Clips from the Anitques Roadshow

The Antiques Roadshow is a program that runs both in the United States and The United Kingdom.  It a factual show where members of the public bring in items to learn more about them.  It is a entertaining program and is enjoyable to watch.

From time to time certain pieces are brought in which get my attention.  Thought I would post a few clips that were quite good.

The first clip is from the USA version.  A gentleman brought in a pocket watch by Patek Philippe that had been in his family for quite a long time.  This pocket watch was made in 1914.  This was before James Ward Packard and Henry Graves Jr had their superwatches made.

This watch eventually sold for $1.5 million at a Sothebys Auction. (Updated 16/05/14)

3 Titanium Patek Philippe pieces coming up for auction

In the watch world,  a watch made in small quantities usually gets major attention especially when it made by Patek Philippe and is made of a different material such as Stainless Steel.  Just look at the recent sale of Eric Claptons Patek Philippe 2499 in Platinum.  The reason why it sold for $3.65 million dollars was because one it was Eric Clapton's watch (He is an avid watch collector of Rolex and Patek Philippe) and secondly it was one of two pieces made in platinum.  The other piece resides in the Patek Philippe Museum.

At the upcoming Sothebys Watch Auction there are 3 Patek Philippes coming up for sale that are really rare.  Now we are not talking about stainless steel models.  We are talking about titanium pieces.  Patek Philippe have made titanium models for charitable organisations in the past, such as the Ref 5004T  Perpetual Calendar Splits Seconds for Only Watch. 

These new discovered pieces are completely bonkers!

Book Review: A Grand Complication

I copied this post from my old blog published last year.  As I am now starting fresh with Perpetual in Time this was something I wanted to copy over.

I have just finished reading A Grand Complication by Stacy Perman.

It documents the story of two of America's greatest watch collectors in the 20th Century,  Henry Graves Jr and & James Ward Packard.

The benefits of a deployant clasp: Nicolas Sarkozy and his Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar

Bit of a flashback to when Nicolas Sarkozy was still President Of France.  During one of his meetings with the public, he was in the process of shaking hands when his Patek Philippe become loose.  Luckily for him it was on a delpoyant clasp and he was able to place it in his pocket and carry on.

Patek Philippe Ref 3940

Watches in Television: The Sopranos

One of the greatest TV Shows in my opinion was The Sopranos.  It had a great cast and storyline.

The main character Tony Soprano played by the talented James Gandolfini, wore probably the most famous Rolex Day Date  "President" on television.  It was a 18k yellow gold model and never left his wrist the entire series.

Rolex  "President" on Anthony Soprano