first of its kind platform that will launch at Phillips London on 30 Berkeley Square in July, presenting the finest collectors’ timepieces in custom-built surroundings. The concept will then be extended to Phillips New York and Hong Kong, and other locations. Through ongoing curated programming, private selling exhibitions, and innovative partnerships, coupled with an evolving selection of private sales, PHILLIPS PERPETUAL will offer a boutique experience to clients for both the selling and buying of watches. PHILLIPS PERPETUAL will also serve as a UK home to the award-winning Swiss watchmaker Singer Reimagined. The announcement follows two highly successful selling…
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Discover Franck Muller Perfume – Inspired by Exceptional Timepieces
The harmonies and sensibilities of precision watchmaking married with the masterful blending of fine fragrance come together in the line of fine timepiece manufacture Franck Muller in a line of five perfumes inspired by their watch complications. The result is a passionate expression, bottled and formed into a masterful collection of fragrances, crafted by the appointed perfumer for the Franck Muller brand, CPL Aromas. The group met to discuss the similarities of watch making and embarked on the task of perfume making, inspired by their watches. The collection is made up of five Eau de Parfums each one, inspired by a famous Franck Muller watch design. The five perfumes in…
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Discover The Shield: The Invisible Protection System for Free Access Display by Deitlin Swiss Showcases
Typical displays of fine timepieces have been shielded by glass cases, but the distance from the eye and often the glare makes it hard to see the item clearly. There is a new and innovative way that is changing showcases. A new patented free access display system by Dietlin Swiss Showcases has developed an invisible and infallible surveillance mechanism called the volumetric shield (VS) where a watch can be presented without a glass case. This protection system is undetectable and invisible delivered by an optical shield that is deployed around the product. It calculates spatial volumetric interference 40 times per second. Invisible and Powerful Protection Any object, even something minute,…
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Discover Franck Muller Aeternitas Mega 4
The Franck Muller manufacture realised an exceptional timepiece – The Aeternitas Mega 4. This timepiece displays no less than 36 complications, 25 of them are visible, includes 1483 components and a 1000 year calendar. It is considered to be the most complicated wrist watch ever made in the world. The name of the Aeternitas comes from the Latin word for ‘eternity’. https://www.franckmuller.com/aeternitas Take a Peek Inside Aeternitas Mega 4
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Discover How To Use a Watch Winder
If you’re not the type to wear a watch every day, or you’ve got a collection of timepieces we ask: do you have a good watch winder? Having a quality watch winder operating at the proper setting is one of the best ways to maintain a watch’s accuracy for a long time. Ideally, you want your watch running at the top 3/4 of its mainspring all the time, whether it’s on your wrist or in the winder in order to prevent wear on the clutch. In an automatic watch, that mainspring requires about 80% to 90% tension to be considered fully wound. Normal activity only winds the mainspring 50% to 60%.…
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Discover Vacheron Constantin Watch ‘Historiques American 1921’ – 36.5 mm
The watch of dandies and chic female urbanites. The Historiques American 1921 epitomises the boldness of an era and the technical sophistication of a Vacheron Constantin creation. Reinterpreted in a 36.5 mm diameter, this iconic 1920s model acquires an even more stylish allure. A cushion-shaped case in 18K 5N pink gold, a distinctive diagonal read-off, an off-centred crown between 1 and 2 o’clock: the Vacheron Constantin Historiques American 1921 – 36.5 mm model continues flaunting its vintage credentials while remaining true to its original aesthetic codes. Classical yet quirky. For almost 20 years, the Historiques collection has been giving a new lease on life to the icons of Vacheron Constantin’s…
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Discover Récital 20 Astérium® by BOVET 1822
In 2016, BOVET 1822 presented the Récital 18 Shooting Star®, which made headlines for its innovative time display. The many accolades attributed to this timepiece attest to its peerless identity and accomplishments. The Récital 20 Astérium® seamlessly continues the tradition set by its illustrious predecessor, reprising the characteristic shaped case to present an unprecedented mechanical display that showcases the volumes and decoration of the timepiece. What’s more, the diptych now formed by these two timepieces takes us on a genuine philosophical journey to the edges of time and space. For with these timepieces, Pascal Raffy and the BOVET 1822 watchmakers invite us to explore the universe and the origins of…
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Floral Beauties from Breguet
A bevy of floral beauties to adorn the wrist, timepieces created in honor of the flower, a feminine expression of jewelry, technology and artistry. Selection of watches featured, from Breguet. PETIT FLEUR An elegant array of diamonds arranged like flower petals surround the watch face, coated in diamonds. Petite Fleur is a wristwatch presented in 18-carat white gold. Caseband is set with 43 petals of diamond baguette on a mobile setting, totaling approx. 12.60 cts. The Dial flange is set with 48 diamonds, approx. 0.10 ct. Balance spring in silicon. The Dial is paved with 141 diamonds, approx. 0.52 ct. Movement: Self-winding. Sapphire caseback. Diameter: 17mm. Also available in yellow…
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Thomas Mercer: Ahead of Time Since 1858
These days, timepieces are usually evocative of ones we wear on our wrists but when we trace back the long-winded history of watches, there was and always has been of course the clock. Made in Britain, Thomas Mercer offer the world’s finest chronometers. Their philosophy is truly quite straightforward to the point that it is a wonderfully simple testament of their finest hours: “We believe that our duty is to design and manufacture the world’s finest chronometers.” The master craftsmen behind each clock each in their own right bear the sealing stamp of what makes these pieces of art truly magnificent and unique. The best of British design and craftsmanship delivers an…
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Phillips, Leading Watch Auction House Announces The Crosthwaite & Gavin Collection: Exceptional Heuer Chronographs From The Jack Heuer Era
Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo, is proud to announce its first themed sale dedicated to Heuer, with The Crosthwaite & Gavin Collection. An important, thematic auction taking place in Geneva on November 11, 2017 comprising 49 of the finest vintage Heuer Timepieces, including an Exceptional and complete example of a first execution reference 2446 Autavia along with the sale of a commemorative Tag Heuer specially made by the renowned swiss watch manufacturer for this event. Landmark Auction This landmark thematic auction, to take place in Geneva in November 2017, will offer 49 of the finest and best-preserved collectible Heuer chronographs produced between 1962 and 1982 – known to…
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