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Best Gold Watches for men in 2016
When you’re through 30, some things will happen: the yellow gold watch, the longest time, you have more than not interested in, begin to look cool. Maybe it’s the few extra pounds that begin to settle around your midsection or the odd grey hair in your beard, but something changes when you reach your thirties…
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Luxury Watch – Patek Philippe Minute Repeaters’ Ten Facts
Listed below are ten facts about Patek Philippe Minute Repeaters. 1- In Sept 1839, Patek Philippe made their first quarter repeater, which sold for 450 CHF. 2- The world’s first self-winding minute repeater wristwatch (Ref. 3979) was produced by Patek Philippe in 1989. 3- Patek Philippe minute repeaters are produced in both the Vallée de Joux…
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Spotted : Jonah Hill Wear Patek Philippe Nautilus (Ref. 5711/1A-010)On the Tonight Show
Last week was the Tonight Show, and Jonah Hill wear Patek Philippe Nautilus (Ref. 5711/1A-010). Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711/1A-010, stainless steel As a celebrity who can virtually afford any watch he wants, it shows excellent taste choosing the Nautilus. You can find countless famous people wearing Rolexes (including Hill), and that is not to say…
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Flamme Has Been Registered As Trademark By Patek Philippe
Flamme is a technique, has been registered as a trademark by Patek Philippe. The unique gem-setting technique is complex and requires the skilled hand of a master jeweler. Furthermore, as with all jewelry pieces, only superb, flawless Top Wessleton brilliant-cut diamonds are used, in accordance with Patek Philippe’s rigorous standards as stipulated by the Patek…
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Patek Philippe World Time Ref. 5230 – Baselworld 2016
The new timepiece has a number of subtle changes, including a new time zone dial, a slightly redesigned case, and new hands. This year at Baselworld, luxury watch Patek Philippe debuted a new World Time watch (Ref. 5230), available in white or rose gold, replacing all previous models. Dubai now supplants Riyadh and Brisbane replaces…
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Pre-owned Tails and Heads with Govberg Watches
You may not know that outside of selling new watches, they do a brisk pre-owned business. ProfessionalWatches is partnering with the folks at Govberg to bring you inside of their pre-owned vaults. Over the coming months, we’ll be bringing you thematic coverage of some of our favorites pieces in their vast inventory. Many people know…
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Robert Downey Jr. showed off his watch collection to GQ Style
He owns a luxury watch brand Patek Philippe Nautilus 5712, a vintage Baume & Mercier his father gave him, a few Rolexes including a Rolex GMT customized by Bamford Watch Department, a Bell & Ross, and the Jaeger-LeCoultre AMVOX3 Tourbillon GMT that he wore in Ironman 2. GQ Style, a newly launched lifestyle publication that…
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Reviewing Patek Philippe Aquanaut Travel Time 5164R Hands-On Watch
1997, 21 years after the introduction of the Patek Philippe Nautilus stainless steel sports watch, Patek Philippe Swiss brand introduced a new watch aimed at a younger clientele: the Aquanaut. Now, in 2016, almost 20 years later, they introduce a new variation on the Patek Philippe Aquanaut Travel Time, a watch that was introduced in…
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Reviewing Patek Philippe 1925 — First Perpetual Calendar Wristwatch
That this, the world’s first perpetual calendar wristwatch, ever came to be is due chiefly to chance. Patek Philippe originally made the movement, which bears the number 97975, for a women’s pendant watch. Completed in 1898, the watch found no takers despite one interesting feature: its calendar hands jumped instantaneously to the next day at…
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New rose gold Nautilus Hands-On Watch
At Baselworld 2015, for the first time ever, Patek Philippe introduced a “Jumbo” Nautilus in rose gold. The Nautilus 5980/1 comes in rose gold, but this is the first time it has been used for a 5711. The new Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711/1R-001, with its 40 mm polished and satin brushed rose gold case, comes…
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Watch Review: Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar Chronograph 5270 Blue
Patek Philippe has been associated with perpetual calendar chronographs for several decades now. Not only was Patek the first to unite both complications in a wristwatch (with the ref. 1518), but the brand even added, in some references, a split-seconds function or a minute repeater to this already prestigious package. At the 2014 Baselworld watch…
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Christie’s Important Watches Breaks Records
While Christie’s was busy setting records in New You are able to, the Geneva location broke records of their own, fetching $16,447,342 in the Important Watches auction with watches from Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe, Rolex watch and much more. The auction featured fierce putting in a bid and hammer prices for prominent watches that lots…