Panerai PAM 253

Patek Dominates Top Sellers at Christie’s Geneva Sale
Christie’s November 15 Geneva sale generated an impressive SFr. 21,572,700, or a little over $22 million. The sale included ¡°A Connoisseur¡¯s Vision Part III¡±, which together with Parts I and II, represents the most important private Patek Philippe collection ever offered at auction, and the most expensive collection ever sold. Among the wristwatches sold in Geneva, Patek Philippe took the top spots. The star of this sale was lot 114, an exceptionally rare 18K pink-gold Patek Philippe ref. 2523 two-crown worldtime wristwatch with 24 hour indication and blue enamel dial. Manufactured in 1953, this piece was originally retailed in Milan in 1957. This is the 35.5mm “large version” of the reference, and only 14 examples are known to have come to auction. The selling price was $2,727,651.The number two position in the sale went to lot 234, an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe ref. 2499 perpetual calendar chronograph with moon phases, manufactured in 1957. This piece was consigne

Watch the Grand Seiko Roadshow Live - 6pm EST 10-14-2011
GRAND SEIKO ROAD SHOW - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14th FROM 3-7 PMGSRS2011 by JoeAZFT, on FlickrThis is going to be one heck of a party! It's a unique experience and nothing like your traditional watch trunk shows. First, Seiko will be flying in a master watchmaker from their factory in Japan to assemble a Grand Seiko here in our store. This master watchmaker is one of 6 skilled enough to work on the 9R series of movements. It is a very rare opportunity to see the magic that goes into Grand Seiko - not only the movement, but the assembly of the entire timepiece.Seiko will also bring many watches, dial samples, parts and more to present a traveling "mini" Seiko museum. There, they explain the history and elements that go in to the production of Grand Seiko and Seiko Ananta.Also, many members of Seiko's staff will be here for the event. It's a great opportunity to ask questions and hear answers direct from the source. There are many variations of Grand Seiko that have a "story" behind them and thi

Old railroad requirements
What origianlly were the requirements for the first pocket watches to be a "railroad approved" watch?Someone is trying to tell me it was the jewels and that the more jewels the more accurate the watch.He also said they required a minimum of a 21 jeweled movement for a watch to be considered for railroad approval.I don't think this is correct, but i'd like an informed answer to pass on to him.Thanks in advance.

Trying to find a year on my Grandfather's Timex?
My grandfather passed away a few weeks ago and his watch was left to me. I don't THINK it's very old, but it would be nice to know what year it is - I plan on keeping it in the family.I tried searching on my own the last couple of days with no luck....It's a Timex Indiglo WR 30M, gold colored, white face, black numbers 1-12 (with little red 12-24 underneath the black numbers). It does have Day of the Week and Date of the Month viewer window on the front that rotates. The back plate is silver and says Timex, CR2016 Cell, WR 30 M, Stainless Steel Back, R9. I'm assuming the back plate could technically be newer than the actual watch itself, but...I don't know.I'll try and get a pic up - I'm sure that would help (duh)!Anybody that can help is greatly appreciated - or send me to a site or something that might have more info.Chris in Richmond, VA

AP Movements
Does AP ever supply movements to other companies? Someone said Chanel may use AP movements in some of their watches.Can anyone confirm or deny? And if so, are they standard AP movements or something different?TIA,-Marc