Ebel Discovery Chronograph NEU Box & Papiere

Antiquorum’s June 10 NYC Auction Has Something for Everyone
On Thursday June 10 at its New York City headquarters, Antiquorum will offer 364 modern and vintage timepieces for collectors of all stripes. Pre-sale viewings will be held in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Greenwich and New York. The highlight of the sale is a modern Patek Philippe Ref. 5104, produced in 2008, expected to sell for $500,000 to $700,000. The ref. 5104, shown below, is a minute-repeating, astronomic, self-winding, platinum wristwatch with perpetual calendar, retrograde date, moon phases and leap year indication. The watch is accompanied by the original fitted winding box.Another prize piece on offer is this rare Patek Philippe ref. 1518. Produced in 1946, this astronomic 18K yellow gold wristwatch features a perpetual calendar, square button chronograph, moon phases, register and tachometer. The pre-sale estimate is $150,000 to $200,000.Returning to the modern era, this Patek Philippe ref. 3970 EP dates from 2001. This platinum example has a round button chrono

Anyone know the model number of this Seiko?
Here's the pic.

Books about watches?
Anybody have a recommendation for a book about watches? Not really interested in a pricing guide, but something more along the lines of the history of watches and innovations over the years and leaning about the various manufactures. Lots of color pictures is a must.

Wall Street Journal on trouble in Swiss watch industry
I thought yesterday¡¯s WSJ piece on the Swiss watch industry was fascinating. It¡¯s behind a paywall, but here are some excerpts (it¡¯s a long feature article in the Business & Finance section):GENEVA¡ªYou¡¯re 25 years old, bask-ing in the glow of your first big job pro-mo-tion and a hefty raise. Why not splurge on a big-ticket item?Your fa-ther might have bought a fancy Swiss watch. But the thought doesn¡¯t oc-cur to you¡ªfor most of your life, you¡¯ve used your cell-phone to check the time. In-stead, you book a get-away to Costa Rica, which you doc-u-ment ex-ten-sively on In-sta-gram.Swiss watch-mak-ing ex-ec-u-tive Jean-Claude Biver wants to change that think-ing. From his perch at lux-ury con-glom-er-ate LVMH Mo?t Hen-nessy Louis Vuit-ton, the 68-year-old has seen younger gen-er-a-tions drift away from his cen-turies-old in-dus-try. He is on a mis-sion to get them in-ter-ested in watches, be-fore it¡¯s too late.¡°It¡¯s the first time we have young peo-ple not buy-ing watches,¡± says Mr. Bi

Rolex achievement unlocked!
It's been a long journey since 1988 when I first laid eyes on a Submariner Date. I was on vacation in St. Thomas and got to check one out.$2500. Eep! Too much money for my younger self at that time.I ended up buying a $100 Citizen that I kept until sometime after 2005 and stupidly sold (I got tired of getting new batteries and getting it pressure tested annually). I've had Omega and Doxa (keeper) and many micro brands along the way. From big to small. Always fun, but they never satisfied the craving.It's okay to have dings and scratches. That was a HARD lesson to learn and live with. If I couldn't deal with it on a $500 watch, how could I handle it on a Rolex??I've had opportunities to handle and try on several 16610s along the way. It was still calling to me. So I knew the desire was not gone.I stopped at an AD a short time back and tried on 116610LN just to see if I would like the new version, and it just did not do it for me (Though I may revisit it in the future.)I final